I'm not sure I can say it better than Jeffery did. But I'd like to add, that with a new OS and new hardware comes a steep learning curve.
On 5/11/07, Levi Wallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott, why do you even have to be "loyal" to a company? I find the whole > idea a bit silly. I don't consider myself "loyal" to Palm, however, my Treo > suits my needs currently. If something better comes along, no matter who > makes it, I'll look at it. I wouldn't expect anyone to avoid looking at > other products for some notion that one has to be loyal to a company's > products. That's what capitalism is supposed to be about, right? If everyone > were loyal to some company based on something other than what matters - that > they make products they want to buy - then we would hardly have very good > products at all! There wouldn't be incentive for companies to make better > products than others because they could instead just count on their "loyal" > customers. :-) In other words, I think you're taking this a bit personally. > You should never commit yourself to a product or company and deprive > yourself the ability to look elsewhere at any time for products that may > suit you better. Doing so, it seems, may have caused some resentment in you > towards Palm, although they never specifically asked for our devotion nor > promised anything in return... > > Levi > > > 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/Levi < > http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Levi> > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Scott > Allen > Sent: Fri 5/11/07 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Treo] Re: 755p > > Major problems? No. I'm just growing weary. I'm no longer willing to be > loyal to Palm, just for the sake of it being Palm. I've been a Palm > customer for years, but if a company wants my loyalty, it needs to keep > up. > So next year, I'll start looking at other options besides the Palm OS. I > may end up sticking with Palm because all the other options are poor, but > Palm no longer has a guaranteed customer. > > On 5/10/07, Levi Wallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <levi%40dvdmon.com>> wrote: > > > > Scott, I'm sorry, but I just don't get your sentiment. Do you have major > > problems with the Palm device you have now? If so, and there are better > > options out there, go get them! That's what consumerism is supposed to > be > > about, right? But I for one am mostly satisfied with my 700P. Sure there > are > > some minor things I'd like to see improved, but these aren't critical by > any > > means. Likewise I don't know of any other device which would have all > these > > little minor things solved and also not have other downsides which my > 700P > > DOESN'T have. But that's me. You might have a GSM 650 which doesn't have > > adequate memory, doesn't have the data speed of EV-DO, etc. I mean on > the > > one hand I understand your frustration visa vis Palm not getting a new > > version of their OS out for 3-4 years. That's just ridiculous. But that > > doesn't mean I'm making ultimatums. If and when there is something > > demonstrably better out there which I think is so compelling that I NEED > to > > replace what is currently quite satisfactory, then I will do it. But > drawing > > lines in the sand is a little silly. Anyway, Palm is supposed to be > coming > > out with a new phone with a new OS by the end of the year. Let's just > hope > > and pray they don't do something stupid and only let one carrier have > access > > to that for 6-9 months. Those kind of exclusivity deals anger me much > more > > than any lagging of innovative new phone design... > > > > Levi > > > > > > 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/Levi < > > http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Levi> > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com><treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > on behalf of Scott > > Allen > > Sent: Thu 5/10/07 1:42 PM > > To: [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com><treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Treo] Re: 755p > > > > "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. > > > > On 5/9/07, Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <yahoo%40gordol.org><yahoo%40gordol.org>> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, Mean Drake. > > > > > > On Thu, 10 May 2007 00:12:00 +0530 you said: > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > 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 > > > The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol > > > > > > "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise > > > of fighting a foreign enemy." - James Madison > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott W. Allen > > <*"If you keep doing what you've always done > > You'll keep getting what you've always got."*> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > Scott W. Allen > <*"If you keep doing what you've always done > You'll keep getting what you've always got."*> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Scott W. Allen <*"If you keep doing what you've always done You'll keep getting what you've always got."*> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
