Mobile Pipeline | Users Don’t Really Want Device Convergence: Study: “The study and survey noted that device vendors obviously believe in the convergence of the two types of devices or they wouldn’t be adding wireless connectivity to PDAs and PDA functions to phones, the study noted. But each form factor has its strengths and a survey run as part of the study found that users don’t necessarily want convergence.
‘PDAs stand out from phones in their input capability — via keyboard or touch screen — and personal information management (PIM) applications like calendar and contacts,’ the report said. ‘But only 6 percent of mobile phone owners say that a keyboard or pen input is important in their choice of phone, and only 10 percent say that PIM applications matter.’”
I’ve been saying this for years. PDAs and phones each have their own strengths and you don’t necessarily get more by mashing the two together. That said, linking a good phone and a good PDA with Bluetooth is magic.
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