PDA Priorities

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27 June 2002 02:50 PM
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PDA Priorities

Which PDA is right for your business needs?

Which device do you never leave behind when you go on a business trip? Today it might be a simple pager or mobile phone. But in the near future, you will likely depend on a much more sophisticated handheld computer to perform a wide variety of business functions. Although today's devices can make phone calls, track appointments, and send e-mail and instant messages, their capabilities have yet to warrant widespread corporate rollouts.

PDA Priorities:
Introduction
Palm OS 5
Pocket PC 2002
Room for both
Final checklist
Market snapshot

This year, competition for the corporate use of the portable devices some call personal digital assistants (PDAs), or handheld PCs, will be fierce. According to a recent Gartner report, big changes are coming to the handheld marketplace this year. Gartner predicts a merger of Palm and Handspring and a decline in sales for RIM's Blackberry platform (popular in the US but yet to make its debut in Australia).

It's clear that the Pocket PC has become a formidable competitor to the once indomitable Palm -- but look for Palm to make a big push in the corporate market later this year. To see how the competition is heating up, let's take a look at how each camp is making its pitch for the enterprise market.

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