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RE: Techno-Phonic TV Ad
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If they included Handspring and Sony - which obviously have far more interesting products in their lineup, people might then learn about how powerful and versatile this platform is. But then again, I guess they are coughing up every single penny of their own and would not want to share their limelight with their licensees. What a pity. I guess when placed next to Treos and Clies, I would think twice too.
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That would work great for the PALMSOURCE division but for PALM which only makes PALM devices...I think not.
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Sony, I'll give you, but Handspring?
At any rate, you need to understand that these ads are geared toward TYPICAL consumers--the kind who see PDAs on TV, not on sites like PIC. They're generally quite impressed with what Palm has to offer. Some of us are less impressed because we're more well-versed in the advanced capabilities of different machines. Face it, the typical consumer cares very little about hi-res, virtual graffiti, built-in Bluetooth, and all the other "goodies" that PDAs are starting to pack. The typical consumer looks at the Sony NR series and says "Damn! That's freaking expensive!" Then they go buy an m130, or an m515 if they want something sleeker.
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1. imbeciles
2. frustrated so they flame at any opportunity
3. can't read
4. all of the above
Good grief, the original post was a suggestion and some imbecile is splitting hair over PalmSource and Palm, Inc. And, it isn't saying use the same tagline as Intel. Which one reader very sharply pointed out that that might not be too far away.
We have been flamed in Slashdot as kiddies and immature and I can see why.
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Also, things like sustainable competitive advantages(SCA) are typically built around things that cannot be reproduced. Such as community, like the palm commercials. Thats the difference between sustainable competitive advatages and sustainable competitive necessities. You can also improve memory, functions and so forth, but it is not so easy to reproduce collective pride of group owners. That's what Palm has and is trying to exploit.
Ads should show that PDA´s are not only for PIM
- acquiring, keeping and synchronizing data
- reading news and books
- surfing the net
- checking mails
- having the ability to carry dozens of normally hundreds of pages long manuals with you in your pocket (while your are additionally able to do a search on them)
- playing games while they are on the road
etc.)
- etc., etc., etc.
- so there is so much more than storing 8000 addresses and 1000 memos into these devices. That´s why I think the ad campaigns should show that.
Especially here in Germany, where people are very conservative about spending money for nonsense it is funny that these devices are marketed as address books, which they are of course useful for, but too expensive - who the hell pays 300 to 500 $ for an address book (which can additionally run out of batteries when I need it) without getting any additional benefits ???
RE: Ads should show that PDA´s are not only for PIM
Address, Todo and memo. And many of the ones I know actually are limited to only DB and
address. I don't know what the percentages are for these 60% of users, but I know many of them
are aware of third-party apps, but chose not to use them.
Carter
RE: Ads should show that PDA´s are not only for PIM
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RE: Ads should show that PDA´s are not only for PIM
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Think about that statement.
Carter
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-same guy from b4, Bosco
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From before, about the target market for most Palm handhelds being the less-informed consumer, the i705 ties into this. It is too much of a mixture of both. You have the wireless internet and the personal and corporate email accounts (executives being the target audience for these features) but you also have the 8mb of memory and the monochrome screen making this a low end machine more suitable for not-so-professional users. That's what I mean by sub-par. It is low end for the target market yet it seems to be a super machine for the non-professional users that is too expensive for them.
-Bosco
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