Is the PDA dead, or close?

i was able to use one of those palms way back. i stopped using it after a year.

Not sure but I think stand-alone PDAs are still better than SmartPhones = memory.

I’ve seen and talked to my colleagues who have smartphones and used different smartphones for years, they said the only catch is – it’s slow. If you really want a PDA, get a stand-alone. But if you won’t need it that much or rather you just want it as an “add-on”, then get a smartphone.

It is similar to buying a phone with a 10-megapixels camera. Buy a stand-alone a camera than a celphone, the stand-alone will always be better.

Second, we’re in the Philippines, and thieves and snatchers is everywhere, even right in our own homes and offices. Why risk losing two or three important functions and/or technologies for your life?

Finally, people carry at least 2 mobile phones, be it ordinary or smart, then a laptop.

In that sense, PDA vs. Laptop, I’ll choose Laptop (with Ubuntu on it).

PDA is still alive, not just to the “masses”, more on for the corporate people.

I think it’s very much dead. Mobile phone manufacturers have successfully integrated PDA functions into their devices thus making stand-alone PDA’s obsolete.

being a stand-alone PDA user for years, i hate to admit it, but i think the stand-alone PDAs are already dying. HP is trying to keep it alive with 2 models, while everybody else like Palm, Dell, and Toshiba have either stopped manufacturing or switched to the smartphone bandwagon. i also switched to the smartphone bandwagon when Windows Mobile 5 was introduced and never looked back to the 2 piece option of a phone and a pda combo.

I forgot to provide the blog I created, here it is: http://globalwirelesstech.blogspot.com

Cheers!