Saturday, October 22, 2005
Slashdot: "Why Have PDAs Failed in the iPod Era?"
Posted by Darius Wey in "THOUGHT" @ 04:00 PM
"Given that modern PDAs have almost all the functionality of these separate devices, how has Palm and Microsoft/PocketPC developers failed in making PDAs a force in this new era of portable media devices? Is it the poor marketing, bad media apps, public perception, or do people simply not want an all-in-one for mobile media?"
There's an interesting discussion over at Slashdot about why iPods continue to triumph over PDAs, despite the fact that the PDA is capable of more than just media playback. Sure enough, most of you use your Pocket PC for PIM, telephony, unrestricted audio and video playback, games, internet and email, and wow-ing your next door neighbour -- yet despite all those bells and whistles, the iPod continues to sell by the truckload. Why do you think that is?
There's an interesting discussion over at Slashdot about why iPods continue to triumph over PDAs, despite the fact that the PDA is capable of more than just media playback. Sure enough, most of you use your Pocket PC for PIM, telephony, unrestricted audio and video playback, games, internet and email, and wow-ing your next door neighbour -- yet despite all those bells and whistles, the iPod continues to sell by the truckload. Why do you think that is?
