Quote from the article:
“The last year 2004 can be called a crucial point in the world of handhelds. The time of revolutionary changes, full of surprises for users of mobile devices. Let’s look back at the most important events of the last year and evaluate prospects awaiting us in future.
The first samples of phones with PDA functions appeared rather long ago. It’s presently not very easy to tell what serves as a basis: PDA or a phone. The muddle with terms and rapprochement of functions in devices of various classes caused even more confusion in users. What’s the difference between a phone and a smart phone, communicator or PDA, if it can store a list of contacts, load, save, and run user programs (written in Java)? The division between the above mentioned classes was drawn by manufacturers artificially. Most likely for marketing purposes. An inexperienced user will choose a device with a higher-sounding title “communicator” instead of a threadbare phone.”
