Framtidens PDA

About the future of PDA:s, your guess is as good as anybody's. Some things to look out for (and wish for) are:

• Technologies are exptected to merge: The phone, the calculator, the PDA, the camera, the tape recorder, the walkman, ... all might develop into one little machine, a true personal assistant.
• Communication will become more important, and easier to implement as digital cell phone nets (GSM, PCS) develop. Nokia's move to incorporate a cell phone and a portable computer in the same device is just the beginning. Also, Internet technology is winning for all sorts of communication.
• As electronic devices become faster and smaller, we will see new applications that require more computing power, memory, and bandwidth: color images, moving images, real time data transfers, detailed maps, continuously updated information.
• Nokia released the 9000 Communicator in the spring of 1996. In the fall of 1997 we are still waiting for Ericsson's move. And Motorola? And Qualcomm?