I'll give anyone 4-to-1 odds that there will be a Palm OS "solution" for webOS within 6 months of the Pre first becoming available, if not before. So don't shed that tear yet, Eugenio. :-)
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Eugenio Perea <[email protected]> wrote: > No need to apologise, really. > > In fact, now that you've proven yourself a true gentleman, I'll pay a > lot of attention to your posts! > > Case in point: evaluating the Pre as a completely new device. I was > blissfully unaware of that until you mentioned it, but you are > completely correct. This is NOT a Palm, in the sense that we've known > them for the past decade. Not even close. > > I was gob-smacked when I realised that, to all intents and purposes, > this could be ANY platform. I mean, the specs could easily be describing > a Blackberry, Symbian, Andriod or something completely new! There's just > nothing there to take me back to the Palm we know and....well, you know > what I mean. > > Still, it bears the Palm name, and that was enough for all of us to > stick around this long, pay so much attention to it once it was > unveiled, and trust that the promises will be fulfilled. Brilliant > presentation notwithstanding, we still have a serious -albeit perhaps > subconscious- regard for the brand. > > And yes, after the honeymoon is over, I will probably shed a tear for > the user interface of my old Pilot 5000. > > Cheers, > > Eugenio > > > > > Harry C. Johnson wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Eugenio Perea <euge...@...> wrote: > >> Sorry for the confusion, I got thrown by the H and the middle initial, > >> but I laughed out loud at both your clarifications. > >> > >> It seems we all agree that DRM sucks, and I'm happy to let it stand > > like > >> that. The other points of contention cannot be resolved beyond our > >> opinions and analysis of statements and events of third parties. We > > just > >> can't know for sure. > > > > Yeah, I was thinking about your last post after I had responded to it > > and realized we pretty much are in full agreement. RIAA is sleazy. > > Apple is sleazy. DRM sucks. I think I misconstrued your original post > > as trying to absolve Apple of all blame for DRM and heavy handed > > business practices. I realize I read too much into your post.Apologies. > > > >> I hope we can also agree that the Pre looks gorgeous and we can't wait > >> to get our hands on one, amirite? > > > > I've signed up for the "let me know when this is available" email from > > Sprint. I am currently a Sprint customer so it was a no-brainer for > > me. I am really stoked about it. However, there is this quiet voice > > inside me that says its not really a palm. That it will be so vastly > > different (especially if it isn't backward compatible) that it has to > > be evaluated as a completely new thing and not just the next in line > > of palm products. I'm not sure I am stating that clearly. In any case, > > it doesn't make me less excited and I think it was definitely what > > palm had to do... but maybe there is a little sadness for ol' palm os. > > > > -Harry (not Henry or Harold or Hank) :) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- CRA1G on Twitter [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
