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RE: Sad Palm OS liscencees having to resort to this
AGREED!
RE: Sad Palm OS liscencees having to resort to this
I would not be surprised if Garmin unceremoniously announces they are no longer producing a PalmOS device.
Nice to round off the line but where's the forward progress?
Nice of them to offer variety over several price points but I'd still expect a LOT more for a $750 pricetag, PPC or not. It seems they are at least more comitted to the PDA market than I ever expected so maybe a 2nd gen iQue isn't out of the question. Of course, it likely won't run Palm OS. I'd wager that this is the "transition" unit en route to Garmin going all-PPC in '05 once they've milked the two Palm-based units for all they're worth. Looks like we're seeing the demise of Samsung & Garmin as Palm OS licensees. This leaves...no one with any "big" name recognition whatsoever!
RE: Nice to round off the line but where's the forward progress?
better than going backwards like the T5
Display?
That's the same crappy 240x320 "Standard PPC display"
Strange ppl
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RE: Display?
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RE: Display?
Or even better, that Palm is working on a WiFi, VGA, Cobalt device...but I get sick of hoping for such a thing...
Little chance for the product
I personally see little chances for this product. The ique will IMHO bash it to smithereens, because it has the better screen and the more stable OS.
However, Murphy once said to always look at the bright side of life. And well, now the PalmOs has an opportunity to show its quality in a head-to-head battle!
Just my 2 cents
Tam Hanna
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RE: Little chance for the product
Get off it. You are right about the Apple Mac-but the PalmOS has the BIGGER USER BASE. Get it?
In addition, mo0st of the users that want a handhelöd GPS will already have taken the Ique 3200/3600->too late, M5..
BTW, PocketPc and Square Display doesnt quite work-so at least their low-end models will IMHO stay PalmOs powered..
Just my 2 cents
Tam Hanna
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RE: Little chance for the product
But seeing as they're releasing a GPS PPC with about the same features as a PPC from a year or two or three ago for $750, of course the 3600's better. Actually, there's a GPS PPC already out at around $400 which is smaller than the 3600 IIRC. Not a bad device.
$750...Overpriced
Personally, I'd rather have either a Garmin iQue 3600 or a palmOne Treo 650.
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RE: $750...Overpriced
There is a real need for a solid GPS software outthere. I bet if Garmin comes out with a software/map package at a right price, it will wipe out Mapopolis and TomTom because based on my experience with these software, Garmin is the best GPS software on the market.
RE: $750...Overpriced
At $750, you could almost buy 2 Tapwave Zodiac Handhelds.
Personally, I'd rather have either a Garmin iQue 3600 or a palmOne Treo 650.
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wrong, u CAN buy 2 Zodiacs at that price. Heck, one of them can even be the zod2.
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There is a real need for a solid GPS software outthere. I bet if Garmin comes out with a software/map package at a right price, it will wipe out Mapopolis and TomTom because based on my experience with these software, Garmin is the best GPS software on the market
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Maybe that's Y it seems so ridiculously high priced. Perhaps you're getting "Garmin caliber" GPs software? Never used it my self, but i have heard few good praises about it. Garmin's ique's are primarily GPS/PDAs, Zods are PDAs/gaming, Gizmondo's coming out sometime in March fill the triangle by being GPS/gaming devices. Not sure if u can do anything decent PDA-wise related on WinCE OS. All of them also have some level of multimedia capabilities. I'm curious to see how they stack against each other later on and how many units they sell.
palmOne decline continues: TE2 revealed!
RE: palmOne decline continues: TE2 revealed!
I see the majority of P1's non-Treo '05 lineup looking like this:
Zire 31 (carryover model)$120 by this spring, $100 by late summer
Tungsten E2 $200
Zire 73 (tweaked Z72 w/ multi-connector and 64mb RAM) $300
Tungsten T6 or T7 (elongated Treo 650 formfactor w/ 320*480 screen, wi-fi/BT & no external antenna) $350 to $400
RE: palmOne decline continues: TE2 revealed!
palmOne's problem is that they own the $0-$200 space, which means the margin is razor-thin. As long as they are making money, however, and avoid the "so we lose a little on each one we'll make it up in volume" mentality it's okay.
RE: palmOne decline continues: TE2 revealed!
Tapwave, save us!
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Sad Palm OS liscencees having to resort to this
The world will end in 2006. Just as it was predicted in the bible along with the release of Microsoft Longhorn.... :p