Poll:Should Apple Re-Enter the PDA Market? [Archive]

MacRumors

Sep 6, 2002, 12:30 AM

Vote: Poll:Should Apple Re-Enter the PDA Market? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=23&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

Durandal7

Sep 6, 2002, 01:07 AM

Absolutely not, as Steve Jobs said "It's a bad place to be right now"

vniow

Sep 6, 2002, 01:29 AM

Maybe not a PDA, but an iTablet would be nice. :)

iGav

Sep 6, 2002, 03:13 AM

Nah......... but Apple should consider some kind of combined PDA fone combo thingy........

peterjhill

Sep 6, 2002, 07:37 AM

Heck NO!!!!! My iPod is on the way, it will have my contacts and calendar on it. That, scrabble, and dope wars is all I use(d) my palm pilot for.

If anything, they need to release a PocketMAC. iTablet, whatever. I don't want a lame palm os wannabe. I completely agree with Steve that the PDA market is DEAD. For the price of a top of the line Palm, you can get one of the new bluetooth telephones. I would rather have that then a PDA.

eyelikeart

Sep 7, 2002, 12:48 PM

I'm really surprised all the Apple PDA zealots haven't come out of the woodwork to flame me on this one... :eek: :D

I don't think they're gonna get back into it...at least not in a traditional sense... ;)

SilvorX

Sep 8, 2002, 11:22 PM

an apple newton featuring OS 10.2 Lite ;)

dmmcintyre3

Mar 27, 2009, 10:36 PM

Isn't the iPod touch kinda a PDA?

maz94protege

Mar 28, 2009, 07:59 PM

i think the iPhone and iPod Touch is doing good enough, plus OS 3.0 will help

Hawkeye411

Mar 28, 2009, 08:01 PM

Didn't they already release a PDA?? The Touch??

Osarkon

Mar 28, 2009, 08:05 PM

Now that's a thread resurrection.

:rolleyes:

Kilamite

Mar 28, 2009, 09:32 PM

Nah......... but Apple should consider some kind of combined PDA fone combo thingy........

What a prediction..!

gkarris

Apr 2, 2009, 11:39 PM

Nah......... but Apple should consider some kind of combined PDA fone combo thingy........

What a prediction..!

Unless the poster did an "edit"... :eek: :D

techfreak85

Apr 2, 2009, 11:44 PM

well they kinda already are with the iPhone:eek:

ravenvii

Apr 2, 2009, 11:49 PM

Isn't the iPod touch kinda a PDA?

Do you REALLY have to resurrect this thread just to say that?

well they kinda already are with the iPhone:eek:

LOL, look at the date.

When this poll was posted, Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" is the newness, and there's still many people saying that OS X sucks and OS 9 is the way to go.

HA, how times has changed!

techfreak85

Apr 2, 2009, 11:55 PM

Do you REALLY have to resurrect this thread just to say that?

LOL, look at the date.

When this poll was posted, Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" is the newness, and there's still many people saying that OS X sucks and OS 9 is the way to go.

HA, how times has changed!
ya how did they even find the thread and revive it? haha :cool:

Apple Ink

Apr 3, 2009, 08:56 AM

ya how did they even find the thread and revive it? haha :cool:

I guess the 'in-time-out' labeling pasted on the resurrector pretty much explains it!!

Eraserhead

Apr 3, 2009, 08:59 AM

Unless the poster did an "edit"... :eek: :D

In that case it'd say edited underneath ;).

SHIFTLife

Apr 3, 2009, 09:34 AM

Wouldn't you consider the iPhone or iPod Touch a PDA? Offers everything a PDA would....

Dr Sound

Apr 10, 2009, 01:15 PM

No...

Isn't that technology behind us now? with the advancement of things like the Iphone..

I also don't think they are going to bring Back.

-The Laser Disc
- Cassette Tapes
- VHS
- HDDVD

DougB541

Apr 13, 2009, 05:33 PM

Um way to check the date on the original post....

Mjmar

Apr 13, 2009, 09:28 PM

These types of posts are so interesting to look back at... I think I'm gonna go look at other older threads! It's fun.

ceezy3000

Apr 13, 2009, 09:32 PM

Mac OS X sucks!! OS 9! OS 9! OS 9!;)

bigaudiofanatic

Apr 18, 2009, 07:36 AM

IMO they already have with the iPhone

rdowns

Apr 18, 2009, 07:55 AM

Isn't the iPod touch kinda a PDA?

Thank you. I've been waiting almost 7 years for an answer to that question. :rolleyes:

rhett7660

Apr 18, 2009, 05:57 PM

Nope... I think they already have.... iTouch. As others have said.

macgrl

May 5, 2009, 11:42 AM

No, they have the iphone and mm:)

mkrishnan

May 5, 2009, 11:46 AM

No, they have the iphone and mm:)

This thread is from 2002. Please stop bumping it needlessly.

Similarly, I found a blurb from a newspaper published in 1890 asking whether the common man would have any use for a telephone, but I resisted the urge to respond to it. ;)

Blue Fox

May 5, 2009, 06:29 PM

EDIT: Sorry mkrishnan - just read your post........oops.

Why? The Smartphone has taken over the duties of the PDA, so why have two seperate devices to carry around when the iPhone is one of the best smartphones out there?

More to the point, what does a PDA do that the iPhone doesn't already? (excluding having the ability to edit a document/spreadsheet).......which would be solved if the rumors of Microsoft brining a mobile version of Office to the iPhone.

rekhyt

May 6, 2009, 07:20 AM

Nope... I think they already have.... iTouch. As others have said.

That was what I was about to say. Lol.

alphaod

May 6, 2009, 08:10 AM

Why are you guys still bumping this thread, when told to stop by the mod? :rolleyes:
I know I just bumped it too...

Digital Skunk

May 8, 2009, 12:20 AM

ya how did they even find the thread and revive it? haha :cool:

They used the search features of Mac Rumors..... like every wannabe mod screams about.

Why are you guys still bumping this thread, when told to stop by the mod? :rolleyes:
I know I just bumped it too...

Sorry, didn't see that.

Umm, maybe they should close it since it's not really relevant anymore.

Did you try reporting it to the mod that already knew it was open and inform him/her to close it?

ZeroCorpse

May 14, 2009, 09:46 PM

I think others here make the point well... The iPhone or iPod touch ARE basically the New Newton.

I can't see how you could make it significantly different and still be easy to use and have that Apple "streamline" functionality.

ZeroCorpse

May 14, 2009, 09:46 PM

Oh, oops. Didn't see the mod's message.

Sorry about that. Pretend this thread didn't happen, I guess.

Digital Skunk

May 14, 2009, 10:31 PM

Don't worry, the mods haven't closed it yet, so I don't think it's a big deal to them.

I think others here make the point well... The iPhone or iPod touch ARE basically the New Newton.

I can't see how you could make it significantly different and still be easy to use and have that Apple "streamline" functionality.

You should see this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=697786) about how the iPod Touch makes a rather poor PDA to some members.

dsnort

May 14, 2009, 11:16 PM

Hmm, PDA? No.

But consider a device roughly the size of the Newton 2000/2100.

Give it an intel N270 "Atom" processor, 1-2 gigs of memory.

Throw in an iPod style Touch screen, wifi, 3g, a 32-64Gb MINI PCI SSD.

And an optimized version of Mac OS X.

And yeah, an updated version of the Newton handwriting recognition software.

I think you could sell that!

Digital Skunk

May 14, 2009, 11:20 PM