At an Internet professionals meeting this morning we were discussing new technologies and what not. I mentioned that I use Yahoo Mail to keep notes, contacts and what not, especially since my old Visor Platinum gave up the ghost. Nearly everyone else chimed in that their PDA also died. (My wife’s can be included in the list of casualties.)
I am now boldly proclaiming that the PDA is a thing of the past. Dead. Gone. Obsolete.
Hyperbole? Perhaps. But we have other gadgets to carry and the PDA just doesn’t do enough to warrant lugging it around.
Yes it holds contact info. But I need those numbers in my cell phone to use them.
Yes some play music, but not nearly as good as an iPod.
Yes they store data, but thumb drives are much easier to carry and use.
So what use is left for the old PDA? I certainly don’t miss mine.
