On Aug 2, 2004, at 03:16 pm, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
Chas, I STILL have not seen any evidence that PalmOne will get back in the POS software business by either buying the Missing Sync, or writing their own software.
Nor will you until it is released or previewed with new POS 6 devices...
In fact, since Sony has largely dropped out of the pda market, it seems to make more sense that PalmOne and PalmSource merge back together. After all Apple is a combined unit and Microsoft is not; which makes the better product?
Microsoft is a teeny bit bigger than Apple, it's bound to spread out more (a bit like Windows XP on a PC hard drive ;o) )
Again, where will the NEXT Palm Desktop for Macintosh come from? I don't like Entourage, nor do I see the Address Book in Mail replacing it. I LIKED Claris Organizer (an Apple product) which was used as the basis for Palm Desktop for Macintosh; I just wish Apple would update it to an OS X version.
We have iCal in OS X for all that Jazz ;o)
As I've said before, right now my plan is to stock up on T3s when they go on close out. I also expect that MacOS updates will eventually break Palm Desktop for Macintosh, so eventually I'll have to keep one Mac running the last viable Mac OS version. I don't plan on going to Tiger until I've been convinced that the current Palm Desktop will still work.
I think your hanging Palm before the verdict is passed personally.
All that has happened is that PalmSource has decided not to take on the responsibility of ensuring Mac OS compatibility, leaving it to other entities.
Just like Sony & Garmin. We've seen how that worked out so far; a limited sync capability and Sony pulling out of the market.
There are other people that make GPS that supports the Mac, and stuff that does what Sony's stuff does (sometimes better - see iPod). No Mac support = No Buy. However I only make those judgments when I know the support definitely is not there, not on some hunch I think maybe they might stop supporting Macs because I read it on a rumour site... maybe...
The original Palm software was written on Mac OS machines, however, like AOL which also started out as an Apple only service, Palm(whatever), have abandoned their roots and have started treating Mac users as illegitimate children.
All that said, I hope that your information will be proved correct and that the Palms entities will continue to FULLY support the Mac OS.
See, it's not so hard to wait and see...
I still would prefer that Apple do something pda-wise.
Apple can't spread themselves too thin, too fast. They've done that before and torn the fabric. They have already branched out into portable music and got it running internationally. Mind you with iPod technology and a new thumbnail sized hard disks there is a viable market for a high quality next generation PDA with a multi-GB hard disk (they don't wear out as fast as flash media) and MP3 playback, as well as a nice LCD screen and long life LiIon (removable/replaceable please Apple!!!) battery. Who knows, it seems to be one of those perpetual rumours.
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