Do you still have a PDA? I do, but mine now sits unused and unwanted in a drawer in my office. In fact I have had a number of PDA’s over the years, and for most of that time I found them very useful. So why is my old PDA now languishing in its drawer? Well nowadays I find a combination of my laptop, my mobile phone and an old fashion pen and paper notebook is the best solution for me! I think that once I stopped using a desktop computer, my PDA stopped being as useful.

I think the PDA has probably seen its heyday, and now there are a number of factors combining or converging to bring a final end to an era. There are a lot of new competitors in the portable gadgets field right now, all of which are trying to entice the very same buyers. Perhaps the most formidable competition to the PDA is the “smartphone”, such as the Palm Treo 750, but there is also significant pressure from small laptops such as the ever popular Asus Eee, and other up and coming ultra portables, and then there are even other devices, like portable media players, especially those ones that feature networking capabilities like the iPod Touch.

There is still a reasonably healthy market for PDA’s though and if you are one of those that still sees the value and are in the market, then the Palm TX would be a great choice.

What do you think? Will the PDA follow the path of the Dodo?