Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era?

mikejz84 writes "As the owner of a PocketPC PDA I am a very happy camper, with wifi internet access, Skype Voip, video playback, and of course the ubiquitous mp3 playback. In an era were everyone seems to talk about the Video iPod, and the next generation of mobile devices, it leaves me wondering - I already have all those abilities in a PDA that costs about as much as an iPod. My question for Slashdot: Given that modern PDAs have almost all the functionality of these separate devices, how has Palm and Microsoft/PocketPC developers failed in making PDAs a force in this new era of portable media devices? It is the poor marketing, bad media apps, public perception, or do people simply not want an all-in-one for mobile media?"

Re:I think you nailed it.

[chrisxkelley]

This might comparing be apples to oranges,

well actually in this case we're comparing apples to pda's. nice try though.

Re:It's not unusual to own 300 CDs

[steve_bryan]

iPods don't support any lossless formats

what's the point of listening to lossless audio formats on earbud headphones

Sometime between these two comments wouldn't it occur to you that you might acknowledge that you are just spouting off and don't really know basic facts? It might even make sense to apologize for saying something completely false like your first statement. Never mind, Jake, it's slashdot.

Re:I think you nailed it.

[Phaid]

When you make a comment like:

And, girls get out of class, and half of them whip out their phones for a quick chat between classes. Most of them have trouble operating a PC. What would they do with a PDA?

It becomes obvious to the point of redundancy to say:

Me? I don't leave the house (besides work and school) enough