“When personal digital assistants, or PDAs, captured the public
imagination–or at least the fancy of gadget lovers–Palm took an
early and commanding market lead.“But competitors have been nibbling away at the edges of Palm’s
dominance by offering alternative approaches to handheld computing.
Microsoft’s PocketPC operating system gave users a PDA that is an
extension of their desktop PC.“Sharp has staked out yet another position with a series of PDAs
based on Linux, the operating system that has made strong inroads
in the world of corporate computer networks…”