[atsouch]

I have the same information from the distributor and sole representative of Toshiba in Greece. Toshiba plans to get out of PDAs, at least in Europe. They stopped giving us wholesale prices and they only have a small stock of some Pocket PCs.

This company,"Toshiba Hellas", is very happy about this situation because they also distribute Palm devices and they had a very big conflict of interests.

[atsouch]

I have the same information from the distributor and sole representative of Toshiba in Greece. Toshiba plans to get out of PDAs, at least in Europe. They stopped giving us wholesale prices and they only have a small stock of some Pocket PCs.

This company,"Toshiba Hellas", is very happy about this situation because they also distribute Palm devices and they had a very big conflict of interests.

[jlp]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

How does the same rumor appearing on a French and Swiss site with the supposed official letterhead from the Swiss division make this a confirmed fact?

I am not saying the rumor isn't true, I don't know if it is or isn't. It still seems a rumor to me though, nothing more. When I see a press release from Toshiba or an interview on a news site with someone really in the know, not a branch salesman on the other side of the world, then it becomes a confirmed fact for me.

A rumor by definition is a general opinion. These are statements from official employees who have been given instructions by their hierarchy. Tho it's not a press release, [b]it's as official as it can get otherwise[b]. AND it's coming from 2 different sources at different moments and from the European importer.

So you can't use the word rumor as it is none. Hope you understand the difference between "a rumor" and "words from official employees", (as I understand the difference between "words from official employees" and "a press release" )

[jlp]

Originally Posted by Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

rumor:
1 : talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source
2 : a statement or report current without known authority for its truth

We now have at least 3 known authorities from very discernible sources...

[Constant Caffeine]

If they do get out of the PDA business, I do feel bad for those who have purchased their products.

On the other hand, if this does happen, I hope Toshiba will focus on their other current issues.

Many of their other products are terrible. The company I work for uses Toshiba laptops, desktops, monitors and PDA’s. We have had a 43% of our laptops have to go in for warranty repair. Our company also has Toshiba e740/750’s as a standard. We have had 25% of those failed in our office and they were replaced. Toshiba quit making desktops and we switched to HP. Because Toshiba has poor customer service, we are looking at replacing them with either HP or IBM.

If you have not had any problems with your Toshiba product, I think you’re a very lucky person.

When you boot up a Toshiba laptop it reads “Toshiba – In touch with tomorrow”. I only hope they are in touch with tomorrow because they are not in touch with today.

[jlp]

To close the circle, have a read at Brighthand's article "More Evidence Toshiba Exiting Handheld Market" that mentions this present thread as well for their source for the WM.ch post

[eclecticlibrarian]

I love my e755. However, I suspect that by the time it dies or becomes significantly out-dated, portable computers like OQO will be common enough for me to get one without handing over half my salary.

It's too bad that so many are getting out of the PDA business just when they were starting to get more flexible and functional.

[sdemirel]

If toshiba quits PDA bussiness I will fell very sory for the ones who didnt purchased E800 yet .

It is (and it will for a foreseeable future) the only PDA which can display true VGA

New VGA devices will not have this feature . Sorry guys

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by sdemirel

New VGA devices will not have this feature . Sorry guys

Huh? Are you talking about VGA-out? That might be the case, but all of these devices will have true VGA LCDs.

--janak

[jlp]

I guess he's talking about the non SE ability (found on the first e800) to display 4 times the QVGA (hence what he calls true VGA), and not enhanced QVGA like SE does; in other words enhanced QVGA basically dispays the same screens as QVGA but with finer fonts.

Did I guess correctly?!