{"id":7457,"date":"2005-03-01T13:37:49","date_gmt":"2005-03-01T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/03\/01\/sic-transit-pda.html"},"modified":"2005-03-01T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2005-03-01T20:37:49","slug":"sic_transit_pda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/01\/sic_transit_pda.html","title":{"rendered":"Sic transit PDA?<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another “hey, let’s provoke some headlines and controversy” article over at CNet about the death of the PDA<\/a>. Which is ironic, because Margie just indicated she needs to replace her old Palm 105.<\/p>\n

I can understand why some folks ringing the death knell — the market for PDAs is not only flat, but receding, they’ve become commodity items, Sony’s dropped out of the picture, cell phones do a lot of PDA functions, etc.<\/p>\n

Looking at my own PDA use, it’s gone from a “I use this actively every day” to “I notice it when it’s not with me, but it’s not the be-all end-all of my personal data.” I don’t see getting a phone with PDA functions (navigating via the phone keypad on a tiny screen is not my idea of a good time), but I can certainly understand the attraction of carrying around one fewer widgets.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see where the market is — and my own needs are — in a year or so, when is start looking at replacing my current Palm Tungsten W. Having a place to carry my calendar and phone list and take notes and so forth is still very valuable, but I’m not sure there isn’t an alternative of some sort coming down the line. I just don’t see anything out there yet that’s quite it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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