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After 22 Years, Walt Mossberg Writes Final WSJ Column

Posted by timothy on from the end-of-year-starts-now dept.

McGruber writes "Walt Mossberg, principal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, has written his last column after 22 years of reviewing consumer technology products for the newspaper. His final column discusses the dozen personal-technology products that were most influential over the past two decades."

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  1. Re:This list is missing something... by ottothecow · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Trash either the Newton or the Palm (probably the Newton). They are both basically the same thing. The Palm followed the Newton and was successful and actually influenced people...so I would leave that one in. Having both is like having both the ipad and those ancient fujitsu tablets.

    If you really want another PDA/Phone thing...it belongs to blackberry. They were heavily used in their own right, and they directly contributed to the success of the iphone...people had them thrust upon them at work, were already warmed to the idea of a smartphone, and now are mostly using iphones. They may have clung to the BB for a long time, but when their kids and family all had iphones and they realized it could do everything their BB could do in a more friendly manner (and without running a BES), they were ready to move.

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