Completely depends on the market. I could never see my wife using a PPC hand held even though she is computer literate. However, I have customers that could not collect their data using a Palm OS device. I think the article was referring to the consumer market. Power users aside, most consumers won't carry around both a hand held and a cell phone. The cell phone would be the primary device of choice. If its also a PDA, so much the better. On the flip side, a PDA that is also a cell phone doesn't quite cut it yet. As someone pointed out, a really good cell phone with PIM features is less than $100 while a good PDA with cell phone features is $300+. But remember this is a developer's newsgroup not a marketing one.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Riccardo Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:04 AM Subject: Re: Who is PalmOS's competitor Number One ? Microsoft? Symbian? Or Someone else? > Well in this discussion, nobody seems to talk about Microsoft. Windows CE is already a widely used > system since it allows easy port from Windows developments. > > I'm not an expert at all, but for me the real war is a PalmOS against WindowsCE. I think Microsoft > will not let the market go without Microsoft. As we all could see it 10 years ago with NextStep, > quality does not mean success. > > no ? > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
