Levi, Summary: various companies are buying metric assloads of Treos, equipping them and their servers with Good's push technology, and being happy about it. Google for "Treo and Good" if you're more curious. ;-) - Craig
On 8/11/05, Wallach, Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig, sorry, I missed those PR's. Could you summarize them? I just wonder > given the BB's foothold in the corporate world how hard it is for another > device to supplant much of them with a whole new application/server? IT > departments probably will not be excited about switching to an entirely new > platform, let alone supporting a new device. That's why I thought putting BB > software on a Treo would give them the least cause to balk about some people > opting for Treos or a gradual shift over to a new device. Whether or not > Good is "better" than BB in some ways is not the point unless there is such a > huge difference in functionality that this would cancel out the extra > headaches for IT departments in implementing a new system. No? > > Levi Wallach > > Blog: twelveblackcodemonkeys.com <http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com> > DVD Review Site: dvdmon.com <http://www.dvdmon.com> > Pictures at: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by%20Levi > <http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by%20Levi> > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Craig Froehle > Sent: Thu 8/11/05 11:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] HP Mobile Messenger - A Treo Killer? > > > > On 8/11/05, Wallach, Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pluses: Wifi built in, GPS built in(it says TomTom, but I'm not sure if > > this means there's a GPS radio or card or if it just comes with an external > > bluetooth GPS receiver?), Skype is supporting Windows Mobile but not PalmOS > > Actually, I don't think this device has the processing chutzpah to run > Skype, so that's a moot point. > > > Minuses: miniSD (lagging behind SD in capacity a bit), 240x240 resolution > > comes out to just over half the pixels of the Treo 650's 320x320, finally, > > there seem to be issues with the specs as listed, so I wouldn't assume all > > of these are accurate until the device is more official. > > > > Treo Killer? Somehow I don't think so. The Treo has developed a rep as > > the best smartphone out there if you don't need blackberry service (I wish > > they would hurry up and come out with the blackberry software for it!). > > Well, Treo + Good = better than Blackberry/RIM, so this shouldn't be a > big obstacle to Treo adoption (hence all the recent PRs regarding > massive Treo implementations). > > > -- > http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h437hs9/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1707367858:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123782126/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
