Comments on: Jeff Hawkins Discusses his Treo Usage Habits
In the article's hardware-related surprises, Hawkins mentions that he uses a 4gb SD card. As many astute readers know, 4gb SD cards are not officially part of the SD 1.1 standard and not offficially recognized by Palm or the major flash card makers. I was expecting a pitch for an overpriced Palm-branded 2gb SD card! Also, Hawkins confesses to requiring reading glasses to view movies on the Treo's relatively small screen.
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RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
Gee...WHOWOULDATHOUGHT!?
And doesn;t this...you know...suggest a target?
RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
http://mikecane.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/jeff-hawkins-qa-the-cut-bit/
RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
I believe you are misrepresenting those "studies." Palm's presentations often include a slide that shows what percentage of people use the advanced capabilities of their phones, eg, what percentage of people with music-capable phones ever listen to music on their phones, what percentage of people with email capable phones ever access email on their phones, etc. In nearly all use cases, the percentage is fairly low. In contrast, in those situations, the usage percentage is dramatically higher among Treo users. So while there are tons of music-capable phones out there, very few of their owners (like 15%) actually use those phones for music, whereas 80% of Treo users listen to music on their Treos.
Now how does that jibe with your contention that smartphone owners use their phones exactly like dumbphone owners?
RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX-->Treo 700P
RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
Tim
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Treo 270 ---> Treo 650 ---> Crimson Treo 680
RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
Huh?
Everything you just posted discusses what TREO owners do with their phones.
Who's talking about ==TREO== owners!?
RE: Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
Huh? No, what I posted ==also== discusses what non-Treo users do with their phones. More specifically, what non-Treo users ==DON'T== do with their phones: most of them DON'T listen to music, DON'T access their email, DON'T surf the web, DON'T access their calendar. Hawkins does all those things, like most treo users, which means his usage patterns are NOT ==exactly== like most non-Treo users, who do NOT do those things. Is that clear to you?
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Hawkins has a 700p. Wonder if his Spanish lessons skip...
Sammy, I have a Treo 700p on Sprint. My usage is probably typical. Major applications for me are Palm email via Palm’s VersaMail and push EAS, Numenta email via Snapper Mail IMAP, of course I use our SMS app constantly, and I am a big web user on my Treo. I browse everywhere but check news (Yahoo, BBC, and International Herald Tribute mobile which is pretty much the New York Times) and Google often.
Some less typical apps are TomTom navigator while driving, Acid Image for image viewer, TideTool a very cool app for tides and currents (I sail), Google Maps, On Demand for weather, Leonard Maltin Movie Guide, Klondike solitaire, TPCMP for movies, pTunes for audio Spanish lessons, plus a few other apps.
My typical day starts in bed checking my calendar, a quick scan of email to see if something important needs attention, and quick read of news.
Throughout the day I use my Treo for email, voice calling, sms, and other miscellaneous things. I often watch movies on my Treo while traveling on a plane. I have a 4G SD card which can hold 6 full length movies. With a stereo headset and a pair of reading glasses it is quite good. My family often take pictures and we email them to each other as a way to stay in touch. As you might expect, I use my Treo all the time.
Tim
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