So today’s Anchordesk story caught my eye, it’s about PDA’s. I am still a user of a Sony Clie SJ-22, and while I carry it, read on to see why this story makes sense, and why it does have me thinking.
The story basically contends that the routine PDA is falling into a “Bermuda Triangle”, where other devices simply do better what the PDA was initially intended for (Laptop computers, Smart Phones, and now Portable Media Players). It all makes sense and shows me the lackings that I have which make me normally keep my Sony in my pocket:
* Lack of memory: My Clie SJ-12 only has space for 16 MB and it doesn’t function as a music player or a photo viewer for any decent quality, so while I own a 64 MB Memory Stick, it’s only viable purpose is for data storage.
* Lack of connectivity: It only has one way to connect outside: through a USB cable connection (or Infared but I have no other Infared devices), so it’s not connected through any sort of 802.11b or Bluetooth, which would allow it to piggyback off a Internet line and add more usefulness.
* The iBook presence: The thought then that remains is that the Clie PDA is most useful when the iBook is not around as a way to access my calendar and to do list and other random memos that I may need.
So this may have solved my problem just by thinking about it. I’ll evict the Clie PDA from my pocket and place it in my laptop bag. Not that I have anything else to go in my pocket in its place, but maybe, that’s where the iPod will go! 
