You're right, Carl, the cellular market is huge with smartphones being only a small part of it. But the people who buy smartphones know what else is out there and while others like RIM, and Apple have come out with new, innovative products the last few years Palm's current top of the line is only marginally better than what they were selling three years ago when they were the bleeding edge. Go out and play with an iPhone for a couple of minutes and you'll see how far behind Palm has fallen. They've been left in the dust and the Foleo isn't likely to do much to encourage smart phone especially at $600. I can get a full laptop for that much and the only thing I would miss is fast boot and a pound or so. The only reason I can think that the Foleo might make any sense is as a development test platform for the Linux-based Treo. Otherwise it's nothing but wasted resources. It won't sell well.
If people are so starved for a Treo's functionality today why aren't they using Treos? AT&T will give you a 680 for free with a 2-year contract so it certainly isn't price and they're all over the stores so it's not availability or mindshare either. As for what capabilities the Treo is missing how about HSDPA? How about built-in A2DP? How about stability? I have to reset my 680 at least twice a week and that's a no-op for most people. My wife doesn't understand how I can deal with it, though she's not the technophile that I am. :-) All of that said I am a big fan of Palm and I really hope they get their act together. Otherwise the iPhone 2.0, whenever it comes out, is looking pretty good. -Jason On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Carl W. Brooks 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 cant say I agree with every point, many are right on. We > are attacking almost every challenge you noted, so stay tuned. Lets > 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 > > > > -- -Jason ----- --- There are no absolute statements. I'm very probably wrong. --- "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! 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