Palm CTO Scheduled to Present at IP Conference

The bigger concern is that if they're just doing this to pump up the stock, then a buyer will only be interested in the patents, pieces of webos, and shitcan everything else.

If you can't afford Palm then build ones own product to compete with Palm like everyone else has done. Why put Palm in a position to have to sell itself especially below its true value?

Palm is a North American brand that was build by many thoughtful democratically thinking individuals. To lose Palm to a totalitarian capitalist dictatorship would be a slap in the face to some. Not to mention we could lose employment again.

Palm has weathered many storms.

E-T
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Nay, not just software---hardware too!

Remember the much-publicized European smartphone R&D center they opened in Dublin in late '05? That was right when Palm was beginning to seriously trumpet themselves as a "phone" company and not as a mere "handheld" company:

http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=342029

AFAIK the only tangible fruits that ever emanated from that center in Ireland were the Treo 500/500v and its canned successor. There was POSSIBLY some "stuff" done there for the the Treo 750v but it was pretty much a conventional Palm release that just happened to debut first in Europe.
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid + Verizon Palm Centro

If you asked people where Palm is located, most would say in North America and specifically in the USA.

Palm seems to be caught in the middle of the change. i would think moving Palm production from Ireland and Eastern Europe to China did not make too many friends. Those lost friends must be regained and this can be done with a Palm Classic. A Palm Classic would be made of metal perhaps even titanium.

Having everything manufactured in one place creates a dictatorship and compromises innovation. Why not build in North America, Europe and China? i know "we can't afford it" yes you can. Many have been lead to believe that all people want are inexpensive goods. Well the fact is some will pay for quality.

Why not build a Palm Classic in the markets in which they are sold? That way people that want inexpensive can have inexpensive and those that do not mind paying for quality can have their wishes too. Its a win win because it looks after all the customers. Palm is a global company which is why some got exited when i said they are an American company. They are an American enterprise that used to think globally and ran their business like it was a global enterprise that has to come back and it can with building a Palm Classic.

Just some more thoughts to kick around.

E-T
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A bit off topic, but perhaps pertinent-

With Jobs' decree about native compiling, do you think most developers will go back and rewrite apps or perhaps have more incentive to port to Android (or WebOS in some future iteration if picked up)?

A bit off topic, but perhaps pertinent-

With Jobs' decree about native compiling, do you think most developers will go back and rewrite apps or perhaps have more incentive to port to Android (or WebOS in some future iteration if picked up)?

Gary
Tech Center Labs

The possibilities are only limited by ones imagination and will to go where no others have gone before.

What would one call such a choice a Jewel or a Palm Classic?

We can not change the past only learn. It is truly sad so many people were offended by Palms changes. In hind sight things could have been done in a more inclusive environment so Palm did not lose so much developer support. It appears that the developers went where Palm seemed to want to go to be like others instead of an individual. Let's hope that it is not too late to learn from the past while enhancing the present and future.

Thanks for your candid thoughts.

E-T
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I don't think they have had much of a dent in the marketplace but are amazingly still in production, despite very underwhelming technical specificiations. Surprisingly, I have seen a FEW of these live in person over the years.

http://www.vertu.com/in-en/

Recent news on a new model:
http://www.gsmarena.com/unannounced_vertu_ascent_x_revs_up_to_5_megapixels_32gb_storage-news-1568.php

I think Palm's best shot would be to improve their quality via traditional manufacturing means, methods, and materials. I think the Motorola Droid, the iPhone (all versions) and the newer HTC models such as the HD2 would make for a nice quality benchmark for Palm to emulate.
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid + Verizon Palm Centro

For something more pocket-sized, you're looking at something like an iPod Touch, a Nokia N-series tablet, or maybe one of the smaller Archos Android tablets. Otherwise, you've basically got oddball leftovers like a Palm TX, an HP IPaq 210, or the (hopefully) upcoming Aceeca PDA32 (which actually lags the nearly 5 year old Palm TX in some key specs).

I really think that there's not much of a market remaining for non-converged standalone PDAs. And whatever there is, it's more than satisfied by the iPod Touch juggernaut.

Well, there's always the Creative Zii. Premium materials & North American ownership aside, It probably comes closest to what you are envisioning:
http://www.zii.com/Developer/Landing.aspx

All that said, Palm could definitely have milked the conventional PDA for a bit longer in '04-'07 until smartphone technology evolved past SSS (small square screens) and feeble processors & chipsets.
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid + Verizon Palm Centro

Remember the Jetson in 2062 they still had analog currency. In 2010 we have digital currency. The only thing missing is the visual. Some people want to see their thoughtful and hard earned money. We could start working on that in 2011. Such choices could be completed well ahead of 2062 before my 97th birthday.

Premium PDAs could be a very exciting place to be again. Jewel and a Palm Classic could take the next step in PDA interactive financial evolution.

Just some thoughts to kick around.

E-T

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