You are probably right about traditional handhelds as opposed to smartphones. There is very little movement in that direction. On the WM front, you only have the iPAQ 114 and 214, both of which are regarded as oddities. The only other new handhelds around are the iPod Touch (which is an iPhone without the phone), and the Nokia n770/n800/n810 (which will probably morph into phones).
The only applications that are keeping handhelds going at all are satellite navigation and internet browsing. Although there are a lot of smartphones out there, they are being used very much as phones, and not as PDAs. People are downloading MP3s, ringtones, games and other small apps OTA. They are not syncing with PCs, or installing large apps such as yours and mine. People have moved on, and that window of opportunity has been missed. Most of my users now use Treos, and I have learnt to embrace this. It helps that I use a Treo myself. But the future for applications such as ours is bleak. -----Original Message----- From: Edward Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 December 2008 14:10 To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Developing on Palm PDAs - what next? Thanks for the reply. Palm have indeed made an announcement, but it is not the one I wanted: "Colligan: No New Palm Handhelds" as reported on Palm InfoCenter -> http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9654/colligan-no-new-palm-handhelds/ Thanks anyway for your response, I will bear you in mind for second hand devices and repairs! Edward Philip Sheard wrote: > You should not have any problems buying new T|Xs from Amazon UK, > at least for the time being. Apparently Palm is due to make some > sort of announcement early next year. It could either be the next > big thing, or another Foleo. I actually liked the Foleo, but it was > a marketing disaster. > > If you are looking for second user devices, I may be able to help > you there, depending on the number that you require. I can also > carry out repair work, if necessary. I would not recommend > StyleTap, but that is just my personal opinion. > > If you would like to discuss any of this we me direct, you can call > me on 07530 574120. > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
