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YEOPK Posts: 182

Worldwide sale of handheld declined for the third year in a row, and it's going to decline further!
Consumers don't see the need to invest in pdas if a samrtphone can do the same basic tasks. Smartphones, with their increasing ability to provide Pda like functionality are clearly damaging the handheld devices market and sending vendors into scramble. A good example is Sony, killing off its CLIE handheld.
What have you got to say?
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Posted: 2005-03-16 04:51:49
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Residentevil Posts: > 500

I think you got it all wrong. Big time.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/n[....]ry2&u=/nf/20050303/bs_nf/30890
Mobile phone sales actually where very good last year, with new models coming out and many ppl upgrading their handsets.
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Posted: 2005-03-16 05:07:17
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whizkidd Posts: > 500

I think He's talking about PDAs only. Not the ones with phone capabilities. This message was posted from a T230
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Posted: 2005-03-16 05:11:40
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OluYom Posts: > 500

That trend should not come as a surprise to anyone. As smartphones become smarter, PDAs will just have to keep giving way.
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Posted: 2005-03-16 05:19:00
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whizkidd Posts: > 500

I knew this was gonna happen. Why would someone want to keep two devices, when one can do the job of the other too? This message was posted from a T230
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Posted: 2005-03-16 05:24:30
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mario2002 Posts: > 500

Is a shame SE stopped the development of its only smart cellphone the Pxx series.Hopefuly they will release a P1000 or something similar early next year.In the meantime Nokia is doing the killing with the new 6680. :-) This message was posted from a Nokia 7650
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Posted: 2005-03-16 05:47:01
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whizkidd Posts: > 500

So the CLIe range from Sony is no longer available? This message was posted from a T230
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Posted: 2005-03-16 05:53:12
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YEOPK Posts: 182

@WHIZZKID
You are right. It was announced recently by Sony that come this July, all Sony CLIE Pda line will be rest in peace.
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Posted: 2005-03-16 09:06:36
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YEOPK Posts: 182

@residentevil
I'm talking about pdas not mobile phone!
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Posted: 2005-03-16 09:18:36
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