[CoMoDev] Sony To Halt Production Of Clie PDA
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Sony To Halt Production Of Clie PDA
By The Associated Press
11:12 AM EST Wed. Feb. 23, 2005
Sony said Wednesday it will abandon its Clie handheld
computer business in Japan because of the gadget's declining popularity.
The Tokyo-based electronics giant will stop making Clie
products in July, Sony spokesman Taichi Yamafuji said. The company pulled out
of the overseas market last year.
Though Sony still leads the domestic personal digital
assistant (PDA) market, it plans to withdraw, as profits are expected to slide
amid severe competition, Yamafuji said.
PDAs have lost ground to cellular phones with advanced
features.
Sony launched Clie in 2000. Sales totaled 500,000 units
in 2003, down 26 percent from a year earlier, according to market researcher
Gartner.
PDAs were first popularized by the PalmPilot in 1996.
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