Yeah, but you're comparing two very different sets of people. People who want to take a pic, send it via MMS, and make a few calls are very different from those of us that have been on the cutting edge and are now finding more and more that our treos won't do.
P.S. Wanna compare data use rates? -- So this is how liberty dies...to the applause of Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck. ..... Original Message ....... On 25 Aug 2007 21:28:00 -0400 "Carl W. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I don't get you guys. The cellular market is huge. There are nore users with a >normal phone. There are few less that can simply take a call, take a pic and >send SMS. > >The features that a Palm OS phone can perform out weighs most phone on the >market as it is without Linux, without Wifi, without any new feature. > >The percentage that has any clue what you guys want are a much smaller group. >Combine all the users of Smartphones, Treos, Q's, Razors or any popular phone >you can name and that number does not compare to the number of people starving >to have a phone that offers what Palm's phones offer today. Palm would very >well with a Centro that would appear to those people with the right price and >with features that they never had before. > >With that said, Palm still should continue to improve on the highend devices. >I am one of the most heavy duty power users you ever meet and there is nothing >that I am missing in my Treo 755p that make even slightly think of going with >any other platform. > >I work with these devices and have seen everything on the market and have seen >the support side of the hype that follow these dream phones that everyone >keeps thinking will save them mobile puratory. > >As much as people think the Centro and the Foleo are terrible ideals are >missing something in the translation. Wait until these are in the market and >they person is sitting next to and using it, I bet your tune will change. > >Thanks, >I'll see you on the web! > >Carl W. Brooks >http://www.Palmloyal.com > >Palm Podcasts, Daily News, Software, Hardware, Mobile Email Services and More! >-----Original Message----- >From: "Sandro Campos Mancini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Saturday, Aug 25, 2007 8:16 pm >Subject: Re: [Treo] Palm Responds to Engadget >To: <[email protected]>Reply-To: [email protected] > >I simply don't believe him. This is Palm's PR bullshit machine in action once >again. They have been promising MANY things during the last YEARS ans >delivered very little. Palm will either release a decent Smartphone in 2008 >with PalmOS 2, or cease to exist (as a Smartphone player, it may survive by >selling reheated models and expanding in third world markets and in the >bargain market in developed countries by going low-cost through price cuts and >carrier subsidies, but it will just be a blip in the Smartphone radar, a sad >remain of the tsunami the Treo once was. > >- - - - - >Sandro Campos Mancini > > >-----Original Message----- >From: JLV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Saturday, Aug 25, 2007 9:14 am >Subject: [Treo] Palm Responds to Engadget >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [email protected] > >Thanks Engadget > >>Dear Peter, Ryan and Joshua: > >>Thank you for the very thoughtful post about Palm. I really >appreciate the fact that you guys and others care enough to take the >time to write such a comprehensive list of actions. I forwarded it to >our entire executive staff and many others at Palm have read it. >Although I can’t say I agree with every point, many are right on. We >are attacking almost every challenge you noted, so stay tuned. Let’s >remember that it is very early in the evolution of the smartphone and >there is enormous opportunity for us to innovate. We have only just >begun to fight! > >>Thank you for taking the time to write. I really do take your >comments to heart and I know the team at Palm is totally committed to >delivering the best mobile computing solutions in the world. > >>-Ed Colligan > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
