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Palm to Buy Handspring

Posted by michael on from the get-another-one-in-case-the-first-one-breaks dept.

liam193 writes "CBS MarketWatch is reporting that Palm has agreed to buy Handspring for $169M. If you were purchasing a PDA right now, would you choose Palm, Handspring, or avoid them entirely? I guess one of my concerns is that Handspring has some really cool features that Palm may want to keep. Any merger spells elimination of product lines. So what gets dropped? Palm which has probably a nicer "case" style or Handspring with its less desirable case but some features you don't find on Palms."

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  1. Anybody that thinks they *need* a PDA..... by Selecter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is mistaken. I guess there are poeple in this world that love gadgets for gadgets sake but I never could figure out a use for a PDA in my life. Of course, I like life to be pretty blase. Maybe you get up and go Class A thrive on artificial corporate induced pressure types can tell me what you actually use a PDA for that cant be done with other things just as well or almost as well and I get get more perspective on it.