Perhaps this device is intended to be an OQO-like or 770-like machine that has special hooks in it for the Treo. I agree - surfing on a Treo can be a pain as well as any kind of Text entry. It could be interesting!
On 5/30/07, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael S. Lax wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure I agree; I would not have purchased a Treo on my own (my firm > > bought it) because of the screen. Having 2/3rds the screen space on a > > device that's significantly bigger than the Tungsten (and not much smaller > > than a Tungsten/Razr combo) didn't make a lot of sense to me. A number of > > existing Treo users may like having a device that brings these features > > back, and more users who have not looked at the Treo because of the small > > screen may now consider it. I don't know how much of Palm's resources were > > focused on this product, but given the release of several new Treo's in > the > > last several months it would not seem to have stopped them from developing > > new devices. > > I disagree. Each of the recent releases has been only a minor > improvement over what came before so any resources used for other > things, especially a product without a clear market, are resources not > used for real innovation. This became especially clear to me this week > when I had to switch from a 680 back to a 650 after my 680 died (it's > stuck in a hotsync loop as if there's a stuck key). The 650 has less > memory and lousy bluetooth compared to the 680, but little else is > substantively different. And I'd forgotten how good the 650's stock > battery is. > > Palm needs something today that grabs headlines, as the iPhone > announcement did. And then they need to deliver on it. When I first > got a Treo 270 it was vastly ahead of anything else on the market. But > now even the latest Palm devices are on par with what other vendors > sell. Palm seems to have lost their edge in both perception and > technology. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iQCVAwUBRl2oaKyvi1v8SpM5AQIT6gP6Av2kwtzl1+JKWtOuSlYNTVF9ej3WYjv7 > a27g2BZ+NoIPz+N3CKocsakFqZLn9HuGighnFupAzDjGZ4nhbDkoCeuuSk3P6wkb > GiKBxDMOzZG64AQN99hoD98MdOJ5CK9jrq88/9bWSQi3d3TeDI0km5EoFEsqsyZh > ccl0C4qIfhM= > =8zoO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ============================== War Eagle
