Comments on: Hopes High for Next Week's TechXNY

and Ebay the old =).. or hand it down to wives and girlfriends.

I agree, Can't wait.
BUT I feel Palm Inc. are going to have to do just a little bit better. Sony has a device out, sure not OS5, but wicked screen, which is what people want now, Multimedia, etc.
This is not to say that I and many people won't buy a Palm Inc. OS5 device, but to get ahead and not just keep up, will be a challenge for Palm, and indeed any handheld manufacturer.
I feel and hope Palm will have to have something extra in the first release of OS5 m5xx?
Maybe Qrt VGA, bright saturated colours with soft graffitti, MP3 headphone jack, real speaker for voice record/playback, wireless option, all in a Palm V form factor. This would get recognition, but still would not represent anything new.
Its going to be very cut-throat for device manufacturers over the next few years as people have seen handhelds now, and seen/heard off new technologies and expectations are higher than ever, and will just get higher.

Bruce

And even though such a device would be tempting, it will still have SUDS with that form factor! A new OS wont change hardware bugs...

What do you mean? Bugs with this form factor?

Bruce

Agreed that this device may not be SUPER innovative and cut-throat, but just think of all the innovation there has been in the handheld industry. Is there a feature that should be in a Palm handheld that would not cost a lot that is not already on the market? Lets try a short checklist of recent innovations (and don't flame me if I forget something or if it was created a while back).

Integrated bluetooth/802.11a/b- yes
Always on wireless access to email and internet- yes
Smartphones- yes
Streaming video and multimedia- yes
MP3 player/playback- yes
Voice memo- yes
Voice recognition (for smartphones)- yes
Integrated digital camera- yes
320x320+ screen resolution and 16 bit color- yes
Integrated keyboard or virtual graffiti- yes

With good PIM software and one or two of these features, what more does a handheld computer owner need? What other innovation is there a demand for?

-Bosco

I think somebody has been DRINKING too much suds.

>>Sony has a device out, sure not OS5, but wicked screen, which is what people want now, Multimedia, etc.
This is not to say that I and many people won't buy a Palm Inc. OS5 device, but to get ahead and not just keep up, will be a challenge for Palm, and indeed any handheld manufacturer.
I feel and hope Palm will have to have something extra in the first release of OS5 m5xx?
Maybe Qrt VGA, bright saturated colours with soft graffitti,

You say they have to better sony - then you ask for "Qrt VGA". Sonys 320 * 320 is better then QVA (320*240) and the Sony NR series has half VGA (320 * 480). So why would you want to only go with handera res? BTW - to all Handera fans/users: i have never use one , but just how the heck does a 160*160 app translate to 320*240? do you only double every other pixel? how does thios work? there must be problems with this - no?

Yes there are problems, that why there is such a small amount of apps that support HE.

Whatever comes out will be better than what we actually have, according to OS 5 spects the new devices (at least not the cheap ones) will have 320x320, multimedia sound and video. And most importantly the new processor that actual devices don't have, this means they won't become obsolete and will be able to run new software titles only compatible with ARM.

True, Handspring doesn't have a booth, which is part of the reason why I think the Treo 300 announcement is a long shot, but they will be in attendance at at least one press event. Palm and Sony will both have booths.

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VisorCentral/TreoCentral will have some video reports from the Expo. Check their site starting Tuesday.

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Thanks a lot! Will they only have news on Handsprings or what?

I'm going to the DV Expo, and i'm bringing my camera, so if i happen to see any pda goodies at the show i'll be sure to post te pics or videos.