Comments on: Sony to exit key handheld arenas

update "Reassessing" the handheld market, the Japanese electronics giant plans to soon stop making existing Clie models for U.S. consumers and will hold off from producing new models.

laptop/handheld convergence...

Sony is smart to exit the handheld market for now. I've
seen this coming for years...Future handhelds will look like
a leather bound dayplanner, including quicktime video
phone, video mail, and a dozen flexible LCD pages(thank
you IBM) to address commonly used business
categories...and of course stylus & voice input. Until then,
the handheld market will struggle.

[Llib Setag]

Palm OPPORTUNITY

I disagree with the authors of this article.
This is an OPPORTUNITY to expand the Palm PDA / Handspring PDA / Treo PDA phone line on their own...
NOT a blow to Palm as the doom & gloom authors have suggested. (time for Citizen Gates to slither in like a snake-shark to devour the market) Once again CNET bends to their advertisers perspective instead seeing the possibilities for positive growth for PALM.

Think Different,

LLIB SETAG

PPC time coming?

I bet PPC and Microsoft must be very happy to hear such big news. Sony is a big consumer PDA level maker instead of Palm's business level target. Loss of Sony, how will be the choice from general consumer?

[Terrence Koonce]

Sony PSP- Handheld Gaming System & PDA?

Sony PSP- Handheld Gaming System & PDA? It would be smart
for Sony to just put all their resources into their own PDA app
for the PSP.
Or maybe it'll have PDA features already built into the PSP? It'll
have wi-fi already built in which could allow syncing with or Mac
or PC's. Just a thought!

Agree Sony's Future is PSP + PDA

I totally agree that Sony may transform the
PSP to PDA.
However given the higher cost for PSP + PDA, and the risk to market image. I think Sony's best strategy is to release the gaming only PSP first, then once PSP is generally accepted and selling well.
Then Sony can add the touch screen capability to PSP and generally transform the PSP into a PDA. It will be similar to what Sony does from PS2 to PSX

[tbbrick]

Bummer, Love the Clie

After putting my Palm IIIx thru several wars, I retired the dead soldier for a Clie PEG-TG50. Yeah, I'm one of those anti-Microsux types. Bad enough to have my PC crash-lockup-getvirii, don't want my handheld to do the same.