I read today (and here) that Dell is ending its Axim line of Pocket PCs/Windows Mobile devices. I have an Axim X50, the second to last model made, that has been sitting on my desk gathering dust over the past year. Reason for my non-use? My smartphones have replaced it, just as News.com says has been the general problem:
The market for personal organizers has stagnated as many users have opted for smart phones that combine such features as calendar and contact functions with telephony
That’s me in a nutshell. Since I got my first Windows Mobile phone last year, I found I no longer needed to carry both my PDA and a phone. One device was sufficent. I tested going out on a trip with only my phone back in mid-2006 — the first time in years I hadn’t also taken a PDA — and found I didn’t miss it.
Since then, I haven’t looked back. My phones have completely replaced my PDA, since they are both PDAs and phones. Well, sort of phones. My Verizon phone can still take so long thinking about letting me answer a call that I often miss it. My T-Mobile Vario II that I use in the UK works much better — the closest any of the Windows Mobile/Windows Smartphones have worked to be actually usable. More on this in the future.
