掌上导航器、PDA或者是袖珍电脑，不管您怎么叫它，掌上设备正在大量地进入市场，以支撑日益萎缩的销售市场。克里斯蒂·吕·斯托特为您报道。 。

注释：
1.fly adj. 机敏的, 敏捷的
2.stab n. 刺, 刺伤的伤口, 一阵突然而强烈的感觉
3.gadget n. 小器具, 小配件
4.notch n. 槽口阶段
5.Bluetooth 蓝牙技术
6.pricey adj. 价格高的；昂贵的
7.margin n. 利润
8.ultimate adj. 最后的, 最终的, 根本的
9.jam-packed adj. 塞紧的, 拥挤不堪的

PDA Kickstart

ANCHOR
Palm Pilots, PDAs or Pocket PCs, whatever you call them, digital handheld devices are flooding the market in a bid to prop up falling sales. Kristie Lou Stout reports.

KRISTIE LOU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT
This fly1 girl is on a mission. To bump and grind her way to PDA profits. Sony’s Clie NX70V is on the block. A handheld with a built-in keyboard, rotating screen and digital camera. It’s a Rolodex that shoots movies, and a desperate stab2 at an industry revival.

Since 2001, handheld sales have been slipping. So gadget3 makers from Sony to Palm are cranking out what they hope to be the next runaway hit.

STEVE SAKOMAN, PRODUCT OFFICER, PALMSOURCE
It’s our hope, that given that these are such personal devices, and that everyone’s needs are different, that this diversity will actually act as a kick start to the market and get sales and interest in these types of products moving again.

KRISTIE
The latest crop is dressed to impress. Like this Samsung Nexia, a PDA with a built-in wireless LAN, and a huge five-inch screen. But this little laptop will set you back, 800 dollars. Toshiba is also pushing the PDA up a notch4, with its high-end pocket PC that supports wireless networking. Palm has its own business class device, the Tungsten T, with built-in Bluetooth5 and MP3 playback. Both gadgets retail from around 500 dollars, but is there a market for such pricey6 devices?

MANNY LOPEZ, ANALYST IDC
For the corporate market, if they place it right, then, yes, there probably actually can be a market. That’s what a lot of the high-end vendors are actually trying to target right now.

KRISTIE
The high margins7 may be in the executive suite, but the race for market share is in the hands of the consumer. Enter the Ziar, Palm’s new handheld for the masses. A no-frill address book that retails for just under 100 dollars. It’s priced to please, but it won’t please everyone, since there’s no such thing as the ultimate8 digital assistant.

STEVE
I think much like you can’t ask someone what is the ultimate automobile. I think the situation in handhelds is the same.

MANNY
It’s basically different strokes for different folks. So it depends on what they need, how big they want it, how much they want to spend. It crosses the board, so I think that’s why PDAs, I think, that’s why there’ve been so many vendors out on the market right now.

KRISTIE
A jam-packed9 market that just got even more crowded. PC powerhouse Dell is now the latest contender in low-price digital organizers, with the 200-dollar Axim. Analysts say that’s a good thing. More competition could push down prices and attract first-time buyers. One way for the humble handheld to get it’s grove back. Kristie Lou Stout, CNN Hong Kong.

PDA市场起硝烟

主播
掌上导航器、PDA或者是袖珍电脑，不管您怎么叫它，掌上设备正在大量地进入市场，以支撑日益萎缩的销售市场。克里斯蒂•吕•斯托特为您报道。

克里斯蒂•吕•斯托特，CNN 记者
这个身手敏捷的女孩正在完成一项任务，即奋力闯出一条路来，以从PDA上获得收益。索尼公司的Clie NX70V现已上市。它是一款带有嵌入式键盘、旋转式显示屏以及数码相机的掌上设备。这个能拍录影片的ROLODEX将是行业复苏的最后一搏。
从2001年起，掌上设备的销量一直在下滑，因此从索尼到PALM等掌上设备生产商都在努力，希望能研发出新的热销产品。

史蒂夫•萨科曼，PALMSOURCE公司产品官员
考虑到这些都是极其个人化的设备，而每个人的需求是不同的，我们希望这种多样性能冲击市场，以拉动这类产品的销售和效益。

克里斯蒂
新产品总是以好看的外观来吸引人。就像这个三星NEXIA，这款PDA配有内置式无线域网以及5英寸的大显示屏。但是此款小型便携设备的售价将会吓你一跳，它高达800美元。东芝公司也推出了支持无线上网的高端袖珍电脑，将PDA技术推向了一个新的高度。Palm公司拥有其自己的商务型设备，如带有内置式蓝牙技术以及MP3回放功能的Tungsten T。这两款小型设备的零售价都在500美元左右，但是这些昂贵的设备会不会有市场呢？

曼尼•洛佩兹，IDC分析员
就企业市场而言，如果能够对商品正确定位，那么，它们当然就会有市场。这也是现在许多高端产品销售商努力追求的目标。

克里斯蒂
高利润可能由管理层决定，但是对市场份额的竞争却取决于消费者。例如Palm公司新近推出的这款面向大众的掌上设备Ziar，这款永不卷边的地址本的零售价格还不到一百美元。它的价格定位是为了迎合人们的需求，但也不可能迎合每个人，因为根本就不存在诸如终极数码助理之类的东西。

史蒂夫
就跟你不会去问别人什么是终极汽车一样，我觉得掌上设备的情形也是如此。

曼尼
从根本上说，是众口难调。这取决于用户需要什么，需要多大的，打算花多少钱来购买它。由于各人想法大相径庭，因此我想这就是为什么现在市场上有那么多的PDA销售商的原因。

克里斯蒂
一个本已拥挤不堪的市场现在变得更加拥挤。PC行业的龙头老大戴尔公司凭借其售价仅为200美元的Axim已成为低价位数码设备市场的最新竞争者。分析人士认为，这是一件好事。更多的竞争将会压低价格，并吸引初次购买者。这也是这些低价位掌上设备赢得市场份额的一种途径。克里斯蒂•吕•斯托特，CNN香港报道。

注释：
1.fly [] adj. 机敏的, 敏捷的
2.stab [] n. 刺, 刺伤的伤口, 一阵突然而强烈的感觉
3.gadget [] n. 小器具, 小配件
4.notch [] n. 槽口阶段
5.Bluetooth 蓝牙技术
6.pricey [] adj. 价格高的；昂贵的
7.margin [] n. 利润
8.ultimate [] adj. 最后的, 最终的, 根本的
9.jam-packed [] adj. 塞紧的, 拥挤不堪的