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PDA Sales Fall for Third Year in Row

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-me-explain-convergence dept.

A reader writes "Reports ZDNet on how PDA sales have slipped for a third year in a row now at a five-year low." Anyone have numbers for sales of cell phones? My cell phone has almost every piece of functionality I got from my PDA 3 years ago. Plus a crappy camera. Still no dice roller.

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  1. What I need... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess PDA is not enough. Cell phone, camera, mp3 player, wifi and PDA would be nice, tough...

  2. No Dice Roller? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    If your phone has J2ME (it likely does) you could probably get it to run jSimpleDice.

  3. I can see why by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    I took mine back when I found out that you could not point them at a settlement and see on the readout how many humanoid life forms there were in it, and that they were not capable of detecting nearby warp drive fields.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  4. What's needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    really is a combination girlfriend/cook/investment banker/porn star, and the market will really take off.

  5. My cell phone is better than yours... by Rahga · · Score: 1, Funny

    My cell phone has almost every piece of functionality I got from my PDA 3 years ago. Plus a crappy camera. Still no dice roller.

    Sure, but can you use it like a CB radio (DJ Convoy)? Is it Shatner-compliant?

  6. Re:Its the russians by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1, Funny
    "If scientists discover in 10 years that cellphones cause cancer it will be because Ukraine has turned into one giant tumor."

    It might also be because of top politicians' consumption of that wonderful Ukrainian delicacy: dioxin-and-borscht soup.

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  7. Nevvton Communiity by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny
    "But the Newton community is growing!"

    It's 6ood xo see that somehbv4 else is vsing a Nevvton t0 make Slabbbot entries #

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  8. Re:There can be only one... by cakefool · · Score: 2, Funny

    successful marketing