Dell stops PDA development?
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| Dell halted R&D development of PDA products since the middle of 2005,
| when Dell's Taiwan Design Center (TDC) completed development of the
| PC vendor's last Axim-series device, which was manufactured by High
| Tech Computer (HTC), according to market sources.
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| ...Dell has not announced new PDAs for almost a year and PDA products
| that it currently offers are old models that were introduced in 2004,
| indicated the sources. In addition, the PC vendor has not shown any moves
| in the PDA phone and GPS-enable PDA segments, the sources noted.
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| According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide
| handheld device market continued to slide in shipments on a yearly
| basis in the first quarter of 2006, with a 19.4% decrease.
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http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20060801PR209.html
This could open the door to competition, such as the (Linux-based) Nokia
tablet, (Linux-based) mobile phones (recall the alliance that revolves
around mobile Linux) and even Palm (despite recent delays and woe over the
new Linux-based O/S).
To be fair...
PDA sales in freefall
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| Shipments of handheld mobile devices in Western Europe have taken a
| record tumble this quarter. Manufacturers who were hoping sales of
| converged devices (i.e. smartphones) would help offset the decline,
| are also in for a disappointing time, according to analyst house IDC.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/03/pda_sluggish/
Maybe 3G phones are the way to go..
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