Comments on: Garmin Discontinues Three iQue Models
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RE: I almost got one.
David Beers
Pikesoft Mobile Computing
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RE: I almost got one.
Although Garmin started building PPC versions of these to mollify the Windoze contingent, they're really in a dead sector because of battery life. The dedicated GPS's are better, cheaper and allow for the handheld to be free for it's other functions. And the Bluetooth GPS units are extremely cheap and better now, combine them with Tom-Tom in your favorite PDA/Smartphone hardware and it's hard to justify the iQue's older hardware and price.
One less competitor to force Palm to innovate is the real tragedy here.
RE: I almost got one.
It could be a chip availability issue -- the older 3600 and 3200 devices used older versions of Freescale's MX chips, and they may be end-of-lifed. The 3000 uses a newer MX chip, IIRC.
They're all dead. DEAD.
Tapwave - tapped out
Fossil - sunk into the tar pit after a comedy of errors
HandEra - squeezed out by Palm/PalmSource greed + told to "Talk to the HAND"
HuneTec - Who Tec?
Kyocera - Left YEARS ago - Sayonara YKyocera
Samsung - swansong was 3 YEARS ago; PalmOS plans killed by failure to deliver products to Sprint in a timely manner
Handspring - staggering near bankruptcy, forced to give HANDjob to Palm
AlphaSmart - went the way of the dumb dodo
Garmin - can no longer be located
Legend - never happened
Symbol - signs indicate they actually more or less checked out 2 years ago
Acer - Bwahahahah! This company was a Joker
So who's left?
Aceeca - oh dear, the future of PalmOS rests in a sickos hands
Palm - since they will soon move most models to Windows Mobile looks like Palm's giving Access the finger
GSL - PalmOS gave them a GSW.
LG - Hell. Gee. W T F?
Way to go, Palm.
Way to go, PalmSource.
Way to go, Access.
Way to go, Yankowski.
Way to go, Benhamou.
TVoR
RE: They're all dead. DEAD.
I don't think Palm is going all Windows Mobile, thus Treo 680. Also Palm PDAs will have the current lineup, until ALP (or Palm Linux-based OS?) is ready; announcing now the transition might have Osbourne-like consequenses.
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