> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Schram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 5:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: palm zip codes
>
>
> At 4:47 PM -0700 1999/12/03, Richard Bottoms wrote:
> >Agreed it is possible, but it would seem that the folks at
> Palm would have
> >the information already, since the goal is for us to spread
> the use of the
> >Palm VII. And I shouldn't have to go round-about to obtain simple
> >information. I'm sure MacDonald's know where all their
> restuarants are or
> >at least any franchisee should be able to find out.
>
> Your analogy is somewhat flawed... Palm Computing doesn't own
> the wireless data network. BellSouth does. It's like asking
> you where all the MacDonalds are located, just because you're
> one of their customers.
>
> You might try <http://www.bellsouthwd.com/covapp/> for more info(?)
>
I will agree that the analogy was flawed ... but in fact it
is entirely immaterial.
If Palm wants to sell the VII, they ought to be able to
answer the question "will it work for me where I live"
when a customer asks. If the answer from Palm is "I don't
know, go do some research and find out" do you really
think that encourages the potential customer to go ahead
with his purchase?
I would suggest that PALM find out this information, and
moreover that they distribute coverage information to their
resellers so that customers don't have to be told "go look
it up yourself". You may find that you actually sell more
units if you help the customer...
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
