The Nokia Communicator dream never dies. The original 9000 series was first introduced impressive 25 years ago.
At one point I had a HP Jornada 720 running Jlime Linux with a PCMCIA WiFi card for wardriving (15 years ago).
One of my first smartphones was Xperia Mini Pro with a slide-out keyboard and I loved that thing (10 years ago). This is also around the time of Nokia N900 which had a deserved cult following.
These days I think regular smartphones are good enough for quickly replying to a mail, for any serious work I'd use a laptop.
I had the original Nokia Communicator as well. And I still have a Jornada 720. I also had a Psion 5 and a Psion-style keyboard (from the same designer) is being used on the Astro Slide mobile phone which is scheduled to ship in June, (I have one on order).
At one point I had a HP Jornada 720 running Jlime Linux with a PCMCIA WiFi card for wardriving (15 years ago).
One of my first smartphones was Xperia Mini Pro with a slide-out keyboard and I loved that thing (10 years ago). This is also around the time of Nokia N900 which had a deserved cult following.
These days I think regular smartphones are good enough for quickly replying to a mail, for any serious work I'd use a laptop.
I don't see a niche for this any more.