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RE: Eh.
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: Eh.
In regards to it only being open to ticketed passangers: that may change come September. It was discussed about reopening the Airmall to the public in June but it was put off due to summer security concerns. Its on the table again for September though.
Re: Store itself
Its pretty nice with a fair variety of stuff. Only palmOne PDA's of course though. I didn't see any laptops offhand but I could have missed them. Although the store isn't huge I was working at the time so didn't spend that long checking it out :-)
I don't know how knowledgeable the guys at the store really are or not. They didn't seem to know what my Tapwave Zodiac was and when I asked if they'd heard anything on the T4 rumors they looked at me blankly :-)
Prices didn't look too hot though. I looked at a Belkin 100m USB dongle and it was $89. The same model was $59 at Comp USA this weekend and it had a further $30 in rebates on top of that. So if I'd have bought it at the palmOne store I'd have been out $70!
Still, I'll be keeping on eye the place to see how it develops.
RE: Eh.
These stores are all well and good, but unless you're a ticketed passenger with a boarding pass, you can't get to them.
Believe me, It's great for the traveler, but for everyone else, they're not that helpful.
Ahh, but everyone else has these places called "Malls" they can go to. Big huge expansive buildings with lots of shops inside, free parking, 0% chance of being whisked off to the body-cavity search room. Maybe you've heard of them?
Who this is good for is the European or Asian traveller who didn't have time to go shopping while they were in the US and even w/inflated airport prices, getting it in the terminal still beats having to pay VAT and shipping.
RE: Eh.
RE: Eh.
The "buzz" strategy is interesting, but I think the buzz ought to be somewhat measurable in immediate sales. Will the stores allow Treo purchasers to activate phone service?
elo
Chicago is in dire need for one
Sooner or later, all Palm-Powered Handhelds running under Intel's PXA27X line of processors need to implement Centrino Technology in addition to Intel's XScale technology and Intel's WMMX.
RE: Chicago is in dire need for one
Sure, a palmOne store would be nice...but dire need? Doesn't Chicago have a greater selection of stores selling Palms than we have here in Des Moines?
Mike
RE: Chicago is in dire need for one
On a national air route map, the two cities are not that far away from each other for exchanging for coast to coast travel. Also, I'm sure the Pittsburgh airport gave PalmOne a much better retail space deal than the Second City.
I'll check the store out next time I change flights there.
RE: Who buys a PDA at the Airport?
I am wondering how they would setup Treo 600's at the airport. If I need data service, doesn't that mean that I am getting a cell provider ( AT&T, Cingular, T-Mobile, etc)and local # for the location I am purchasing it in unless I currently use that provider and could swap my sim card?
I am not sure users would want to have a phone # that is long distance to everyone or confuses people.
RE: Who buys a PDA at the Airport?
RE: Who buys a PDA at the Airport?
Oh, this is a novel idea!!! Forget about sales and just focus on "buzz"! I'm sure if Michael Dell heard this he'd be laughing his a$$ off!!!!!!!!!!
RE: Who buys a PDA at the Airport?
They should have super-rapid chargers
If I were stuck in an airport for a few hours I could see paying a premium for a PDA if I knew they could stick it in a special charger and had it fully juiced in 10 minutes for me.
That would allow folks to go through the manual and play with their new toy DURING their trip.
Oh yeah, that means that it'd be nice if they also sold print manuals for a nominal fee in these stores.
Alessandro
just sayin'
P.S. I've had Palm handhelds for years now. If there's one thing that may sway me to the dark side is the incredibly annoying sig on here... don't remember the dude's handle... but the sig goes something like "A Palm handheld is the peanut butter and jelly of many people, if you don't have one your progress is for donuts" or something like that (yeah I know, for naught)
RE: They should have super-rapid chargers
What I'd actually like to see would be a quickie paper getting started book (more than the foldout sheet they currently include) in all new Palms other than the cheapest Zires. For Tungsten users, I'd like to see an old-fashioned thick, printed manual with a $15 or so store-bought "Power users' guide".
I really think that PLMO needs to start doing more to offer incentives to purchase higher-priced models (aside from more memory, mhz, and networking features).
For example, ideas for all Tungsten models (and possibly Treos too):
1. Printed manual of some kind
2. Complimentary 1-year warranty/1 discounted screen replacement
3. Decent bundled carrying case
4. Promised/guarantee of at least one installment of OS/core app updates and a discount on future OS upgrades (like from OS5 to OS6) for models that can technically handle it.
It wouldn't cost THAT much to implement most of the above en masse and it would go a long way about convincing business users & corporate buyers that PalmOne still takes them seriously and has not abandoned that market for the flavor-of-the-day candy colored consumer-oriented Zire line.
3.
RE: They should have super-rapid chargers
The alternative that I would like to see is to have PalmOne sell an SD card with a "how to use your PalmOne PDA" video that starts up the moment you insert the SD card.
The best set up guide I've ever seen was back in the 80s when Atari released their ST computer line. Every computer came with a manual, but more importantly it came with a video tape set-up guide.
You plopped the video into your VCR and it walked you through all the basics. Everything from how to set up the computer to how to use the mouse and do word processing.
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RE: They should have super-rapid chargers
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Eh.
Believe me, It's great for the traveler, but for everyone else, they're not that helpful.
It used to be (pre 9-11) that you could go to the Airmall in Pittsburgh and shop. It was a great selling point: You could shop in a "secure" environment and pay prices equivalent to other malls.
Merely an observation...
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