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First it was Dell and the Axim, now it’s Fujitsu Siemens and the Pocket Loox that are pulling out of the PDA market.

According to a report on Engadget, they don’t see the standalone PDA market as a viable sector anymore. The world is now going to be SIM card based… and that’s just not what they do.

According to a statement by FSC spokesperson Amy Flécher, the decision to cut the proverbial cord was simply “due to the usual examination of the portfolios,” and the firm apparently noticed that “the traditional handheld segment (PDA) [had been shrinking] for years.” Essentially, the company felt that Smartphone would eventually swallow the “traditional handhelds” of the world, and considering that cranking out smartphones “is not its business at all,” the decision seems logical

Source Engadget