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Originally Posted by ebusinesstutor
PDAs were hot sellers for many years, but eventually smart phones took over their functions and people didn't want to carry two devices when one could do.
The last time PDA's outsold smartphones in North America was 2006. 5 years later you couldn't buy a new PDA.
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PDAs disappeared because Palm made the completely arbitrary decision to stop making them in favor of smartphones. Then smartphones didn't work out for them either, and they didn't have their PDA business to fall back on.
Meanwhile Apple has done just fine selling the iPod Touch, which is essentially a PDA with media features.
Frankly, I would love to buy a modern PalmOS device. Something with an E-Ink screen, that could run the useful PDA apps and last for weeks on end. Throw a solar cell on it and you could probably run it indefinitely.