Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

Hybrid-schmybrid, No PDA-Cell Phone for me!

It occurred to me that one of the underlying reasons that the march toward hybrid PDA-cell combos will be slow slog is that families are pretty quick to hand over a cell phone, but not nearly so willing to hand over their PDA. I give my cell phone over to the wife, the kids, my mother fairly regularly when they are making long rides, going off to the mall, etc. I would be much less enthusiastic about handing over a $500 combo device. Better to have my PDA able to "talk" through my cell phone (bluetooth) than have the two inexorably linked together.

Last edited by Keefer Lucas on 09-29-2002 at 03:16 PM

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 415

true, true.

I just assumed they wouldn't catch on for a while because they cost 500$. I mean I'm addicted to gadgets, but i cant justify a purchase like that.

so i carry a VDX and a nokia 3390. even when they were new the two of them came to about 350US.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

VDX Blues

I reluctantly upgraded from a VDX to a VPL so I could connect my Visor to my Kyocera "came free with the plan" 2035a digital phone and enjoy the functionality of the Treo for under $150 ($100 for used VPL on eBay, $30 cable, $20 for IambicMail). Works wonderfully (atleast when I am in digital coverage). The beauty beyond my out-of-pocket is that the company covers my data transfers within the company cell phone plan...

There was allegedly some kind of connectivity possible with Palm OS 3.1, but I could never connect...

Registered: Sep 2002
Location: lompoc, CA
Posts: 15

ya, $500 is way to much for a cell phone pda combo my edge was $50 and my nokia was free with plan so thers no need...

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(I posted this in another thread but I think its even more relevant in this one!)

from CNET's news.com:

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-959402.html?tag=lh

quote:

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"To date, Handspring's monochrome Treo 180 and color Treo 270 have shown anemic sales," Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff wrote in a research note in late August. This month he noted that sales of the new Treo 300, which runs on Sprint's network, seem to be headed down the same road.

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Last edited by EricG on 09-29-2002 at 10:50 PM