[jdmichal]

To be fair, I think the PDA is a dying segment. Sure, there's some limited set of people that want a PDA separate from their phone. But the vast majority would happily have the two combined, especially when subsidy costs mean that the phone is cheaper than the PDA with more functionality.

It got me when I was looking for a new PDA two-and-a-half years ago, and it's only more true now.

[jdmichal]

To be fair, I think the PDA is a dying segment. Sure, there's some limited set of people that want a PDA separate from their phone. But the vast majority would happily have the two combined, especially when subsidy costs mean that the phone is cheaper than the PDA with more functionality.

It got me when I was looking for a new PDA two-and-a-half years ago, and it's only more true now.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by jdmichal

To be fair, I think the PDA is a dying segment.

I'd agree with you, except for one thing: the iPod Touch. That's definitely a PDA, and it sells pretty darn good...

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

I'd agree with you, except for one thing: the iPod Touch. That's definitely a PDA, and it sells pretty darn good...

Wouldn't you argue that it's a music/video/game player that happens to be a PDA too? (Compared to WM, say, whose built-in music/video capabilities are comparatively ancient.)

--janak

[doogald]

Originally Posted by treynolds

Jeff Hawkins must either be laughing himself silly or have ulcers, but it's truly too bad that Palm failed to follow his vision.

Since Hawkins' recent vision included the Fooleo, I'm thinking that Palm was better off pursuing WebOS.

[treynolds]

Originally Posted by doogald

Since Hawkins' recent vision included the Fooleo, I'm thinking that Palm was better off pursuing WebOS.

I think the success of netbooks has proved that Hawkins was on to something. Sometimes less is more.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by treynolds

I think the success of netbooks has proved that Hawkins was on to something. Sometimes less is more.

But only if the "less" actually delivers something. The Foleo kind of sucked in a lot of ways - crappy browser, no real software available for it, etc. It was a half-baked product based on what I saw it of.