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General Forums => Off Topic forum => Topic started by: kurochka on May 06, 2005, 03:55:07 pm
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http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA530272.html (http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA530272.html)
"The shipment of 3.4 million units is a 25 percent increase over the total number of shipments worldwide in the first quarter of 2004. The average selling price of a unit also increased 15 percent to $406."
"... The desire for wireless e-mail access fueled a 55 percent increase in shipments for PDAs containing WLAN or cellular capabilities, according to Gartner."
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From the same article comes a troublesome note for Zaurus fans though. Japan posted a 21.3% drop in PDA shipments in the same quarter.
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this only confirms that the traditional pda is dying. RIM is the main reason for the increase in sales (within that report). It is not considered a traditional pda, but a possible look into the future of PDAs.
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My 10 ¢ on the issue : the next zaurus will be released with hardware wireless, which will only work in Japan through some exclusive partnership with a cellphone company (can you say Tréo ?)
It will just like a blackberry - except we'll all lament we can't use it outside japan.
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My 10 ¢ on the issue : the next zaurus will be released with hardware wireless, which will only work in Japan through some exclusive partnership with a cellphone company (can you say Tréo ?)
It will just like a blackberry - except we'll all lament we can't use it outside japan.
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The only problem being that there are three different major and fiercely competitive cellular providers. Chances are that if they're going to do anything with cellular, it will be a partnership that involves the CF slot, just like they have now. (The 860, at the very least, had a cheap plan from one of the providers)