08-09-2004, 02:00 PM
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Engadget Speculates On Sony's Return To PDA Market
http://www.engadget.com/entry/5451346367956557/
Strictly from the rumor mill, Engadget is speculating that Sony will return to the PDA market, but not with the PalmOS platform.
"We all mourned when Sony broke the news that due to sluggish sales they were halting sales of their Clie line of Palm-powered handhelds everywhere except Japan, but apparently Sony execs, who always make the right decision about everything, are thinking about bringing the Clie back to the States, only this time running on the Pocket PC or Symbian operating systems."
Do you think there is anything to it?
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08-09-2004, 02:07 PM
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Ponderer
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This is absolutely true as a rumor. The speculation is 100% correct.
Can you imagine a UX-50 type with WinMo'03SE or Symbian 8?
Interesting. Almost.
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08-09-2004, 02:33 PM
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Philosopher
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Although Sony competes against itself a lot, I don't think they'd mess with the Playstation division, hence my voting for them staying away.
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08-09-2004, 02:33 PM
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Sage
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I'd be very surprised if it wasn't Symbian. It would leverage their high end phone line very nicely...
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08-09-2004, 02:37 PM
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Intellectual
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I just don't see Sony picking up a PocketPC license any time soon.
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08-09-2004, 02:38 PM
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Pupil
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They already have a PDA replacement under the Vaio brand in Japan. The Vaio U50 and U70 (only 550g) runs on WinXP and does everything a PDA can do plus much more due to the fact it's a tablet.
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08-09-2004, 02:40 PM
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Swami
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I hope they will bring on a PPC, but I voted for Symbian. Besides, Memory stick instead of CF or SD........... :|
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08-09-2004, 02:42 PM
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Thinker
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Keep in mind Sony's recent track record for making stupid decisions...
The most logical thing would be to release them with the Pocket PC OS. That's precisely why they won't do it - it's much too logical. Instead, they will release it with the Symbian OS or worse, with Linux 8O .
Nothing against Symbian or Linux. They are just not as main stream when it comes to PDAs. That's why the brain trust at Sony will go that route. They've always gone the dumb and obscure route. For example - Net MD Walkmans and their continuing refusal to support the MP3 format.
Need I say more?
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08-09-2004, 02:51 PM
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Sage
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Dave Potter
They are just not as main stream when it comes to PDAs.
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All it'll take is a couple of good PDA's and a major manufacturer to turn that around.
I agree they aren't as mainstream as other OS'es, but taken on its merits, Symbian is a kick ass OS...
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08-09-2004, 02:59 PM
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Ponderer
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I think Sony will return to the PDA market in one form or another... maybe not in the next year or two; but eventually.
And I don't think there is a chance in hell they run Pocket PC. Sony has never had a great relationship with Microsoft, and Symbian would play well into their cell-phone division as well.
A Sony-branded Symbian clamshell with PCMCIA and Memory stick would be hot. I like SD, but since my notebook and Camera both have MemStick slots, I could easily make the jump to that.
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