02-23-2005, 03:00 PM
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Sony Throws In The Towel On PDA Market
http://www.akihabaranews.com/news_9240.html
"Well, it seems that the rumours have become reality, and after throwing the towel in Europe and the States, the Japanese giant decided to stop the production of its last Clie models (VZ90 and TH55) in July 2005. Impress has the dirt on this story, and they say that the PSP will fill up the gap. Impress makes it clear at the end of their article that Sony will focus on the PSP and mobile phones so will we have a PDAphone soon in Japan?"
As far as I am concerned, when they left North America and Europe, that was the end. I don't see much of a future for PDA owners when it comes to these game machines with some PDA functionality either. If you have a full blown PDA now, connected or not, are you really going to "upgrade" to a Sony PSP? I guess those using a PDA almost exclusively as a mobile gaming platform might, but the rest of us? Will those things even have touch screens?
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02-23-2005, 03:55 PM
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Pupil
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I may very well end up getting a PSP but in no way is that to replace my PDA. There's just so much a PPC can do that the PSP cannot. It won't let me convert my DVD's to watch, especially when Sony wants to sell PSP versions of films.
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02-23-2005, 04:12 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2004
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The only reason Sony fails is that they try too hard to be different. They always want to force on consumers their proprietery formats. Not cool.
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02-23-2005, 04:19 PM
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Intellectual
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The Nintendo DS has a touchscreen (as well as a non-touchscreen), and a fine piece of hardware it is too!
There were some rumours swirling a few weeks ago that Nintendo were in discussions with Palm about some kind of PDA add-on for the DS which would be kinda cool.
I guess the issue is one of cost. The DS and the PSP hardware come cheap because the REAL profit comes from games after the hardware is in our hands.
For a Pocket PC, there's no extra to be made (maybe accessories) so the cost has to be front-loaded into the hardware.
IMHO, that's why the Tapwave Zodiac and Gizmodo will struggle, just too expensive against the dedicated games devices.
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02-23-2005, 04:37 PM
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Pontificator
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To be fair to the PSP the screen on that thing blows the doors off of every PDA on the market. The color, the contrast ratio, and the resolution makes even the best PDA screen look like junk.
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02-23-2005, 05:26 PM
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Intellectual
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I believe that the Memory Stick killed the Sony Clie in North America. If they had stuck with SD or real CF, they would have done very well.
I think the Sony Clie PEG-UX50 is the best PDA ever built -- except for the short battery life, which they solved with the extended battery -- and Memory Stick.
Sony drove lots of the innovation in PDAs with their Clies -- I don't think that even Windows Mobile Pocket PCs would be as advanced as they are today without Sony's work in the category.
DARN MEMORY STICK!!!!!
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02-23-2005, 05:26 PM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by alabij
The only reason Sony fails is that they try too hard to be different. They always want to force on consumers their proprietery formats. Not cool.
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Well said! Sony did make fine products. May be the recent year shake ups could change Sony's attitude of "We are better than any competitors. We are even better than our customers." ** Not a quote. Just my impression of Sony.
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02-23-2005, 05:36 PM
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Mystic
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
To be fair to the PSP the screen on that thing blows the doors off of every PDA on the market. The color, the contrast ratio, and the resolution makes even the best PDA screen look like junk.
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I'll wait for Menneisyys's opinion on this if you dont mind ;-)
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02-23-2005, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Surur
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
To be fair to the PSP the screen on that thing blows the doors off of every PDA on the market. The color, the contrast ratio, and the resolution makes even the best PDA screen look like junk.
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I'll wait for Menneisyys's opinion on this if you dont mind ;-)
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*shrugs* I'm just telling you what I've seen with my own eyes. I think Sony uses their BRIGHT tech on that thing because its REALLY bright and the colors are exceedingly brilliant. Doing a side-by-side cursory comparison it makes my 4700 look like crap. *shrugs* Just my .02
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02-23-2005, 06:09 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Originally Posted by Surur
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
To be fair to the PSP the screen on that thing blows the doors off of every PDA on the market. The color, the contrast ratio, and the resolution makes even the best PDA screen look like junk.
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I'll wait for Menneisyys's opinion on this if you dont mind ;-)
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No opinions as yet - I haven't seen the PSP next to a i-Mate Jam and/or a HX4700/PL720 as yet 
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