Frank Gruendel [Frank_Gruendel_at_t-online.de] wrote the following 2002-01-12
15.35:
> a) Every single of the 1500 members of this list is going to buy
> a unit as soon as they hit the market
frank, as we all have observed by now, advanced PDAs are not for mr smith -
theyre 99% for the vertical markets. apple will have to scan every possible
market first, before getting into the same soup as with the newt. this list
is consisting mostly of some geek-o-mania leftovers from the newton haydays=
,
so i guess were not the majority in a possible new newton batch [!]
i think compaq is really doin some great w=F6rk with their proliant servers
and ipaqs. the ipaqs are probably considered as "marketing costs" to get th=
e
servers out to the corporate world...
(proliant servers are waaaaay more expensive than a PDA, a PDA is mostly fo=
r
brand awareness in this case, even if it sounds rediculous. on the other
hand, i think youll also be able to do some really nasty things with
windows/XML on a handheld platform in say 5 years from now)
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