HP has admitted that the pen-based PDA market is shrinking at a rate of 30% each year, but HP is looking more toward the converged space (meaning smart phones) as their launch this week of the iPAQ rw6800 and hw6900 shows.
HP’s Vice-President for Consumer Products and Mobile Business Group in the Asia-Pacific region, Chin-Teik SEE, told CNET.com.au that “the pen-based [handheld market] is shrinking at a rate of 30 percent year-on-year.” … According to Chin-Teik, HP will continue to look for ways to “redefine the [pen-based PDA] category,” but it’s safe to say that smart phones will be the company’s primary focus — as far as handhelds are concerned — for the foreseeable future.
I picked this up via Slashdot, and some of the comments were interesting because people were saying: I don’t want an all-in-one device. Sorry guys. You can’t stop the convergence train now.
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