I think the PDA is in a rapid evolutionary cycle right now and manufacturers do not know which way to jump. I see devices with PDA functionality splitting along several different paths:
1. PDA's as we know them now, but the features and pricepoints will change.
2. Smartphones.
3. Personal media players/PDA combos. (eg. mp3 or video players with PDA functions built in or dedicated ebookreaders that also have PDA functions)
4. Gaming PDA's (eg. Tapwave)
There may also be a market for devices that also do these things without PDA functionality, but I think the concept of pda sized minicomputers and OS's are here to stay.
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