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My current weblog.
Monday, March 11, 2002It appears that I have been confused about the distinction between "Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition" and "Windows Powered SmartPhone 2002" devices. Bluetooth will eat the Phone Edition's lunch, not the SmartPhone's, at least in the consumer space. Hopefully some of the good things from the Phone Edition will filter back to the standard Pocket PC. I sorely miss the "Jounal" function in Outlook, and the "Call Notes" feature from the Phone Edition seems to partially address that.
What does SmartPhone bring to the party? Devices sized comparably with "normal" compact cellular phones. Integration with Outlook. A pretty face. On the downside, being so compact means that data-entry will be just as bad as on a regular cellular phone.
That may be enough for the SmartPhone to be a success. Asian consumers go nuts over feature-rich phones at nearly any price. Europeans will likely dig the SmartPhone too, if the price isn't much over EUR200 with contract (the Brits and Swiss might go higher). In the US market, they would have to be under $100 with contract. Or have excellent product placement on "Friends" and "Ally McBeal".
