It would have been helpful. We may be able to change out literature for our
product. I'm sure you have heard enough complain so I'll let it at that.
Steve
David Fedor wrote:
> 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
