A PDAPhone is a device that provides all the functionality of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and all the functionality of a mobile phone. In addition to the capabilities of each, a PDAPhone also enables new capabilities unavailable in either a PDA or mobile phone.
History of the PDAPhone
So then, let us look at the early pdaPhones. For purposes of this timeline, we will ignore the PDA history itself. At the time that pdaPhones were introduced, the PDA market was already mature and Pocket PC and Palm devices were readily available.
PDAPhone Platforms
PDAPhones are usually organized by platform. The platform is the family of operating system that the different PDAPhones run.
Major PDAPhone Platforms
The following are the major PDAPhone Platforms:
Minor PDAPhone Platforms
The following are the minor PDAPhone Platforms:
PDAPhone History
Intro Date|Historical Event11/2000|Nokia announces 921011/2000|6035 announced03/2001|6035 began shipping CMDA03/2001|Samsung sph-i300 announced04/2001|6035 introduced with Sprint 06/2001|Nokia announces 9290 for US 10/2001|sph-i300 began shipping CMDA10/2001|mmO2 announces XDA 10/2001|Handspring announces Treo Communicators01/2002|Handspring ships Treo 180 Communicator GSM03/2002|Audivox launches Thera Pocket PC05/2002|Handspring announces Treo Communicator 27006/2002|mmO2 XDA Ships 06/2002|Kyocera announces 713507/2002|HP introduces Jornada – available from Vodaphone in UK 08/2002|T-Mobile ships Phone Edition 08/2002|Handspring ships Treo 30008/2002|Sprint ships Toshiba 2032 ,00.html09/2002|Samsung announces i330 and i50003/2003|Samsung introduces sgh-i50006/2003|Handspring announces Treo 600