Two points:
1) 10% of 13 million (the original poster's assumption of how many Palms
have been sold) is 1.3 million. I know everything's relative, but I would
not call over a million and a quarter users a "small" audience, and I for
one would not eliminate them as potential customers of my software without a
VERY good reason. (If even one percent of that "small audience" bought my
software, that's revenue of 13,000 times the selling price . . .). And as
more and more applications go the way you suggest, and abandon support of
2.0 devices, those apps that DO run on 2.0 will be all that more sought
after by that "small audience".
2) I'm curious, on what basis do you arrive at that figure of "probably"
less than 10%? I dimly remember the number three million being bandied about
as the number of Palms sold shortly before the III came out. If that's true,
that's about a quarter of the 13 million. To arrive at your 10% would mean
that over half of the three million pre-3.0 Palms would have had to have
been retired already. Seems high to me (this from a person who just ordered
an m505, which will be my fifth Palm. But then there's my co-worker who's in
no hurry to give up his Palm 5000).
--Jim Preston
"Bradly J. Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:43732@palm-dev-forum...
>
> The most major "missing" function in 2.0 that I've found TblSetFont .. but
> that's easy to work around if you draw your own text using the custom
table
> item... I think the percentage of pre-3.0 devices has probably fallen
below
> 10% now, so you probably are not eliminating a large audience by excluding
> them. However, if you are shooting for a commercial product, I have gotten
> email thanking me for supporting 2.0 devices... so there are some out
there.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Ingleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 8:05 PM
> Subject: Re: What percent of Palms are Palm OS 3.5 or better?
>
>
> > IMO, the 3.5 and up figure would be around 50%. 3.5 was only released a
> > year ago.
> >
> > I believe all 3.0 and above devices can, however be upgraded to 3.3 for
> > free, or 3.5 for a minimal fee, so perhaps you should aim for 3.3.
> >
> > Personally I decided to aim for 3.0. The only reason I don't go to 2.0
is
> > because I use custom fonts. (There may have been a second reason
too... )
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Alan Ingleby
> > Systems Developer
> > ProfitLink Consulting Pty Ltd
> > 309 Burwood Road
> > Hawthorn
> > Victoria 3122
> > Australia
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:43715@palm-dev-forum...
> > >
> > > Of the thirteen million Palms sold, what percentage are currently
> running
> > > Palm OS 3.5 or better?
> > >
> > > I am trying to assess when I realistically no longer have to support
OS
> > 3.0,
> > > 3.1, and 3.2. I am making the simplifying assumption that users don't
> > > upgrade their OS.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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