iPod Comes Out Swinging Against PDAs

The iPod has given Apple CEO Steve Jobs plenty todown for the seventh consecutive quarter, things are
smile about, regardless of how many unauthorizednot as comparably rosy for Pocket PC and Palm
bios of his father are being tossed by unethicalowners.
journalists, according to a strange AppleInsider story.One aspect of the whole handheld mess that is
The iPod is the handheld heavyweight wrestlingproving expedient for we PDA advocates is the
champion at the moment, given the recentblistering rate of technological advancement.
Blackberry patent troubles that have been occupyingNew products like the new Palm smartphone
the news recently.complete with Windows Mobile round out this
In other iPod related news, AppleInsider also assertsconfusing, yet welcome, picture.
that QuickTime Pro licenses are selling like hotcakesOf course, given the Pocket PC game developer
for both the Windows and MAC OS.penchant to produce for the OS du jour, it looks like
These software license sales are trailing the iPodWindows Mobile is the toughest neighbourhood bully
video and nano players' sales respectively; they'veto beat.
proven to be the most popular items in the AppleIt's been repeated ad nauseum by forum lurkers that
stock at the moment.Windows Mobile and not the Palm OS will prove to
Apparently, video iPod sales have been taking offbe the epicenter for a new wave of gaming
since I first spoke of the video iPod market entry ingoodness.
an earlier news blog entry.This may not be far wrong, judging from the quality
It looks as if iPod shuffle sales are also still goingPocket PC games that are available in abundance.
strong.We'll see what the future holds.
Given that worldwide handheld device shipments are