>But presumably all devices from Palm Pro and up can utilize a wireless
>modem and thus be perfect candidates for WAP.
Well, yes, but that doesn't mean it should be in the rom of every device.
The "kitchen sink" philosophy leads to huge rom images, increased testing
and development time for the OS releases, complexity for the users, and so
forth (for examples, see our competitors). Not to mention higher costs and
physical manufacturing issues due to requiring larger rom chips.
Presumably all devices could be hooked up to a scanner or printer through
the serial port, but that doesn't mean that we should put all the necessary
libraries and drivers into the rom. That's why there's ram, to load on
apps and such from third parties :-)
There's a balance between putting in certain functionality to be available
across the board, and the drawbacks such as those listed above. The simple
answer of "throw it all in" isn't always wise in the long term.
-David Fedor
Palm Developer Support
