has the treo/blackberry/pocketpc phone made the PDA completely irrelevant?

[PlatinumGold]

i remember for a while here, everyday there would be a new thread about a PDA. lately i don't see hardly any threads on PDA's.

has the PDA become irrelevant?

 

[KLin]

It's just been integrated with a cell phone.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: KLin
It's just been integrated with a cell phone.

that was the question, are the stand alone PDA's a thing of the past?

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: KLin
It's just been integrated with a cell phone.

Yup, I use my Treo for simple PDA tasks, and as everything I'd need from a phone.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: KLin
It's just been integrated with a cell phone.

that was the question, are the stand alone PDA's a thing of the past?

They probably will be shortly. I'd rather only carry one electronic device than 2.

 

[PlatinumGold]

and along those lines, will PocketPC phone and Treo completely push blackberry out of the picture?

 

[imported_xaguynamedguyx]

if i were to get a PDA i would get a seperate onbe from my cell phone

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: KLin
It's just been integrated with a cell phone.

that was the question, are the stand alone PDA's a thing of the past?

Not entirely, but the trend is moving toward convergence. I'm rather certain there will always be a few specialty high end PDAs that are better than a pda/smartphone, such as enterprise linux PDAs like the zaurus. But for your average pda stuff, a smartphone/pda being most common is where we're headed.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: xaguynamedguyx
if i were to get a PDA i would get a seperate onbe from my cell phone

i'm surprised.

i've had various PDA's and never ended up using one for any length of time.

but if i could get one where so that my phone book was integrated with my outlook with my outlook schedule and get my emails, i'd thing that would be a lot more useful than having to sync many devices.

the marriage of a pda with a cell phone seems to be an ideal one.