Quickies: Program Ideas, GPS for IIIc & VII, Half Keyboard

Posted By: The People Below Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:59:13 AM

Pine Tree Software is holding a "Program Idea Sweepstakes". Come up with a program idea and send it to Pine Tree Software before April 30, 2001. They will review the ideas and the lucky winner's idea is turned into an application. They win a copy of the program they came up with and get mention in the program's About screen. -qsilver

Rand McNally has finally announced a firm date for the cordless GPS for Palm IIIc and VII handhelds:April 6. It will sell for $200. -Dan Gentleman

Matias has started shipping their Half Keyboard. Users type the left hand keys normally and hold the spacebar down to switch the keys to the right hand ones. Both sets are labeled on the keys. There are versions for the Palm III, V, VII series, and Handspring. It sells for $100. -Mike Cane

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Hope Rand McNally does a decent job

palmdiva @ 2/27/2001 9:11:50 AM #

Every Rand Mcnally piece of software I've installed on my IIIC thus far has locked it up. The Street finder software for the IIIc as well as the City Center software. I've had other people try the City Center software (A V and IIX user and their palms froze also). So I have aproximately $60.00 woth of useless software. At this point I'm really skeptical about their products.

Half Keyboard

Terry Clark @ 2/27/2001 11:33:20 AM #

Why would anyone want a half keyboard at full price? You can get a full size keyboard from palm that folds for $99 or even a far superior keyboard from landware for $69 and it even comes with a nice word processor takenote and a thesaurus.

GPS

I.M. Anonymous @ 2/27/2001 5:23:24 PM #

This is just re-released. For about a week sometime ago, they released the GPS for the IIIc. I bought it then, and it has been ok. Just make sure you really want it before buying it. NOTE: It is very s l o w !

Korny Keyboard

PalmPlan @ 2/27/2001 6:54:21 PM #

Geez, I can't imagine what it'll be like to type on one of these things. As it is, people already have trouble typing with a FULL keyboard; now this one expects you to do it with only half!

OOH a mention in the About Screen!

I.M. Anonymous @ 2/27/2001 9:49:19 PM #

That is a little rich, lets see.....
You have the idea, give it to us, we can make money off it.

But we will give you your own free copy and a mention.

Hmmmmmmmm

Re: Software Idea Sweepstakes

I.M. Anonymous @ 2/28/2001 10:18:06 AM #

Let me get this straight...

1) I have a great idea for a piece of Palm software.
2) I send this idea to Pine Tree Software in their sweepstakes.
3) IF I win, they mention my name in the about screen of THEIR application and I get a whole free copy.

Reality: Pine Tree Software is looking for suckers who will send them great ideas for applications. They would hope to get several good ideas, and only be accountable to the winner. From the several good ideas, they write - if they have quality software engineers - several good apps from which they will make money. This is money that the people who came up with the ideas wont benefit from. This is unless they release the apps as freeware, in which case the people are still robbed of a potentially viable opportunity.

Fantastic job making yourselves look really bad Pine Tree.

RE: Re: Software Idea Sweepstakes

Ed @ 2/28/2001 10:54:54 AM #

You could look at it the other way around. Say there's an app you've always wanted but it didn't exist. You could pay someone a lot of money to develop it or get Pine Tree to do it for free.

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