> True. And in the meantime, something like the Palm Treo 755p looks > pretty tempting at $279... > > http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treo755p/ > > Compared to dropping $1500+ on a UMPC, a sub-$300 device that suitable > for notes, calendars and phone lookups makes a lot of sense. Wish it > had Wi-Fi, though...
UMPC's run Visual Foxpro applications-- Palm/PocketPC's don't. We offer UMPC's as an option for table-side ordering for our restaurant POS app, and it works far, far, far better than our PocketPC offering(which uses Terminal Services with a screen hack I wrote to maximize screen usage). The UMPC is a full PC and works very well running VFP apps with very good performance. There are definitely mobile needs beyond that of simple PIM devices, just not mainstream yet. I believe for general consumer/business use, UMPC's won't catch on. Pocket PC's aren't stable enough(worst OS stability I've experienced in modern days). I haven't used a Palm-based device in years, so hopefully they've gotten a lot better since... Cell phone OS's are crap-- Microsoft's "SmartPhone" is OK, but still has some stability issues similar to PocketPC's, and it isn't a full PocketPC OS, so it can't run all the applications a real PocketPC runs... While has it right on screen size-- there needs to be alternatives. Holographs are a ways off, and I'm guessing people won't want to wear eyepieces too much(maybe something flip down over one eye, but not overall goggles or anything). I honestly think the up and coming technology is roll-up screens. A device that will, when rolled up, be the size of a cell phone, but you can pull it apart, unrolling a screen that could be much larger. Technology for this exists today in R&D labs, and I hope to see it in consumer devices within a few years. -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
