My swag at this is that it stands for "Mobile 100". Or even more remedial, "Model
100" so it infers an entry level device? I'm
surprised at the naming too since the last PDA with a "100" in the name was the
original Newton.
What I want to know more than name meaning is what progression naming of future
products in this line will take. Are we going to
have "m200" and "m500" products? And when there is wireless service, are we going to
note it such as "m100w" or just "w100". It is
stuff like this that image consulting is all about. I'd love to have been in the room
when they were deciding on "m100" and to go
with the lower case letter.
Most of all, I'd like to know this since we amongst other hardware makers want to have
some sort of name identity with products that
will connect into this unit and have the literature match.
Steve
"McCollister, Mike" wrote:
> Could it be that the Palm M100 is really the Palm 4? Think of it, previous
> devices used decimal (the Pilot 1000 and 5000) and Roman numerals (the
> current crop of devices). Now could Palm be using binary where 100 in
> binary is 4 in decimal? I thinks so. I also think that the "M" was placed
> in front of the number just to throw us off :).
>
> Mike McCollister
> maker of stupid Palm programs
>
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