Comments on: Palm to Drop Prices on Most Models

This is about competition from other manufactureres, most SONY.

Car dealers do this a lot. They'll cut you a deal to get the cars off the lot.

I have an m515 bought at inception.

err. .. looks like you are the Palm Inc. sales Team. there's no way Palm Inc.'s PDA is anything good value, you could get the same thing (with high res screen) from sony for $50 less.

That would be too bad because many of us WILL NOT go from a Palm V/m500 form factor to something larger (especially much larger). (only good news for me is that I won't have to get the Kyo 7135 and an OS 5 device in the same quarter)

Note to Palm: if you want us to upgrade (and, believe me, many of us want to) this is something that you're gonna have to deliver.

Note to Sony: give us a slim OS 5 color handheld with good buttons and Mac support and I would be happy to jump ship.

Note to Handspring: same as Sony above - except for you it means including OS 5 not 3.5...

-Kevin Crossman

The over $400 market is a very small niche. The vast majority of people won't pay more than $250 for a PDA and no PPC will ever get below that.

Not surprised Palm's sales are down. I'm not buying anything until I see the OS 5 models and no-one else should, either.

WHAT is it with the malignant slandering of competing companies' products (and its users)? Are you just jealous that Compaq incorporated BT first into its handhelds? Or Toshiba with integrated WiFi? You should be grateful that people have choices beyond Palm's licensees and/or the PalmOS. This is the only thing forcing Palm(Source) to innovate! Otherwise we'd be stuck in OS3.5 for another six years. People like you make me sick.

"These are converts from Palm who want this kind of technology but are too damn impatient (as all of us are) to wait for Palm to release their new OS 5 Handhelds."

Impatient? Not really.
These 'converts' are people like you and me who vote with their wallets. It happens that the Toshiba units are very nice and thus popular. Got a problem with that? You make this sound as if non-Palm users are heathens for not waiting for the oh-so-great OS5. It ain't the second coming of Jesus. Remember, PalmSource is playing catch-up to PPC with respect to multimedia and the things that Palm zealots once considered 'unnecessary'

Both the M105 and SL10 have AAA batteries and monochrome screens. The cradle doen't come with the Sony, but if you are not charging your unit (using AAA batteries), why would you need a cradle? Otherwise, the M105 has no expansion slot, has a slower 16 MHZ CPU and 160x160 screen. The SL10 has the memory stick slot, faster 33Mhz CPU, high-res 320x320 screen with a better backlight for easier viewing and a useful jog-dial. It also comes with a whole bunch of Sony software, plus some of the extras that come with the palm.

For the extra $$, I would definetely go with the Sony.

Good news!! The Oslo, Palm's first ARM device will be here not in a year but more like a month.

Read about the Oslo here
www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=3853

There's no chance Palm is going out of business before September so you have nothing to worry about.

If you can't wait even that long, the m515 can use the PalmPix and there are cables that will connect it to your Navman GPS300. That's the advantage of keeping the same connector for years, which Palm has done.

Got to say I agree with this one. Palm's original motto was keep it simple and evolution not revolution.
They should know by now the V/M5xx form factor is what sells their products.

Car manufacturers do the same thing - show pics of the top of the range at release cos it looks better. Palm V looked the business a few years ago and M505 did the same thing. M515 has not caused a catch of breath and Oslo certainly hasn't done that for me.

We need a "wow-factor" product at the top like NR-70V to attract m105/m125/m130 buyers to get on the ladder with the rest of the Palmerati....

mrscarey

palmist and visionary