This has been a really great thread and I have enjoyed it. As a Verizon Wireless user, I am very happy that Sprint is marketing the Pre first. If it is true that VZ will have it in 6 months, that gives me a good period to find out all the strengths and weaknesses of the Pre. My "New every Two" rolls around in November so the timing ought to be right. Till then, I will enjoy continuing the use of my Treo 700p. Like someone said, I am glad Palm is trying to stay in the game. I was afraid it was on the way out and I was looking at AT&T and the I-phone.
--- In [email protected], "Don Ferguson" <d...@...> wrote: > > Hi Carl, > > > > And WOW, you typed all that on your Treo! You are a patient man! > > > > Love what you wrote - it will be SO interesting to see how this plays out. > 3.5 days until I pre-pay at the Sprint store. 4 days till the Pre is MINE! > > > > Bwahahahahahahaha!! Cough, cough. > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carl > W. Brooks > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Treo] Palm Pre in the real world > > > > 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 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
