Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

That may be FireStarter but Palm are supporting Handheld Learning 2006 so perhaps the suggestion of their demise is somewhat premature.

True the lack of multimedia features such as Flash compatibility and audio recording on the otherwise excellent T/X model is disappointing but they are doing a roaring trade with the Treo smartphone (Palm OS or Windows Mobile flavours) which is undoubtedly where most of their resources are going.

Achieving high penetration in the smartphone sector is probably not a bad idea and may indeed bring Palm inadvertedly back into the education sector, especially if smartphones move from the expensive high-tier to the affordable mid-tier market where the big volumes are. Thus learners may then already be carrying some programmable, web and camera enabled devices that can work across 3G and WiFi.