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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by rglullis on Sunday February 26, 2023 @04:36PM (#34949746)
I don't think this distinction makes any sense nowadays. A "smartphone without cellular connectivity" is a lot more than a "Personal Digital Assistant". Could a Palm Pilot stream music? Did it have an app store? GPS? Microphone? Could it make VoIP calls? Could it connect with an external modem so that it could work as a softphone?
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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by yellowapple on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:07PM (#34952846)
If Palm were to create the Pilot in 2023, it would almost certainly be designed to support all those features, yes.
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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by rglullis on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:55AM (#34955031)
Yes, and it wouldn't be marketed as a PDA.
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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by yellowapple on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:11PM (#34973472)
Then what would it be marketed as? It's personal, it's digital, and it's an assistant; those things don't go away from adding more features.
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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by rglullis on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @04:52PM (#34975392)
A tablet is personal It's digital. It's an assistant. But no one calls them "PDAs"
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