> From: DIAMOND JEFF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> It deals not as much with knew OS releases as with new devices.
Is it time again for _this_ discussion? :-)
> I assume that it is Palm's faith in the Emulator
> that puts us in the unusual situation that we developers
> only get new devices at the same time the public gets them.
As has been covered in previous versions of this thread, Palm Inc. has their
own valid business reasons for keeping new products secret, not all
revolving around the needs of the developer community.
> (Laughably, we are even told they don't exist
> right up to the public launch.)
That's not accurate. Their standard answer in this forum is basically "no
comment on unannounced products" which is not the same as saying they don't
exist. I don't recall any instance of our Palm friends saying anything that
turned out to be a deliberate lie. They are smart people who choose their
words carefully.
> I have a friend - no connection with Palm -
> who was trying out an English M505 MONTHS before
> the first emails came to us developers telling us
> the M505 was only a rumor.
What a great example of why Palm Inc. may want to clamp down even more
tightly on pre-release information, rather than loosen up. Your friend
violated a confidentiality agreement by telling you this, right? If so, why
should Palm bother showing new devices to any outsiders at all? It
certainly shows the utter impossibility of sharing such information with the
wider developer community without suffering leakage.
And again, "rumor" does not mean "false".
-slj-
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