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Originally Posted by tsaimelv
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This is why so many players (sony, toshiba, sharp, fujitsu, etc.) either never entered, or have recently exited, the US market for PDAs. Smart phone sales, on the other hand, are taking off like a rocket, and this is where the market is headed. 3D graphics accelerators on future smart phones is virtually guranteed.
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Really? A year ago ppc where non existent here ( my country ). The best you saw was a few palm owners, and bussiness user's the biggest customers. Now, you can find a lot of differende ppc brand's in store's, with or widout gps systems.
It may sound strange, but it's the gps systems that have put ppc's on the map for most people. Nobody knew about ppc's, but the moment those litte ppc's started showing up for 399 - 499 euro's with gps & software, while any car gps's cost's double or more, people started to buy them around here.
More & more people have gotten ppc's, yet, at the same time, they discover that ppc's hold more then just organiser's & gps.
When i look at smart phone's, i can't help but wonder about some there price's. Having a smartphone is all nice & well, but if you know that people trow out there normal cell phone's everytime a new model shows up ( while costing a lot less then smartphone's ) ... tja ... It was on the news a while ago, they buying behavier in regards to normal cell phone's.
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I see little evidence that microsoft is going to position traditional PPCs with windows mobile as a platform for handheld gaming. If they want to sell a machine for gaming, it will look nothing like PPCs today, and run something very different than windows mobile. The nice new crop of high-end handhelds such as the X50V, hx4700, and Tungsten T5 are certainly not positioned towards gaming, they cost way too much.
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You forget ... the x50v is the first model with gpu. Thhe hx4700 is just another bussiness model oriented ppc ( shown clearly by lack of gpu, and touchpad design ). More will follow, and after a while, the gpu's will start to show up in low price ppc's. Hell, even the x50v is already getting discounted to 420$ and it's only out for a few weeks.
Also, the fact that MS started to included D3DM in WM2005 is a big clue that they are also going gaming on ppc's. MS never has the habit of adding stuff onless they are planning something for the future. They know, by enhancing ppc's with a GPU, you can not only market them to bussiness people, but also to the more average gaming joe. It's a commen mistake that all gamers are children with no money. The first large gaming youth group, is now in there 20's ( those that rised up with the 386sx & onward ). Seen several studdie's, poll's etc showing that there are more "adult" ( 18+ ) gamers now then teen gamers. And those people have the money to buy ppc's.
And let's face it, even handhelt gaming platform's are expensive. See my post above about handhelt gaming console's vs ppc's ... what is more value for money ... a gameboy or a ppc that can emulate a gameboy, and a dozen other game console's/handhelts ...