Apple iPad is awesome but NOT perfect. Give me a iPad with WebOS' multi-task and easy of use and we have a winner. Palm has known there was a market for the instant on, big screen, mobile device - anyone remember the Foleo. It was close, but no potato.
I believe that there is a huge market for iPad and similar designed markets. When are people going to realize that OS has never mattered? People shouldn't even know a device has an OS. They should simply be able to perform the tasks on the apps that allow those needed tasks. People's usage on a PC is very limited as there are very defined tass that they desire. Make a device such as the iPad but with multi-tasking, a microphone and camera and give developers the ability to create to their hearts desire. I believe over 60% of PC and Apple desktop & laptop user that use the device for personal use has no business having a full computer because they don't use 60% of its power. Those 60% could do nearly all of their work & play on an iPad with the added features. Carl W. Brooks "Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission." ~ Zig Ziglar Enjoy helping people make technology decisions? Me too. I used to do it for FREE and now I GET PAID when I help them now. Wow! Learn how: http://tr.im/acncupis http:www.techloyal.com http://www.palmloyal.com On Apr 4, 2010 5:18 PM, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:07 PM, ldouglas <[email protected]> wrote: > So with Microsoft and RIM controlling the desktop market How does RIM control the "desktop market"?? Seriously...I don't understand that. > and Apple > controlling the media, and Google still with some caché, how can > Palm/WebOS survive much less thrive when it's sure to be undermined by > everyone except maybe the most neutral of blog writers? Palm can survive being a niche player, but it has to develop a niche first. If it got 8-10% of the market reliably, it'd be just dandy. > Are we going > to have to hope for Apple to misstep with it's power and for public > opinion to be swayed against it? Or is that impossible in the age of > PR-led-journalism? Nah, not impossible. Apple is trendy right now. If it becomes ubiquitous, it will lose much of that air of exclusivity that the creative class / hipster society require of their personal brand investments. I think Palm could compete very well in the "grown-ups" crowd if it was a lot more savvy about how it marketed itself. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
