A few thoughts: Best wishes to Josh.
The Palm OS pretty much represents the browser and web standards as the platform. They were out there first with a production device. Palm needs to defend against Google getting all the mind share for this with their Chrome OS. Would definitely be good to see Palm and others compete against the iPad (we're all pretty much expecting the iPad to bloom into a significant market - it probably will). A WiFi-only tablet computer makes a lot of sense ala what Apple is doing. A lot of folks already have cell phones and are locked in with contracts. They don't want to take on an additional monthly bill for 3G. Many consumers now have WiFi hotspots in the home and so this would be entirely adequate as a means to surf the Internet. Palm needs to improve the hardware quality side of their experience. Their first phone device comes off seeming a bit lessor in the materials and feel than the iPhone, Droid, or Nexus One. (Their induction battery charger is cool for sure, though, and they should continue to leverage that - perhaps to where it's just the standard option.) They need alliance with other big players - wonder if Palm and, say, Amazon could converge on app store synergy somehow? IOW, Palm needs a more vibrant app store story. Of course they need other data plan providers beside Sprint, but that's still happening, right? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
