I guess this article is around 2 years old? Wish I could see a date. Was certainly interesting though. Surprisingly I had only thought about it a few times but never quite realized the plain PDA market as being dead as it is due to smart phones which certainly killed my interest, minus palmtops or early tech.
Amiga has still had it's following and still does and has already had several products come out and be sold out and discontinued (Pegasus motherboard, and now AmigaOne being the latest official Amiga product). AmigaOS4 has been out for a year and a half or so and although it took time playing catchup (initial release didn't have usb lol) it's patched, being sold, and still there. Not to mention the AmigaAnywhere platform which was certainly an interesting concept and I guess isn't dead (saw something about it a few days ago). I had a few games on my smartphone and PDA that ran under AmigaAnywhere. I would have developed stuff for it but the package was a bit over $100 and it was a bit more than my hobbiest interest could afford.
Palm has officially came out with phones now (wasn't it bought by 3com?) so they aren't dead. No clue regarding the popularity, although I'd certainly rather have one than my work crapberry. Windows Mobile phones were only fun from the vast amount of free applications out for them, and I guess I just hate new technology so I can't see myself ever wanting an I-phone. I've had mp3 players (cd players) which I think kick ass and play the discs I was already burning as a backup so why would I ever want a ipod either. Anywho.. was interested at a few of the postings but did wonder about the accuracy of some (dated?).
- John