On Friday, 2008-06-06 12:05:58, glenbarrington wrote:
> Well, I'll probably not buy another Palm device when my Treo 700p bites
> the dust. As a long time Palm user, I loved the OS, but it really
> isn't keeping up with the competition. The Bluetooth reliability is
> miserable, it locks up at strange times. Lots of little frusturations.
>
> For me, the last reason to hold out for Palm was ebook reading (good
> display, lots of software choices, and plenty of ebooks available).
> But now, Mobi offers a Blackberry version.
>
> I won't switch witout significant research, but Maybe it's time to put
> the last nail in the coffin. At least it may be time to start looking
> for a nail.
Not to pick on you individually, but I would think that part of that
significant research would include buying or at least trying a *newer model*
Palm device.
It's been nagging at me how many of the "I love Palm but I'm leaving it"
sentiments on this list are coming from users of older devices. (The 700P
in particular was, in my opinion, a placeholder device -- something to
tide us over -- with unusual hardware compromises under its hood.)
Now there are plenty of reasons why someone might choose to switch,
but I just wanted to sound this note. Apples to apples.
If the PalmOS interface doesn't survive its transition to Palm's
Linux-based rewrite, or if Google doesn't save it somehow (I would
bet you any sum that there's at least *one* Google employee whose
designated "pet project" is preserving the things PalmOS does well
and bringing that to Android efforts in some way.), then much will
be lost. That happens from time to time of course, in the history
of computing devices, but still. I'll be sad if the only the hardcore
geeks (we can build our own, you see) can have the nice things.
Trip
