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...computer gadgets were cool? When strangers on a bus would cast envious--or at least curious--glances at geeks and road warriors tapping away on their Palms and Blackberries? Lately the novelty has worn thin. With look-alikes proliferating and disposable income shrinking, sales of pricey personal digital assistants (PDAs) have sagged...
...giant “PDAs” sign. (That’s “Public Displays of Affection,” for those not hip to the lingo.) Using a PDA is a public display of arrogance: I’ve seen college guys whip out their PDAs and compare them like old men swapping fishing stories. (“Check out the size on this baby!”) As for me, I don’t trust myself enough to own an expensive gadget that contains all of my personal information. And using PDAs to take notes...
Logitech has 50 products on the drawing board for next year. Beyond the usual PC gizmos, De Luca is betting on a new line of peripherals for game consoles, mobile phones, PDAs and TV set-top boxes. A cloth PDA case that unfolds into a keyboard made its debut earlier this year, and the latest offering is a pen that captures handwritten notes in digital form. The global market for such devices--what De Luca calls "the last inch between human fingers and the digital world"--is about $8 billion, enough to let Logitech grow rapidly over the next five...
...computer monitors can shrink to almost nothing, why not keyboards? They soon may. Two companies have developed prototype "virtual" keyboards designed to accompany portable devices like PDAs, tablet PCs and cell phones. Here's how they work: a laser beam projects a glowing red outline of a keyboard on a desk or other flat surface. A sensor like those used in digital cameras monitors the reflection of an infrared light projected on the same spot. It can tell which "keys" you are trying to strike by the way that reflection changes. Someday, similar keyboards may be built into the gadgets...
...your homework. Without the benefit of the touch-and-feel experience, online shoppers must be that much more diligent about product research. Read what other consumers are saying about their PDAs, golf clubs, toasters and everything else at EPINIONS.COM. For tech items, stick with CNET.COM. There's also plenty of free, thoughtful advice at CONSUMERREVIEW.COM. At CONSUMERREPORTS.ORG, some content is free--including a guide to online shopping, posted under Consumer Advice. Other reports on specific products (DVD players, vacuum cleaners) require a paid subscription ($24 a year or $3.95 a month...