[SATLUG] [OT] Cell phone rant / open source idea

[Robert Pearson]

On 7/17/07, Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org> wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Robert J Hewitt wrote:
>
> >  That being said If I do get a PDA more then likely I will use it for
> >  keeping Pics, Schedules and maybe to odd E-book or two and lots and lots
> >  of music.
>
> PDAs are rapidly going the way of the Dodo.  If you really want a
> PDA, you should buy one soon, before they are all museum pieces.

Would you use a phone with the same size display as your PDA and the
PDA function accessible? Not built into the phone but sitting on a
server somewhere?

How about those of us who like certain PDA functions but not the whole 9 yards?
The same is true for Pocket PC. A lot of over head for the few functions I use.

One way to have an all-in-one device functionally is for the ISP or
vendor to support SaaS. In the coming world of SOA this will be a
standard configuration.
It could even be a link to your own server so you can get your
customized version.

Maybe there is already a way to do this?

> Like it or not, pretty much everyone who is making these things is
> getting out of the PDA market, and moving into the
> small-handheld-communicator market, a la Treo, iPhone, etc....
>
> >             As for now I will settle on the Books, Music, and games  left
> >  on my PSP (PlayStation Portable) and a 4 GB Microdrive attached. SO to
> >  all the Blackberry, Iphone, and other PDA phone types enjoy your phones
> >  and techno gadgets I'll stick to my Brick Phone just kidding I have a
> >  Nokia Flip phone.
>
> Gaming technology as standalone devices are also going the way of the
> Dodo.  Most games are going online, with offline play being very much
> an afterthought.