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What would be the selling point for a non-phone, non-Android standalone PDA today? I'm trying hard to imagine what it could do, but drawing a blank. It wouldn'
by pavlov 3y ago
What would be the selling point for a non-phone, non-Android standalone PDA today?
I'm trying hard to imagine what it could do, but drawing a blank. It wouldn't be meaningfully smaller or lighter than a phone, it would be bigger than a smartwatch, and it wouldn't have any of the apps that people are used to.
- RetroTechie 3y agoBattery life? If modest cpu, lightweight OS + e-paper screen, for example. Oh wait... that's e-reader territory. Could make for a nice tablet alternative though, if coupled with a decent library of apps.
- pavlov 3y agoBut where do the apps come from, if not Android? The bar for PDA software is considerably higher than in 1997. Even just a calendar needs cloud integrations and instant smart search and whatever. Email is a much bigger can of worms. Developing that software suite on a non-Android platform seems like a lot of work for something that would still leave many users disappointed to find features missing.