Rodent Regatta

But in addition to push-to-talk, the Nextel Motorola phones have a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) that runs J2ME (Java 2 Platform Micro Edition) applications, which can be downloaded and upgraded over the wireless network. In many respects, leveraging Java on the client with J2EE app servers on the back end makes handsets equal in capability to handhelds. In fact, handsets are already encroaching on traditional handheld markets. For example, an application exists for remote IT systems management called IC2 from Inciscent. Engineers use PermitWorks to look up permit contracts in construction.

Ephraim Schwartz
InfoWorld, May 23, 2003

GM picked a cell phone supplier over a PDA supplier to automate a field-force. On the scale of a General Motors project, this could foretell how the battle between PDA’s and cellphones will end.