One more bites the dust

[Tom Buskey]

David Pogue had a review of it in the NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/technology/circuits/05pogue.html

sorry, passwd required

Basically Palm did this so they could sell to everyone that requires MS
because they were tired of losing that market.  The ease of use is severly
hampered.

Unless the WinCE device severly outsells the PalmOS one, I think we'll see
future PalmOS devices.  Maybe companies that require WinCE will be willing
to look at the other Palms once they have a few 700ws in house.

- wishing for a PalmOS based blackberry (my company requires BB..)

On 1/5/06, Jon maddog Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:
>
> I saw the announcement of the new Palm Treo 700w today, and thought I
> might
> take a look at it.  My old phone is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I
> thought I might go for a new Treo.
>
> When I go to the page
> http://web.palm.com/products/smartphones/treo700w/details.jhtml
> I saw the agonizing Microsoft logo.  Apparently Palm has decided to put
> their
> "ease of use" on top of the Windows Mobile platform.  It means that every
> time I would go to use my phone I would have to be reminded of a monopoly
> gone
> bad.
>
> It is a shame that one of the last bastions of closed source good software
> felt they had to partner with someone who is basically their biggest
> competitor.
>
> I may never be able to purchase another Palm again.
>
> Sadly,
>
> maddog
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