November 12, according to foreign media reports, with the iPhone and other smart phones become increasingly popular, the most traditional PDA device will be the same stage of history like dinosaurs.
According to IDC data, Palm and HP Ipaq devices such as PDA sales have declined for 15 consecutive quarters.
In the third quarter, PDA sales in the second quarter, a slight increase compared to 1.5%, but down 39.3% compared to last year.
In contrast, iPhonbe other smart phones are increasingly popular. In the past two years, Palm has not introduced any one of the PDA, it launched a 12 Treo smartphones.
Of course, these data can not be said Palm and other PDA manufacturers will give up business. To HP, for example, the company introduced for enterprise and individual users a variety of Ipaq Products.
Moreover, PDA in the short term can not be completely destroyed. However, it is clear, its survival will become increasingly narrow.