I am really glad to see this type editorial message on this group. I really get tired of the "if it wont do this" or "it has to do this to work for me" type messages.
If only one percent of the cell phone users in America purchase a Pre it will amount to millions in sales. A smart phone is not for everyone! My wife could care less about being able to hotsync but she spends a lot of time fooling with ringtones and different pictures for every caller! If it crashes she will enjoy putting it all back in the phone! I have always loved the following of the Palm phones and the great software that is available for them. I have a hearing problem and "Volume Care" is one piece of software I would not like to do without. I have never seen a similar program for any other phone. My phone is loaded with stuff like TideTool, GPS Mapping, Astronomy and Ham Radio related programs, and games I can play when waiting at the doctors office. I even still use Graffiti! I do not know of any other platform that has stuff available to make the phone so versatile. I feel sure I will migrate to a Pre when they become readily available and I feel sure the Palm following will have lots of software and hardware available within weeks after its release! Palm is on the right track! Leland Cox --- In [email protected], Craig Froehle <craig.froe...@...> wrote: > > Wow...I don't know what prompted this, Carl, but I don't disagree with you. > > It's a myth propagated by fanboy sites and tech blogs that the major > smartphone brands are out gunning for each others' customers. In > reality, as you've said, they're only really competing for _new_ > customers, those who are thinking of evolving from feature phones to > smart(er)phones. That market is enormous compared to the current > smartphone user base AND they're less loyal to an existing solution. > > I do think apps are important, if only for buzz. Have you seen > Apple's current marketing campaign -- "There's an app for that"? To > me, that speaks volumes about the importance they put on their app > catalog. I wrote a bit about that in a recent article discussing > Apple & Palm's intertwined history: > http://www.gearbits.com/archives/2009/05/the_evolving_re.html > > Anyway, I'm just happy to see a wide variety of robust offerings. We > now have 6 major smartphone platforms competing in North America: > Palm/webOS, Apple/iPhone, RIM/Blackberry, MSFT/WinPhone, > Nokia/Symbian, and Google/Android. Unless we lose a couple of those, > consumers should be treated to unprecedented innovation in the space. > - Craig > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Carl W. Brooks <c...@...> wrote: > > People are so blind. Most people could care less about application. There > > is a growing number of user that would add additional apps but most don't > > really care. Remember when people stood in line with cash in fists ( I was > > there in line, but just to check it out) to pay $500 for the iPhone, how > > many apps could they add? Zero! > > > > We had to jailbreak it later to add apps (I had the iPod Touch by then). > > > > The truth is most people just want a cool phone that works. Most people > > just graduated to a camera phone. Most people have just graduated to having > > email on their phone, i.e. Treo, Centro and Blackberry popularity among the > > prosumers. > > > > Many people have paid way more than $299 for a phone that could do way > > less. People have paid way more than $100 a month on a cell phone bill to > > just talk. Remember how much money people spent on the Motorola Razor? And > > it couldn't do anything fancy. Technology changes so fast that people > > forget this quick. MetroPCS has changed peoples thinking on what they > > should pay each month for a phone bill; prior to their $50 unlimited plan > > people paid an average of $100 a month for just voice (including any over > > limit charges) > > > > My point? The Palm Pre provides the average phone user a lot of functionity > > for the dollar. Much more than they have had before. The number of candy > > bar and flip phone users is way more than the smartphone users that own > > Apple, Palm or RIM phones. > > > > All three of these makers are targeting THAT group of people, not the > > current users of Apple, Palm or RIM phones. If some of these folk buy; then > > great, but they want the mass of new smartphone users. > > > > Look around you right now. Go ahead look around. How many people are > > holding a non-Smartphone and busy at it? Texting, playing whacky games that > > we used to play on Atari, taking photos of themselves, etc. These are the > > people they want. > > > > Having said that, the apps will matter in the long run. Palm's app store > > must be done right. There I no doubt that people will develop for it if the > > masses buy the phone. If both of these happen, then the app store must make > > purchasing these apps a breeze. > > > > Remember when everyone was screaming that Palmgear.com was robbing > > developers because they took a cut? Obviously Apple agreed with Palmgear. > > The problem with the online method was many people didn't know where, what > > and how it all worked. Some provided PRC files, others zip files. It was a > > mess. Users had to reply on fan sites to explain what, where and how. > > > > I am looking forward to the Palm Pre. Yes, I would love to have had the SDK > > out before launch so apps could be developed and available day one. Yes, I > > would like to have video recording day one. BUT I am delighted to have Palm > > back in the game. > > > > I am happy to see Palm finally providing the things we have asked for like > > a real MP3 player, Video or movie play back, multitasking, a fantastic web > > browsing experience, a large beautiful color screen, mass media storage, > > GPS, WIFI and a decent camera. It is almost like Sony is back in the game > > again LOL. > > > > I am excited for what the mobile experience can grow to with the > > re-emerging of Palm into the Smartphone arena. Let's just hope they don't > > lose their mind again. > > > > Palm has an army of loyal followers who are ready to move these and future > > devices to the masses. Here's to them staying on top and using us to their > > advantage and not just taking us for granted. > > ----------------------- > > Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! 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