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Originally Posted by HarryT
Do you really consider an iPod to be a PDA? To me, the primary purpose of a PDA is to manage such things as calendar, contacts, tasks, etc, and although the iPod can do those things it's not at all good at it. My Windows "Smartphone" is a vastly better PDA than my iPod.
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I was in an Apple store today playing with the iPhone in an attempt to make up my mind about purchasing the Touch. One of the Apple salesmen started telling me how much he liked the iPhone and then told me, "The best thing is it's really like having a whole computer in your pocket." I just nodded and smiled at his obvious marketing department script. I like it, but it's more like having a really slick but extremely crippled PDA in your pocket.
My current winmo phone works fine as my pda. If you compared actual features, flexibility and capabilities, the iPhone would lose.
Still, I'm leaning more towards picking up the touch when it comes out. The screen is just beautiful and the interface is impressive. If someone can come out with a convenient book reader for the Touch, it would be perfect for entertainment purposes. The "pda" functions are just icing...