I agree, with a modification -- I just bought a 680, so that gives Palm
time to come up with something great to become my next purchase.
But --
I held off being a Microsoft Office user for several years, waiting
for some of the pretenders to the throne to come up with an open source
product that would effectively integrate with the Microsoft world. (rtf
files sort of bridges the gap to Word, but I finally gave up and went
with MS Office. I'm afraid the same thing might happen with WinMob.
I'm a technology lover, and sometimes (my wife would say "too
often") have the latest stuff just to have the latest stuff. But when
Siemens came out with its smartphone a few years ago, I didn't go with
it solely because it would have forced me into Outlook and other such
stuff I didn't need or want. I still don't, but ...
Scott Allen wrote:
> "The next couple of years"???? I have no intention of waiting that long.
> Palm needs to put out a winning product before year end, or I for one, after
> using palms for 10+ years will have to seriously consider abandoning what
> appears to be a sinking ship.
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> On 5/9/07, Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Hello, Mean Drake.
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>> On Thu, 10 May 2007 00:12:00 +0530 you said:
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>>> And I was holding on to my 650 waiting to upgrade now. I guess I'll
>>> just shift to Win Mob 6 version phone. Palm doesn't seem to be growing
>>> at all and doesn't seem to me to be the way of the future.
>>>
>> Palm has basically been in a holding pattern the past couple of years
>> while they worked out their OS legal issues that stemmed from the
>> PalmSource/palmOne split and switching hardware vendors.
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>> I have seen from the inside how long it can take for a company to
>> change the software when it's being redesigned from the ground up. It's
>> not easy, and it's not quick. Add to that the fact that Palm is also
>> designing the hardware as well as the software, and they recently
>> changed hardware manufacturers.
>>
>> Now that those issue has been resolved, I'm anticipating some major
>> upgrades from them in the next couple of years.
>>
>> --
>> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
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>> "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise
>> of fighting a foreign enemy." - James Madison
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