The PDA is dead
Yeah, the PDA is dead. Long live smartphones. The first predictions of this came in 2005 when Sony stopped making PDAs saying that the market is not profitable anymore. Two years later, it seems to be true as even my favourite PDA, the Dell Axim x51v production has stopped. I only found out last week when I went to check it’s price.
Dell x51v is also dead
I love this Dell model because it has the fastest CPU and best VGA graphics chip on a PDA. It’s also perfect as a chess partner as Pocket Fritz2 and other engines are very strong on this PDA.
Coupled with a IR Keyboard or Bluetooth Keyboard it’s a perfect notebook replacement.
Although Dell has officially stopped producing PDAs, you can still find second hand models at Lelong or eBay Malaysia.
I found one sold at Lelong for RM 851. That’s not cheap and it looks like this apparently ‘dead’ and defunct PDA still has a good 2nd hand value.
Still using 4150
Even though the standalone PDA is ‘dead’, it has evolved into SmartPhones. However, I really don’t like to have it all in one. I prefer two separate device mainly because SmartPhones are really aren’t great at performing well as both phone and PDA. One of the features usually suffers. I’m still using my old HP IPaq 4150. It’s still great as a multi function device. I use it to quickly detect whether a new place I’m visiting has free WiFi or not. I don’t have to pull out my notebook for that. Another great feature is strong Fritz2 and Toga/Fruit chess engines I use for analysing games ad hoc. This is particularly useful after a tournament as I can quickly look up where I went wrong while on my way back home in a bus or LRT.
i probably should do more work on Pocket CT-Art and Pocket Middlegames to improve my chess. I’ve been off this two programs for almost a year now. I’ll start again and report my progress in ThePatzer.com
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