Comments on: On Palm http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/ escape colon w q Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: More Foleo thoughts | #comments http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-2048 More Foleo thoughts | #comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:29:32 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-2048 [...] know, I’ve talked a lot of smack about the Foleo. In general, I’ll stand by what I’ve said, but I want to add a little [...] [...] know, I’ve talked a lot of smack about the Foleo. In general, I’ll stand by what I’ve said, but I want to add a little [...]

]]> By: Scott Klein http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-1794 Scott Klein Thu, 31 May 2007 20:24:41 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-1794 I think all of this flows from Palm having decoupled the OS and sold it off. That hamstrung them from doing any kind of real innovation. Palm's strength has always been the elegance of the PalmOS. That's not the whole picture, of course, but Palm having recently bought back the Garnet source code is a clear indication that even Palm now realizes it was a mistake to ever let it go. I think all of this flows from Palm having decoupled the OS and sold it off. That hamstrung them from doing any kind of real innovation. Palm’s strength has always been the elegance of the PalmOS. That’s not the whole picture, of course, but Palm having recently bought back the Garnet source code is a clear indication that even Palm now realizes it was a mistake to ever let it go.

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-1793 felix Thu, 31 May 2007 17:50:52 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-1793 Yeah, that's just the thing, the phones (the 650, IMHO) was years ahead of it's time and other phones are just catching up to it now. They were able to do this because palm has done absolutely nothing in the intervening years. I blogged about this a little bit ago: http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/15/palms-product-disconnect/ Where the reviews for palm products are great, but the user reaction to them is horrible. Yeah, that’s just the thing, the phones (the 650, IMHO) was years ahead of it’s time and other phones are just catching up to it now. They were able to do this because palm has done absolutely nothing in the intervening years. I blogged about this a little bit ago:

http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/15/palms-product-disconnect/

Where the reviews for palm products are great, but the user reaction to them is horrible.

]]> By: Ben http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-1792 Ben Thu, 31 May 2007 17:01:23 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/05/31/on-palm/#comment-1792 I just received my latest issue of MaximumPC and they had an article on smartphones. Interestingly enough, they rated the 680 a 9 out of 10, up there with the T-Mobile Dash, Cingular 8525 (which received the Kick-Ass rank), and Nokia N95. They were most impressed with the brain-dead ease of use and knocked it for weaker multimedia capabilities. So despite it's decrepit and aging hardware and OS offerings, this just goes to show that surprisingly, the OS still holds its own. Which is what makes this entire thing so frustrating. And with the 680 still at $400 unlocked, that makes the iPhone price look not so bad. =p I just received my latest issue of MaximumPC and they had an article on smartphones. Interestingly enough, they rated the 680 a 9 out of 10, up there with the T-Mobile Dash, Cingular 8525 (which received the Kick-Ass rank), and Nokia N95. They were most impressed with the brain-dead ease of use and knocked it for weaker multimedia capabilities. So despite it’s decrepit and aging hardware and OS offerings, this just goes to show that surprisingly, the OS still holds its own. Which is what makes this entire thing so frustrating. And with the 680 still at $400 unlocked, that makes the iPhone price look not so bad. =p

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