amoungst the PDAs there has been nothing to replace the psion.
a keyboard that you can type on, a readable screen, it fits in your
pocket, it runs on 2 AA batteries, it houses its stylus and at a
relatively cheap price.
Palms are a lookup device, but for older eyes have small text size and
text entry is slow.
Blackberrys dont have a easily useable keyboard.
some PDAs will keep trying to grow and small laptops will keep trying to
get smaller.
There will be a market for this genre, and various variations of it. eg
smaller but with more memory, or larger screen, or more battery. It has
sold well so all the other manufacturers will make one too.
Ken
Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote:
Most "normals" I know don't like my laptop because the screen is too small.
They want 14" or more, basically as a portable desktop replacement. I don't
know too many "normals" who like ultra-portables.
Yes but that's like going to your accounting department, who use paper
ledgers, and asking them how they'd like the replacement computer
software to work. They'll explain exactly how the paper system works,
and get you to implement that in software.
I think this device, at this price point, defines a new genre.
Something that, due to the price, justifies the limitations.
I want one. Now to work on SWMBO...
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