Hello all -
Yes, as you can see the Palm IIIe device was launched today, and we messed
up again by not telling you about it beforehand. It was our intent to send
an email notification last week, but obviously that didn't happen. We
really feel badly about it; please accept our apologies.
Jesse Donaldson already posted the basics on this forum... think Palm IIIx
but with 2 megs of memory, no flash, no upgrade slot. But it is $229...
entry level, growing the market for people who really need something more
affordable but still want the modern features.
The reason we hadn't done much big in the way of letting developers know
was because there wasn't much to say, and nothing really that would impact
your code. But the courtesy of letting you know a little before consumers
know was what we messed up, again.
The lack of flash means it is obviously not going to get the new OS
versions, but on the other hand it will bring more simple users up to Palm
OS 3.1 whereas they would otherwise have bought a used PalmPilot and thus
kept us in 2.0-land. I think that's a good thing for developers and the
software world. Users who need to stay more current, and who are
technically savvy enough to move along, will upgrade via flash. Not
everyone is in that camp, though probably nearly everyone on this list is.
Again, I apologise for the lack of pre-notification. It embarasses me and
our group and our company.
-David Fedor
Palm Developer Support
