I sorta agree - I mean - what else do you want your phone to do now (other than access wi-fi networks and play Youtube Videos). For me - the Treos (and Windows Mobiles) are currently the best blend of corporate and fun. The iPhones are only iCandy fun machines right now (we'll see what this SDK does) and the Blackberries are business only.
BUT, as Craig said, Android devices could fill the niche that Palm occupies and, with their reach on the software/content integration side and with handset makers already available, those Android units are going to eat away marketshare to the point that you won't be sure that every carrier will want to feature a Palm Phone. Plus as we saw with the GPS issue, Palm will have to spend time to make sure their current phones don't fall that far behind in featureset. Will that push the OS back even more? About the only thing I think could save them is for them to offer something that neither iPhone or Android can now. What that is, I don't know, but I suspect it needs to be based on the new 4G technology (assuming, as Scandals said, the towers actually go up). Perhaps DirecTV on your phone, perhaps live video blogging, who knows. On Jan 5, 2008 1:28 AM, Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Meh. 700p, 755p and Centro - all released in, what 15 months? Each > incremental improvement with noticeable results in ergonomics, > performance and function. Just because it's the same OS doesn't mean > it's bad, and there really are improvements. > > I want the Treo IX too, and I want new toys as much as anyone, but geez > guys, these things are still SO good at doing what the vast majority of > people need done - power users (me) and (especially) novices alike! > > At some point I might look at what RIM offers, but heck I've only had > the Centro for a couple of months. > > Cheers, > Don > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sandro Campos Mancini > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] new Palm OS - Linux platform is released in 2009 > > That's the decision I already made a couple of months ago. > > - - - - - > Sandro Campos Mancini > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, Jan 4, 2008 1:29 pm > Subject: Re: [Treo] new Palm OS - Linux platform is released in 2009 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [email protected] > > Hello, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:17:52 -0700 you said: > > > >> Ed Colligen, Palm CEO, said during the most recent conference call > with > > financial analysts that Palm would no longer provide quarterly > "guidance." > > To me, he is saying Palm has no idea how bad things will be. I wonder > > whether this is another sign of the beginning of the end of the > company. > > > >Ok, NOW I'm starting to think that the doom-sayers may be right. :( > I'll stay with my Treo 680 as long as I can, but when it's time to > >replace it, I won't automatically go to Palm this time. I'll be taking > a look at all of the players and see who has the third-party software > support I want. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ============================== War Eagle
