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Nobody would buy a standalone PDA these days, mainly because they'd need one core feature: Access to e-mail. At that point, you need, at the very least, a WiFi connection, but customers would likely expect a cellular connection.

And at that point, bam, you have a phone.

You could try to make it "not a phone" by removing the speaker and microphone, but people will occasionally want to play a game, so you'll need the speaker, and someone might want to record speech for note-taking, so you'll need the microphone.

TBH, I'm not sure how you could possibly make a "not a phone" PDA.

Nobody would buy an offline PDA. At least, not enough people to pay for the development of it.



Even back in PalmPilot days, internet connectivity was definitely desirable. I suppose Planet Computers' devices are trying to capture some of the PDA spirit by emphasizing the computing, productivity aspects of smartphones with good keyboards.

https://www.www3.planetcom.co.uk




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