MLUG: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] what do you do with a PDA that requires aPDA?
Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] what do you do with a PDA that requires aPDA?
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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Michael wrote:

> I think I agree. The PDA isn't going anywhere. It's just going to get 
> smaller and more invisible. As will the cellphone. As they merge into 
> one unit, along with your digital music player, digital camera, watch, 
> handheld tv, gameboy, etc and get smaller and more intergrated (into 
> your cloths, car, enviroment, etc) you'll see less of them but use them 
> all the more. I think of the future of these devices as the Babelfish in 
> Hitchhiker's Guide. Just a little voice in your ear. Luckily, the towel 
> is likely to remain the towel. Some things are sacred. :)

Those are interesting ideas.  I can see some of those things coming to 
pass, but designing them to make them easy to use will be a challenge. 
Won't this give smart people who can understand the devices even more of 
an advantage?  Won't it change the way children learn, the ways we do our 
work, etc.?  It's an amazing future ahead, thanks to you geeks!!

Mike
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