Comments on: palmOne Announces New "Mobile Manager" Product Category

What exactly is it that would keep you awake?

Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com

Jack Swinden

See my PDA themes and skins at: www.JackSwinden.com

Fortunately, there is no confusion over the Loox 720 - it's an unmitigated piece of garbage.

Your response is just so typical with what we have come expect from you - misleading and insulting.

Multi-tasking is not neeeded for any of the things that I use my palmpilot for. Why? Because it switches from one program to another (and back again) in a flash - so it's almost as if two programs are running at once. In doing so, it doesn't tie up system resources, so the application which is running does just that - it runs without interference from other 'open' applications.

Contrast that with WinCE/PPC/WinMob/whatever devices. Sure you can run more than one app at once, but after you have couple running in the background, this slows down the whole system. (One of the more popular PPC hacks is used to 'close' programs to prevent them from continuing to run in the background - NB this means that people are spending good money to prevent multi-tasking where it is not needed!)

In addition, multi-tasking adds another layer of complexity, which inevitably means that you need a faster processor just to achieve reasonable performance. A faster processor typically means that you need a bigger battery. All this adds to the cost of the device.

I accept that 'power users' may want multi-tasking sometimes (eg, when surfing the web they may want to switch to another app without interrupting the web connection). However, for me, multi-tasking is more of a burden than a benefit.

MikeCane said

Post an URL to show me the PalmOS user equivalent of *you* on a PPC site. You can't do it.

Now mike, you should know better than to give me a google challenge.

The new Palm T3 has THREE times the resolution of any PPC???

I am glad to see so many PPC users waking up to the reality that PPC was doomed from its inception.

I went to the Handspring launch party in San Francisco yesterday and all I can say is that once they add a 320x320 and or a 320x480 screen to the Treo line the game will be completely over for M$.

Bottom line is M$ is getting smoked badly!!!

I have been predicting this moment for years and Jason Dunn would always try to discount what I was saying. Jason, I think you should think about PalmThoughts.com

Scott: thanks for the Props. I rest my case your honor.

CASE Closed. (No Pun Intended)

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/for...&highlight=jake

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=168532&highlight=#168532

Of course posts like this has stopped when MS outshipped PalmSource early 2004. These days MS ships twice as much WM licenses than PalmSource does POS licenses, and the PalmOS market is shrinking. A troll like that would look pretty deluded to claim that "PPC was doomed from inception"

As to what I'm doing here, I'm spectating over the demise of PalmOs. Its all the more enjoyable because of all the years of hearing Palmistas claiming their dominance of the market was unassailable, and how no-one would want a computer in their pocket.

Now for my next trick I will reveal the identity of RhinoSteve.....

Surur

Anyways, anyone interested in Rhinosteve's identity? I have a cute picture....

Surur

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WCTD.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

He's spun so many lies and tall tales on this site I can't keep track. Though one of his more memorable (and laughable) claims was that the Tungsten C is one of the hottest selling PDAs on the market, outselling all WiFi equipped Pocket PCs combined. Even Ed Colligan admitted, publically no less, that the TC was a complete failure.

-------------------------------
Editor, http://Pocketfactory.com
Contributing Editor, http://digitalmediathoughts.com

He's spun so many lies and tall tales on this site I can't keep track. Though one of his more memorable (and laughable) claims was that the Tungsten C is one of the hottest selling PDAs on the market, outselling all WiFi equipped Pocket PCs combined. Even Ed Colligan admitted, publically no less, that the TC was a complete failure.

Has ANYTHING BubbaSteve ever said on Palminfocenter been true? Ever? Ignore the bogus halfwit posting style and focus on what BubbaSteve has said since mysteriously showing up on PIC. Do a Google search for "RhinoSteve" and "Palminfocenter" and the truth soon becomes clear. Someone needs to talk to Michael Mace about this. Right, Mike?

The Art of FUD:

The Art of FUD, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.

These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.

"All FUD is based on deception."

- Gill Bates, 1984.

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

So.. for your enlightenment and entertainment...

Who is RhinoSteve?

Brownie points for everyone who identifies all the other execs.

Surur

Thanks to ImageShack for http://www.imageshack.us Free Image Hosting

Really famous, isn't he...

Surur

Simple really.

Surur

This coming from a guy that's eternally grateful for receiving "sloppy seconds"? I was going to let you have a turn with the head before I eBay my Ballmer, but now I canged my mind. Maybe if you sit up and beg for Ballmer I might give you a few minutes alone with him next week. Beg, Cane!

Here's a photo of the (still attached) head just to tease you, Cane:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/steve/default.asp

I know you want a piece of that Dancin' Fool, Ballmer. This is possibly the most disturbing video I've ever seen, ANYWHERE. And that's saying a lot:

http://www.ntk.net/media/dancemonkeyboy.mpg

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

------------------
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Sir Winston Churchill

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem - Henry Kissinger
------------------

Do you say the same thing about Pocket TV for PPC?

Are u actually asking these or confirming the info, b/c all the info on the LD has pointed out that:

#1 speculation that it woN'T include a cradle... either b/c it can't have one by design, not available yet, or P1 wants to make more $$ off this

#2 is definately there. It's one of the main features

#3 If it's still kinoma, then no and yes as you need to convert to Kinoma format first, so it's not that straightforward. If they just use Palm Media instead, then i think no DIVX is supported

#4 They have AeroPlayer instead of RealOne Player, which i hear the former it bad at all. Palm Media is the app that replaced Palm Photos as well as other apps. This should be good enough for most ppl, and if it isn't for the rest, try a 3rd party alternative.

#5 Palm screens have always been good for mid to high level devices so i have no reason to doubt this one won't be good as well.

#6 don't know. Probably the same pOS interface but jazzed up somewhat since the T5 using os5.4

#7 good battery lief is supposed to be another main feature

[signature0]
the secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse
[/signature0]

[signature1]
My PDAs: Visor --> Visor Neo (blue) --> Zire 71 --> Tungsten T3 (with 5 of 6 screws still remaining) --> zodiac 2?
[/signature1]

Steve, does it ever bother you that your incessant cheerleading strips you of credibility? You said the exact same things about the T5. When you refuse to offer balanced discourse, you usually come off as a fanboy.

The whole principle of ignoring the power users and selling only to the mid-range is flawed. Power users are the ones who make recommendations to managers, friends, and family. Power users are the developers who create new programs and compelling solutions. Power users drive a considerable number of sales, not just of the high-end models but also of mid-range and low-end devices.

I'd like to point out that WiFi on the E2 was one of the "main features" that drove my decision to buy that plus a WiFi card that I currently cannot use, and P1's making no promises as to when I can.

I understand what P1 is doing with LifeDrive and I can understand and appreciate many facets of the discussion that's been presented here, device size, target market, and so forth. But in some ways it seems to me like P1 fixes "issues" with one device by releasing another.

I'd be grateful for some solid develpopment and some real support from the company. I think their vision is so grand and lofty that they're missing what people are saying our needs are today.

Just my .02 worth...

Also, if you want to spin this I honestly believe that there are a bunch of people on the Microsoft cash stream doing their thing here to trash the Palm OS. Yes, they are that desperate to try to gain market share.

I'm still up in the air of VOR is a Microsoft backed black-pr agent or just very sexually frustrated. I honestly don't know. However, I have seen this group get very negative as the Palm community continues to do well as the Win32 Kernal Group at Microsoft still maintains overall control of any OS that is released.

It all comes out of the wash. I'm here for laughs. Some here take this place to seriously to make up for the lack of accord they get in their corporate enviroments -- you all know who you are.

Viva cest la ger!

I don't know that I buy the theory of MS employees invading. Probably more like jilted Clie users attempting to justify their wayward path that has lead them to the dark shores of PPC. In any case; I sure hope the Lifedrive has at least WiFi to shut up that line of complaint.

I strongly consider you check the profiles of some of the more "vocal" members of this site and look at their # of posts and how long they have been registered with PIC. I personally posted on the site for several years as I.M Anonymous before mandatory registration was required. I'll wager that most of THOSE users have been with the platform since the beginning or at least for several years. I've been a POS user since 1996 when I bought one of the first batch of Pilot 1000s that Egghead (RIP) got in stock. So let me state that I feel WELL ENTITLED to make whatever judgement calls I desire about the hardware and the OS. If the heavy discussions become too unconfortable to bear here, then head over to the calmer waters of Brighthand PDABuzz etc.

Gekko,

If you're so disgusted with the features and quality of Palm's products, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?

Move on, Gekko. Save yourself from the aggravation.

Eric

Move on, Gekko. Save yourself from the aggravation.

Eric
/end

AFAIK, doesn't Gekko have several PPCs already? One of them VGA? That would explain it as he's already moved on if true. PPC users are still entitled to their compliments and complaints towards P1 as former users. HOwever, I don't understand why Gekko would have a T5 tho. Perhaps it was free?

>>> your whining tripe
Sorry Mike, whining tripe is all that's on the menu at the moment. We're all waiting for the big release and the kids are getting cranky.

>>> Be glad to! Can it be your head and can I use a sledgehammer?
A quick glance over today's posts and it feels like you already have - can someone get me an asprin?

Please don't use the phrase "conspiracy theorist". It brings up bad memories for me. Once upon a time, yours truly was accused of being a Pocket PC user that was part of a global conspiracy to frighten off consumers from buying PalmOS devices.

Way back when the original Tungsten T first came out, mine developed the dreaded dust under the screen issue, a problem common to reflective LCDs. When I pointed this out to others in PDA Buzz's forums and elsewhere, several Palm nazis accused me of secretly being a Pocket PC user masquerading as a Palm owner, and part of a collaborative effort to undermine Palm handheld sales by spreading FUD about the new Tungsten. Which I found quite hilarious considering I didn't even own a Pocket PC at that time, and hadn't for nearly a year. How's that for nutball fanboy paranoia?

-------------------------------
Editor, http://Pocketfactory.com
Contributing Editor, http://digitalmediathoughts.com

Kent, Mr. Gates wants to meet us tomorrow in the third floor conference room (in the Deschutes Wing) to go over the plans for "Operation Pa1mMud" with the interns that will be flooding Palminfocenter and the Palm fanboy sites next week when you-know-what is released. Remember the key points to focus on: size, harddrive access times and the Contacts Bug. Remember: we need to hit Palm hard, fast and often. If we can kill the LD in the crib, Palm will finally be down for the count. Take care.

Heil Gates!

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

Only an delusional idiot would have thought that Paris Hilton could crop up in a discussion about the speculative details of an upcoming PalmOne device.

Mind you, 4GB would be plenty of space to hold her accidentally-on-purpose-released-into-the-public-home-porn-vid-self-promo-exercise!

...with plenty of space left over for similar home-vidz of Abi Titmus, Pam Anderson,etc,etc.

Perhaps LifeDrive should be re-marketed as PornDrive and feature a new splash-resistent finish!

Nuff Said!

God, what a great sentence!

Zires for consumers (z31), entry level (zire, z21), and multimedia fun types (z71, z72)

Tungstens for the business (T|E, T|E2) or serious/power user (t3, t5, T|C)

Treos for the smartphone, mobile connected user (tr600, tr650)

Now this LifeDrive has its own category

This article mentions how T3 users tend to be the ones to pound away heavily at Office documents and such. Frankly, all i ever wanted was a PDA that could do PIMs with a HVGA screen, more than 32MB of user RAM, Voice recorder, and digicam, preferrably a vid cam as well. No one P1 PDA would do that. As little as 2 perhaps, but i want just one. I ended up sacrificing the digicam to get most of the features that i wanted.

[signature0]
the secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse
[/signature0]

[signature1]
My PDAs: Visor --> Visor Neo (blue) --> Zire 71 --> Tungsten T3 (with 5 of 6 screws still remaining) --> zodiac 2?
[/signature1]

Back on topic:
LD's success or failure is going to to come down to a few primary issues (build quality, battery life, size) and a slew of secondary ones, mostl outlined above. Other notable questions:

-Will it be more stable than T5?
-WIll G1 be offered as a hack/legit plug-in/Prefs option?
-Will the metal have an adverse affect on wi-fi performance?
-Has the OS been tweaked to permit IR & BT or BT & Wi-Fi access simultaneously?
-FAT 32 for the HD or will they have two 2gb partitions?
-Finally, how badly will the $500 MSRP cripple its success after the initial adopter frenzy has died down?

I know P1 has their new "Sock it to 'em early" pricing strategy (look at the Treo 650 and T|E2) but this thing should clearly be launched at $400. $500 is laptop territory (or a nice PPC/T|E2 and an iPod) and has heretofore been a no-man's land as far as volume sales. I expect the price to drop to $450 with the inevitable rebate by back-to-school time but for $500, this thing should be rock solid in every way possible. How P1 can offer the Zire 31 for such an attractive price and then be out of their minds on the LD is beyond me.

Of course, all of the above concerns would be moot points IF P1 announced a free Cobalt upgrade for LD owners "when it ships"-sorta like how the PC manufacturers gave you a free coupon to upgrade to XP from ME back in '01. I see an OS6 LD with a bigger HD on the horizon if this thing is even close to successful.

1. $-laden college kids/hipsters looking for something "more" than an iPod mini

2. Long-time Palm users who are going to give the platform one final shot before throwing in the towel (the majority of the initial purchasers, I'd wager) and/or Treo users who are going back to separate devices b/c of the Treo's lack of 320*480/wi-fi support.

3. A vastly smaller group of blindly loyal Palm apologists who want to "supplement" their T5s aka The Best Handheld Ever

4. The usual early adopters & execs who will buy it on impulse and then unload it on E-Bay two weeks later.

Chop $100 off of the pricetag and the odds of at least moderate mainstream success are greatly enhanced. Remember, folks, P1's retail presence has been flagging as of late. BB is almost totally out of the PDA biz. The average Office Max, Staples, and CUSA have PDA counter displays that are in shambles. Target dropped all P1 inventory completely as did Wal-Mart. Sharper Image and the Apple stores wouldn't touch the thing so you can forget about the mall crowd buying them. P1 retail kiosks have just a handful of stores.

I have a feeling that the LD won't appear in too many chains other than CUSA, Staples, and OD while saddled with a $500 pricetag.

I do, however, have gripes with recent P1 efforts and most certainly with the $500 pricetag. Consumers nowadays are very price sensitive, having gotten spoiled by rzor thin margins on consumer electronics and bottom-barrel Chinese hardware. By and large, that stuff works pretty much as advertised and if it is buggy, you can junk it and buy a new one for less than a Franklin.

P1 is notorious for cutting corners and shipping half-baked hardware. I don't see charging $500 *cough T|T cough* as the panacea for the shoddy craftsmanship and quality control that's ailed them over the past four years.

But that WAS the topic. We're talking about (in this thread) the LD being sighted on TV. Never saw Desperate Housewives. I have seen Little Black Book and the T|C which seemed to be the real star of the movie. I also saw a zodiac on an episode of Law & Order SVU. Benson's kid was playing some hockey game on it at his house. Another zodiac appeared in that awful TV network movie Locusts where it was being used to track locust movement across the country using some mapping software.

@hkklife again... curious, in what situation would you want to have BT+wifi on simultaneously? I'm guessing wifi to web browse in some hotspot while BT to connect to your WL keyboard or other BT accessory?

And finally, while some of the pOS community still eagery awaits Cobalt... my impression is that most of us are done with that optimissm. I'd be more inclined to believe a jesus look-alike running down the street screaming the world is coming to an end than Cobalt coming out anytime soon. Didn't they shelve Cobalt for a new Linux based pOS?

@everyone else
PDA presence has been dying in most of all brick and mortar stores. If it's not some dumbdumb lazylazy associates who can't keep their PDA selection well powered, it's the store just losing interest in them and shoving their PDA wares into a darker corner. In one CC, the PDA wares is next to the restroom. What I am surprised is that the ipaq demo models have dumbed down alot. From 6 - 8 to half that many.

[signature0]
the secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse
[/signature0]

[signature1]
My PDAs: Visor --> Visor Neo (blue) --> Zire 71 --> Tungsten T3 (with 5 of 6 screws still remaining) --> zodiac 2?
[/signature1]

(1) How easy is it to set up a Bluetooth connection?
(2) How easy is it to set up a WiFi connection?
(3) How many taps/button presses/clicks to key applications?
(4) How different and how intuitive is the new synchronisation system?

These and similar questions will speak to whether the "Zen of Palm" is still maintained.

-P-A-T-C-H-W-O-R-K-
A Trini Palm Nut
III - IIIe - IIIx - M500 - T|T - ??

Come visit Trinidad & Tobago at
http://www.visittnt.com
http://www.triniscene.com

I must say many things make more sense when looked at through a jaundiced view.

Aaaah so, Grasshopper. Not jaundiced - just honest. Businesses are all about making money, and market manipulation/spin/mind control/fad creation are a big part of the equation with tech devices. So no one can fault Palm for using that sleazy spin to fleece customers for so many years with cheap hardware. I plunked down my money for my old Pilots and was grateful Palm even existed. Likewise, no one from Palm ever put a gun to anyone's head and forced them to pay $400 for a Palm Vx or the egregious Dungsten "5". And no one forces Apple Cultists to buy ridiculously overpriced Apple hardware/fashion statements.

The Zen of Palm died when it became obvious that Palm's primitive hardware was looking REALLY silly in the stores next to PPC hardware. Suddenly, color screens/poor battery life/media expansion/MP3/increased bundling of apps, etc. became acceptable to Palm. Overnight. Hmmmmmmm....

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

You win my "first real laugh of the day award". Thanks

Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com

Wow, ganoe - you're on a roll. Yet another Clueless Comment blaming the victim. Get your facts straight, Bubba. pa1mOne isn't a charity. They have to do whatever it takes to ensure their survival, and if one of its Skinny Puppies can't keep up the pace, it's best to cut them loose rather than bringing down the whole pack. Law of the Jungle™. It's sort of like chopping off a diseased, infected limb before the infection can spread and kill the rest of the body. (Analogy just for Mike Cane.)

pa1mOne has thus far incredibly managed to weather the Cobalt Catastrophe relatively unscathed. Had they embraced Cobalt as you think they should have, pa1mOne would no longer be in business. Sorry, but that's the brutal truth. Give these guys a little credit. They know a lot more about gambling in this industry than you could ever understand and wisely chose to save themselves first. "Women and children first"? Don't make me laugh. In business it's "Every man for himself".

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

Device weight 10 ounces, shipping weight 14 ounces? I guess they don't include a manual.

BTW, I saw that 80GB HDed Archos in a store today. Brick! And the other Media Players I saw were Super Bricks!

[signature1]
My PDAs: Visor --> Visor Neo (blue) --> Zire 71 --> Tungsten T3 (with 5 of 6 screws still remaining) --> zodiac 2?
[/signature1]

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dc3000-review/

I had an iPalm back in '01 right after I got my m505. Probably one of the first products to piggyback on Apple's naming nomenclature (though not their early iMac styling).

The irony is if Apple ever DID release your design it would probably be a smash hit. Funny how far a little good industrial design and curvy plastic can take you...

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

[signature1]
My PDAs: Visor --> Visor Neo (blue) --> Zire 71 --> Tungsten T3 (with 5 of 6 screws still remaining) --> zodiac 2?
[/signature1]

Palm should have licenced TealLock years ago and made it part of the ROM. Oh wait a minute. Doing that would have gone against "The Zen of Palm", wouldn't it? Sorry.

I especially love those PalmOS backup apps that don't encrypt data or that allow you to restore to a new device without asking for a password. (Hey, Mike Waldron: Wassuuuuuuuuuup!!!)

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

I should recommend a neat little utility called I'm-Not-Important-Enough-To-Get-Hacked. After realizing just how effective this little app is, I've not had a worry in the world about my data security.

HUH? Business slave connotations?!??!?

* Fixed the FIND Contacts limit bug
* Adds back the T3->T5 missing features (Vib. alarm, Voice rec. etc)
* Comes with Cradle

The early signs are good on the case being robust and professional - unlike the T5 and E2.

What I want to know is "Will PalmOne come out with a variant of this (Tungsten T6?) that removes the harddive and is slimmed down?" This is what I am after. I have the stupid hope that the will announce 2 products (Lifedrive and the "Tungsten T6"). I don't want to splash out on a Lifedrive only to find out 3 months later they come out with what I really want. I'd be happy with the luanch of the Lifedrive with a mention annoucement of the slimmer product "coming soon" ... at least I know to wait!

Atari-Portolio > HP95LX > HP100LX > HP300LX > HP320LX > Nino300 > Nino500 > HP620LX > Jornada680 > PalmV > Vx > m505 > T|T > T615C > T|T3 > T|E2 > (back to) T|T3

------------------
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Sir Winston Churchill

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem - Henry Kissinger
------------------

I too am worried about coughing up the $ for an LD only to find out a sleeker, cheaper, non-HD spin-off Tungsten is announced in late summer or this fall. Of course, that's the price you pay for progress! I am going to be sorely disappointed (among other things) if a cradle's not included with the LD at the $500 retail price. Considering Amazon didn't list a cradle as one of the accessories for it (just cases & styli) then it'll hopefully either include one or use the same T5 cradle.

Or mount little jingle bells on the heads and initiate a random track seek.

Or park the heads real hard, over and over, at say 60 Hz.

Or mount an ultrasonic transducer that vibrates whatever is next to it, rather than the device itself.

Oh the fun you can have with vibrators, ahem.

If they do have vib on LDs, I would like to see P1 jack up the vibration effect and make it more customizable. The former in just making it so intense that you'd actually be able to hear it going off evne in silent mode... like a cell phone. Latter in allowing you to set frequency vibrations and effects (eg helicoptor, single strong, pulse, etc.). Of all the new features of my T3 from my z71, BT is technically the most useless, but vibration is the biggest disappointment.

1. Sluggish GUI/data access due to NVFS.
2. Bugs/Crashiness due to NVFS/Garnet/Sloppy programming.
3. No G1 patch or app available.
4. poor backward compatibility with many OS5 apps.

Very cool find.

http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/community/forum/

Maybe because you can use the LD as a storage device for photos by offloading them from your REAL digital camera to the LD. Sit down and S T F U. Please.

------------------------
Press release: CUPERTINO, California — February 11, 2005 — Apple® announced today that Steve Jobs will begin selling his own feces to Apple Cultists beginning March 1. Apple's new iPoo™ lineup is expected to easily surpass the iPod shuffle as the company's most popular product. Yes, Apple Cultists can already easily create their own iPoo™, but feces didn't seem cool until Jobs told them it was cool. Remember, kids: the ONLY cool feces is Jobs' highly individualistic, rebellious iPoo™ (coming soon in six different colors/flavors, including the red [hematochezia] and black [melena] U2 GI bleed model)

------------------------
Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
------------------------

Say hello to my little friend...

PalmOne's Special Offers page shows that PalmOne will offer free overnight shipping for LifeDrive purchases.

This slip up officially confirms the LifeDrive rumors at last. 1SRC's anonymous source has told us that the LifeDrive is set to be launched tomorrow (Wednesday). We have created a new forum called "LifeDrive."

We have managed to take a snapshot of the page:

See more (including screen shot) at http://tinyurl.com/8cpha

BTW - PalmOne already removed the page but someone at 1Src got it captured.

Atari-Portolio > HP95LX > HP100LX > HP300LX > HP320LX > Nino300 > Nino500 > HP620LX > Jornada680 > PalmV > Vx > m505 > T|T > T615C > T|T3 > T|E2 > (back to) T|T3

------------------
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Sir Winston Churchill

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem - Henry Kissinger
------------------