Friday, May 06, 2005
PDA sales increase
Sales of PDAs are up, but not the fully-featured, handheld computers that many thought would be the popular 'office in your pocket' accessory. instead, what consumers are going for is the new breed of light-weight device, that does fewer things, and comes a lot cheaper than a full handheld computer. the other driving force seems to be connectivity - people don't want computers in their pocket, they just want to be able to access other information sources, such as email, web etc.
I think with wireless connectivity now offering speeds that can handle enough data for remote desktop and VNC connections, we'll start to see more of this thin client model. I'm increasingly using my laptop as a client for my desktop machine at work, via remote desktop, and you can connect using a PDA as well. at the moment the interface is a cludge though - I'm waiting for a nice pocket sized terminal that will give me a condensed version of what's on my desktop over a wireless link.
Sales of PDAs are up, but not the fully-featured, handheld computers that many thought would be the popular 'office in your pocket' accessory. instead, what consumers are going for is the new breed of light-weight device, that does fewer things, and comes a lot cheaper than a full handheld computer. the other driving force seems to be connectivity - people don't want computers in their pocket, they just want to be able to access other information sources, such as email, web etc.
I think with wireless connectivity now offering speeds that can handle enough data for remote desktop and VNC connections, we'll start to see more of this thin client model. I'm increasingly using my laptop as a client for my desktop machine at work, via remote desktop, and you can connect using a PDA as well. at the moment the interface is a cludge though - I'm waiting for a nice pocket sized terminal that will give me a condensed version of what's on my desktop over a wireless link.
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