I don't dislike the iPhone...it's just not the best device for me. But I totally agree that Palm needs some serious innovation in a hurry if it's going to be around in 5 years.
On 8/29/07, john.messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally read at least a large part of the report and was struck by two > things: > a= It was, as indicated by the URL (www.appleinsider.com) a thoroughly > biased report. What's to be expected? The URL did not, after all, say > www.consumersmartphones.com. > b= Beginning in the first paragraph, and thereafter mentally deleting > the obviously "I-Love-Apple" smarm, the piece said a lot of things we > Treo owners have been saying right along: even the new Treos are pretty > much the old Treos, and it Palm doesn't come up with some innovation, > many of us are going to be looking seriously at switching platforms. > A lot of what has been written the past few days has been similar to the > response we might have if a sibling we otherwise at least disliked were > being attacked by an outsider. > I can think of no stronger message for Palm to receive than that a main > reason we dislike iPhone (not counting its forced connection to AT&T) is > because we love Treo and we're getting pretty darned upset that we're > getting some distinct messages that our affections may, in the not very > distant future, turn out to have been misdirected. > I for one am becoming very unhappy a growing feeling within me like when > I'm watching a movie I came to see because of a few names on the marquee > and it's at best OK and the name stars are only cameos and I stick > around hoping it will get better simply because I can't get a refund for > the ticket. > > Leland Cox wrote: > > I found this to be a really biased comparison! The 650 is as thick > > as a laptop!!!! I wish my laptop was as thin as a 650! > > > > Why didn't he compare the I phone with a Treo 750 or 755? At least > > something newer than the 650. > > -- > > /"Thirty-five million deaths leave an empty place at only one family > table." / > (News commentator Eric Severied in a radio essay on the 25th anniversary > of the start of World War Two. 8/31/64) > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions.
