Handhelds looming on the horizonThe handheld marketplace is becoming increasingly crowded. Previously, a PDA meant getting a Palm or one of the few palm-sized handheld PCs powered by the Win CE operating system. Now, with various Palm OS licensees and Microsoft aggressively pushing the Pocket PC platform, handheld users are confronted with a wealth of choices. With the advent of more powerful ARM-based processors and various manufacturers' attempts to push the limits of handheld computing, new PDAs are appearing on the market faster than you can say "which PDA?". Take Sony's budget CLIE PEG-S320/G, which was released in August last year in Singapore. By February this year, Sony retired the S320/G and replaced it with the 16MB CLIE PEG-S360/G. Folks who just bought the S320/G would probably be peeved at the new development, but let's face it you can't stop the march of technology. To help you keep abreast of what handhelds are heading this way, CNETAsia has rounded up with a list of upcoming handhelds from various makers. Since the PDA market is so competitive, manufacturers are generally tight-lipped about specifications and availability of their upcoming devices until these are ready to ship. However, based on trends, product announcements in other parts of the world and our own experience, we can usually make an educated guess as to what's coming up over that horizon.
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