Arrgh.
Most of those "distractions" are actually just plug-in springboard mods
for the Handspring Visor. They're just an added feature to an already
inexpensive variant of the Palm. There's no focus being lost when another
company develops that stuff...Symbol developed in barcode scanners,
magnetic stripe readers, and rf networking equipment, and they're getting
wildly popular in the point of sale industry, along with other industries
(barcode scanning makes data entry incredibly fast and easy).
In all actuality, in the next year or so, you're going to see a licensed
version of the Palm OS, able to run on anything from a PDA to a cell phone
to a hand held data collector (not counting the Symbol Pilots, which I
develop apps for). And since they'll all be Bluetooth standard, they'll
all be able to communicate with each other through RF.
At least, that's what the pundits say.
//* Rus Daniel Nesse
//* Application Development
//* Avnet Convergent Technologies
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>From: HowY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 6:47 AM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: Re: OffTopic? - Microsoft Anti-Competitive Practices
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>To toss in a few cents...
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>The issue of PalmOS vs PocketPC is hitting critical mass over here.
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>And as just an opinion even PALM seems to be loosing
>sight of their niche.
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>The palm is a REPLACEMENT for a DAY PLANNER.
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>This is what is does BEST and the market it has penetrated.
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>We as developers have extended our end-user desktop by
>leaps and bounds over the past few years. We are ALL
>loosing sight of the target here.
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>Ifin I want to play i'll get a gameboy...
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>Ifin I want an MP3 player... well I dont want one anyway...
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>Microsoft and the hand-held PC people are simply trying
>to grab up the scraps left in the wake of the palm revolution.
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>Thoes who are not day planner people.. who want Music...
>"can you say DiamondRIO" I digress....
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>The palm performs better than any pocket device available
>and the developer community is outstanding.
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>PALM KEEP YOUR FOCUS 'cus since you've gone
>public and got spun off 3com you're starting to loose
>sight of the target & market that made the palm what it
>is!
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