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Originally posted by David Westman
> combination palmtop-cellphones known as communicators.
combination PDA-mobile phones known as smartphones
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Depends which side of the fence you sit. Having come from a PDA with wireless capability background, "Communicator" is quite acceptable.
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Originally posted by David Westman
>crucial players are Microsoft, Kyocera, Handspring and a
> start-up company called Danger.
don't forget samsung, sony-ericsson, palm, nokia
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From the "SmartPhone" direction, you could also include LG, Panasonic, and a plethora of Asian cellphone manufacturers that are producing phones for 3G networks (specifically Qualcomm's BREW standard). You might also include Motorola and other integrating Java into the cellphone.
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Originally posted by David Westman
> It's biggish, about the size of a stuffed bifold wallet
but a wallet fits in your pocket so?
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After buying many of these devies, how many of us have stuffed bifold wallets (unless they are stuffed with credit card receipts
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Originally posted by David Westman
> fits into a shirt pocket
an unwise benchmark. You're on the toilet, reading avantgo, finishing up, where to put the pda? pants are down, ok, shirt pocket. pull up pants, turn around to flush the toilet and PLINK, the pda goes down the toilet.
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Sounds like someone speaking from experience
. If my previous cellphone (T68 - purchased in Italy last year, used on cingular network in SoCal) was a little bigger, my wife might have noticed tucked into the pocket of my shorts before she did the washing
I am looking forward to the 7135. With the holster, it will be more than functional (and my wife tells me I have deep pockets, so it should fit there too).
Pogue is normally right on the money from a PDA perspective, but SmartPhones and Communicators are new ground for all the "industry commentators". Indeed, at the BREW developers forum in San Diego back in June he raved about his Treo 270 (he had a prerelease version). I think he'll be carrying around the 7135 by the time the next BREW forum comes around
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