I'm probably the odd one here, but I carry an actual phone for phone calls, but have a phone in my PDA for data. I cannot depend on the PDA phone for important calls, with battery life being so poor, and connectivity dependent on data flow, so I've never let go of my actual cell phone, which BTW lasts a full week and never misses a call. Besides, it's a pain trying to talk through a PDA, and I've not yet adopted an sort of alien headgear :)
On Feb 13, 2008 8:03 AM, Tam Hanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Lee, > Please do not kick me, but: > > x) Apple iPod touch? > x) Various Acer Ferrari GPS boxen? > x) Various other GPS boxen > > As for smartphone vs PDA - being honest, I love my Treo 680(especially > because of the keyboard...which is WAY faster than Grafitti). IMHO, in the > future, all "PDA's" will have an integrated cell phone - it's your own > choice whether to turn it on or not :). > > Best regards > Tam Hanna > > > Subject: RE: Is the T3 still relevant? > From: "Lee Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:26:30 -0600 > X-Message-Number: 11 > > I remember a post-conference session at the Palm Developer's Conference > back > in 2001 or 2002 (my memory fuzzes a bit that far back), where Hawkins > showed > the prototype converged phone/PDA, what became the clamshell first Treo > (the > Handspring phone). He predicted that wireless mobile devices would > eventually rule, and as skeptical as I was of the claim, I gave it > credence > because I had seen over the previous few years just how well he understood > and envisioned the future. > > If Palm had not developed the Treo line, it would be out of business today > and all converged devices would be running WM. An speaking of WM, have > you > seen how many vendors sell non-wireless consumer PDA devices with WM? I > think only one major one is left: HP. So this is an industry trend, not > an > OS or single vendor issue. > > ____________________________________________ > Lee Church > www.mobitechsystems.com > > > -- > For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ > -- [Jeff Loucks, Gig Harbor, WA, USA] -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
