Apple PDA soon?

[Jack Hammer]

Originally posted by Jack Hammer
steve said no pda . that is tue.

but hasn't it been a few years now since he said that?

personally - get me iphone and i'll be fine thanks

those phones are fine


we both know if apple made a phone it would blow away the restof the crap instananeously design and tech wise


rio made cool 64mb mp3 players before the ipod make them look like morons with no vision.


anytime apple makesanything, i'm sure they want to lead the industry rather than make another run of the mill BS product like Dell does (see dell pda and etc)

[Quicksilver]

Very Interesting.

Every family would want one, the only thing is it would have to be very inexpensive.

I was talking to a mate a few months ago and he said that he wanted a small computer just to do the basic things like shopping, internet, etc, in his kitchen. he thought an imac was to expensive so didn't bother about it. if this is under the $500 - 700 US mark $1000 AUS then i think it could be a sure success hit. the new iChat 2.0 with video chating would surly go wild.

And if it was promoted correctly. Like explaining the right use for it, showing people using it and OS X. This is very important in advertising and if my feelings are right then apple will surly have a BIG winner.

[Randman]

Price would be a concern. If you look at the iPod, it's a great device, but the price does scare some people off.
That said, it would be tough for Apple to corner enough of a market to make it work. If it went upscale, it would have to compete with the low-end spectrum of Macs now.
If it went the cheap route, it would have to compete with everything from basic pdas such as the zire to upscale models such as the Tungsten T and Sony Clies. Plus, if it was cheap, it would be bare-bones and that might soil the image of Macs and potentially scare off buyers in that market.
I doubt we'll see an Apple pda for some time. More likely, it'll be some future intergration of devices such as the iPod and/or pda.
An iPod could be given a touch screen and some stripped-down programs, kind of like an iLife lite. And with better support and more choices in programs and Mac compatibility, existing pdas can work in better concert with Macs, such as the bluetooth function.
While an iPDA or iPhone would be cool, it doesn't seem to make sense, imho, for Apple to re-invent the wheel in an already crowded market. All it needs to do is better bridge the gap between pdas such as Palm and Sony and mobile phones such as Nokia, SE, Samsung, etc.

[Jack Hammer]

i think those type of devices will be in the future when the concept of computers is like how we view tvs. most people do have 2 tvs in their house. often like a smaller one in the bedroom, kidsroom, family room and kitchen.

we will see it when all macs and pcs are lightning fast (6 ghz for normal top end PCS and the this type of system will feature a 4 ghz machine)

so there. iin the future but not now.