Comments on: Treo 700p Update Postponed
In a nutshell, the 700p update has been delayed yet again due to not having passed either Palm's or the carriers' certification processes. Mr. Sinclair's note closes with the promise of a widespread comunication and a more precise release date from Palm later this week.
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Screw the update
RE: Screw the update
My title makes it sound like I don't want the update... I do want it. Badly. I hate the static between my Treo and Palm Ultralight BT headset.
But, if the new OS would be a better solution, I would rather see that. Judging by Palm's track record, I doubt that will happen.
RE: Screw the update
RE: Screw the update
Exactly why I won't buy another Palm
I don't care how fancy Palm OS Garnet + Linux is, or the mythical third business. I won't pay for it. I've learned my lesson.
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Keep it comin'
The new Palm OS Linux is a good move by Palm (at last), but if they want to regain the market share of the old "Palm" days, they have to closely work with developers and get these devices out FAST. The more devices that come out (whether the HAWK or TREO), the more developers will come on board and develop applications. If they don't, Palm will more like become a niche player in the smartphone (and PDA) area ($25 million for the marketing AD campaign can't last for more thatn 18 months, that's stretching the limit; in fairness to Palm, I do see a chunk of that $25M scattered in various ads across the globe) and most developers are already branching out to WM, Symbian and Blackberry as these are the dominant phones on the market.
Let's face it, given the current state that Palm is in, developers won't wait for them to regain their market share within the next 12 to 24 months. That just won't happen overnight. Developers need users to buy their application and porting them to other platform is right thing to do from a business perspective. And I believe Palm knows this and is working very hard to win them back (or at least let them develop native Palm linux apps).
This will be an uphill battle to Palm (once the dominating force of the PDA world and now the underdog of both the PDA and smartphone world, ironic isn't it?). If it fails to capture significant market share in the future, its not a pretty picture.