A PDA from Nokia?
By Peter Rojas 
posted Jun 28th 2004 10:50AM
posted Jun 28th 2004 10:50AM
Maybe they didn't hear about Sony killing off the Clie, but there's a rumor going around that Nokia is considering a line of PDAs that'll run on the Symbian operating system and that they might even come out with some sort of ruggedized ultralight mini-laptop. Of course, there's no details about what this would actually entail, like whether they'd be PDA phones similar to their new 9500 Communicator (pictured at right), or (less likely) a line of PDAs with Bluetooth and WiFi that you'd use in conjunction with a cellphone.
I hate the "I'll buy one right now" type of comments. But I would :-).
The "article" makes a good point: there isn't a PDA with a decent keyboard and good battery life. The Revo+ (my last PDA) was fair, but even it lacked a little. But if Nokia could throw its energy into something like this, it might work. Psions & CE w/Keyboad PDA's have never faired well in the US..which always baffled me. Here's hoping.....
Oh good...another flop. You would think they learned their lesson after the Taco game handheld/phone fiasco. And what a time to enter the PDA market, just as its dying. Smart move, Nokia.