I searched all over the web for something that summed up why nobody buys PDAs anymore, so I just wrote my own:
WHY THE PDA MARKET IS AMERICA HAS BEEN BRUTALLY ASS RAPED
By JStager
Have you noticed how the Sony Clie's aren't at your local CompUSA anymore? The answer is quite simple: Nobody buys PDA's anymore. Sony pulled out of the market to save their skin.
The causes?
-Lack of innovation
-Smart phones do the same things, but worse
The reasons why these have occured:
-Fucking companies like Intel, ATI, and nVidia who don't make new, exciting chips, such as 3D accelerators
-When something "new" has come along, it's nothing but a refined old idea (i.e. keyboards)
-The fucking Japanese for not selling their super exciting models here (Like the Samsung with the 5-inch screen and Windows CE)
You can just walk into your local CompUSA and look at all of the PDA's. Go ahead. Notice anything? THEY ARE ALL THE FUCKING SAME. Same button layout, same OS, same processors, same amounts of RAM and ROM, etc.
It's become conformist. Tell me this: Why the fuck are companies like Intel, ATI, and nVidia not making their graphics accelerators for PDAs? It makes me want to fucking sceam! Mobile phones only huh? You can suck me sideways. I use my PDA as a gaming device. Guess what model it is? The Casio BE-300, which when launched, was one of the most crippled PDAs to date. It took the whole fucking community of end users to make it a decent product. I'm currently running eXpod 6.1, a hacked version of Windows CE, with a FULL WINDOWS GUI (That really seemed to vanish after PocketPC came out), and PocketPC 2000 compatibility. Have you noticed how those old Windows CE devices were so much fun to use? They were like a handheld computer! The new PocketPC devices are only marginally better than fucking Palm organizers (and yes, they are still organizers in my mind). I use it as a hand held computer, which it does a very good job of due to the fact that it runs Windows CE.
That leads me to this:
I see absolutely no point in upgrading. I can run Linux, eXpod, Bee, and a few other OSes on my PDA. It really is like a handheld PC! Now what about PocketPC devices? Nope. Nothing but pure shit, the PPC interface.
On top of that, there isn't much new software out there. It all sucks. I can't run any software on mine that is new (Due to the fact that I have a MIPS R4000 processor in there, the new ones use the Intel XScale). The truth is, I'm perfectly happy playing SimCity 2000, listening to music using WinamPAQ, and playing old NES games using PocketNES.
Now here's the chilling part: If a hardcore geek using a low end, three year old PDA sees no need to upgrade, then why the fuck should anyone?
As soon as that happens, you know why the market fucked itself.
Now how do we fix it? Let's follow the simple fucking four step plan:
1. Put graphics accelerators into them
2. Make alternative OSes
3. Come out with new and radical input devices
4. Create an option in PocketPC to use the old Windows CE interface (Which PPC is built off of).
This could really spark interest in the market again. The PDA's now are no different than the ones we had two years ago. The CPU's are the same speed, and the amount of memory is the same. The only thing that has changed is the OS, which has barely changed at all.
Fuck you HP/COMPAQ, fuck you DELL, fuck you Toshiba, fuck you Siemens, and don't forget to fuck ANY other company making them besides Sony. Sony was the only innovator, and even though they were doing a good job, it still wasn't enough to spark interest with the end user.
Now you all wonder why the market went to shit.
WHY THE PDA MARKET IS AMERICA HAS BEEN BRUTALLY ASS RAPED
By JStager
Have you noticed how the Sony Clie's aren't at your local CompUSA anymore? The answer is quite simple: Nobody buys PDA's anymore. Sony pulled out of the market to save their skin.
The causes?
-Lack of innovation
-Smart phones do the same things, but worse
The reasons why these have occured:
-Fucking companies like Intel, ATI, and nVidia who don't make new, exciting chips, such as 3D accelerators
-When something "new" has come along, it's nothing but a refined old idea (i.e. keyboards)
-The fucking Japanese for not selling their super exciting models here (Like the Samsung with the 5-inch screen and Windows CE)
You can just walk into your local CompUSA and look at all of the PDA's. Go ahead. Notice anything? THEY ARE ALL THE FUCKING SAME. Same button layout, same OS, same processors, same amounts of RAM and ROM, etc.
It's become conformist. Tell me this: Why the fuck are companies like Intel, ATI, and nVidia not making their graphics accelerators for PDAs? It makes me want to fucking sceam! Mobile phones only huh? You can suck me sideways. I use my PDA as a gaming device. Guess what model it is? The Casio BE-300, which when launched, was one of the most crippled PDAs to date. It took the whole fucking community of end users to make it a decent product. I'm currently running eXpod 6.1, a hacked version of Windows CE, with a FULL WINDOWS GUI (That really seemed to vanish after PocketPC came out), and PocketPC 2000 compatibility. Have you noticed how those old Windows CE devices were so much fun to use? They were like a handheld computer! The new PocketPC devices are only marginally better than fucking Palm organizers (and yes, they are still organizers in my mind). I use it as a hand held computer, which it does a very good job of due to the fact that it runs Windows CE.
That leads me to this:
I see absolutely no point in upgrading. I can run Linux, eXpod, Bee, and a few other OSes on my PDA. It really is like a handheld PC! Now what about PocketPC devices? Nope. Nothing but pure shit, the PPC interface.
On top of that, there isn't much new software out there. It all sucks. I can't run any software on mine that is new (Due to the fact that I have a MIPS R4000 processor in there, the new ones use the Intel XScale). The truth is, I'm perfectly happy playing SimCity 2000, listening to music using WinamPAQ, and playing old NES games using PocketNES.
Now here's the chilling part: If a hardcore geek using a low end, three year old PDA sees no need to upgrade, then why the fuck should anyone?
As soon as that happens, you know why the market fucked itself.
Now how do we fix it? Let's follow the simple fucking four step plan:
1. Put graphics accelerators into them
2. Make alternative OSes
3. Come out with new and radical input devices
4. Create an option in PocketPC to use the old Windows CE interface (Which PPC is built off of).
This could really spark interest in the market again. The PDA's now are no different than the ones we had two years ago. The CPU's are the same speed, and the amount of memory is the same. The only thing that has changed is the OS, which has barely changed at all.
Fuck you HP/COMPAQ, fuck you DELL, fuck you Toshiba, fuck you Siemens, and don't forget to fuck ANY other company making them besides Sony. Sony was the only innovator, and even though they were doing a good job, it still wasn't enough to spark interest with the end user.
Now you all wonder why the market went to shit.