700w here...Never was a big fan of Palm because of pretty much everything stated in the article. Which is why I junked it for an HTC. Lack of software, small screen, and general hideous appearance deterred me almost indefinitely. If these changes could be made (especially creating an open platform) I'd definitely reconsider.
My peeve with their suggestion is that they didnt specify that it needs to have a minimum of a 800 pixel width LCD display. Lack of technology is no excuse. LCD's of the size that is on the Treo with 800+ px resolution have already been demonstrated (call up Samsung or Hitachi).
Oh yeah and they forget to ask to include GPS .. and CRUCIALLY make the GPS software UI decent .. license from telenav, tomtom, garmin, etc. Make easily it be work with google or mapquest maps.
Oh my god. I just couldn't agree more with every single point in this letter. I have gone through every Treo from the 600 to the 755p and I can't stand to give them my money anymore, it's an insult to my intelligence - I actually get depressed thinking about how Palm has squandered everything they built up to the Treo 600 by being such a completely dysfunctional company. The Foleo is the cherry on top that screams "we don't give a sh1t about our customers!!!" I've sworn to drop Palm forever unless they get their crap together in the next 6 months.
Me too don't wanna see Palm leave, but fact is they're leaving soon and for good...
Coz I don't think none of them in Palm never thought of what's need to be done and changed like you people suggested. It's a no brainer, but obviously hit us real hard on why didn't they do it..? But came out something like Foleo crap instead.
Can never understand what's the people up there in Palm were thinking, they knew it, trust me, but they just don't do it.
I've been a Palm user since the Palm Pilot Pro (1997? EGAD!). I've gone through Palm III, Palm IIIxe, Palm IIIc. When I saw the first big pivoting screen Sony Clié NR70V, I switched. It seemed even then, 2002, that Palm was in design stasis.
When my Clié died, I was bereft and reluctantly moved back to Palm and the TX. It's not a bad thing, but the OS just seems like it hasn't changed much since version 3, maybe 2. The mystery Garnet or OS 6 or whatever Palm is/was calling it never seems to materialize. And I thought Palm had Apple roots (shipping, stable products), not Microsoft's (delayed, bloated, stolen or acquired) bastard heritage.
I looked at the Treo line. While somewhat compelling, I HATE those nasty little keyboards; I have adult fingers. Call me crazy, but I like using a stylus and Grafitti.
I always thought that a truly GREAT Palm PDA phone would combine all the best features of the Palm TX... 128MB RAM (or more), big screen, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, SD card slot, on-screen keypad OR Grafitti ... with the phone guts of the Treo line, sans the crappy smurf keyboard.
Apple beat 'em to it, in some ways, with the iPhone. But I STILL like some of my old Palm software: DateBk 6, SuperNames, Brainforest, Vindigo.
So, why can't Palm do something like this instead of existing in it's un-dead state?
Had a Treo 650, Zire 71 before that, and a Palm V prior to that. I got a brother started with the Zire 21, and my mother on a Treo 650. Sadly, since I had seen no real innovation since my Zire, I moved on. Durring the course of 8 years, I went from what was at the time a VERY sleek device to a Treo, which, although it had added phone functionality, a higher res screen with color, it was more than TWICE the thickness. Palm waited too long for me.
Proud new owner of an iPhone.
Palm, I would love to come back, but you've got a lot of work to do. Hope to see you in 2 years.
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WELL writen as a owner of a 755p i could not agree more...
Agreed, very well written and thought out. -- Long time Palm and Treo owner
700w here...Never was a big fan of Palm because of pretty much everything stated in the article. Which is why I junked it for an HTC. Lack of software, small screen, and general hideous appearance deterred me almost indefinitely. If these changes could be made (especially creating an open platform) I'd definitely reconsider.
My peeve with their suggestion is that they didnt specify that it needs to have a minimum of a 800 pixel width LCD display. Lack of technology is no excuse. LCD's of the size that is on the Treo with 800+ px resolution have already been demonstrated (call up Samsung or Hitachi).
Oh yeah and they forget to ask to include GPS .. and CRUCIALLY make the GPS software UI decent .. license from telenav, tomtom, garmin, etc. Make easily it be work with google or mapquest maps.
Oh my god. I just couldn't agree more with every single point in this letter. I have gone through every Treo from the 600 to the 755p and I can't stand to give them my money anymore, it's an insult to my intelligence - I actually get depressed thinking about how Palm has squandered everything they built up to the Treo 600 by being such a completely dysfunctional company. The Foleo is the cherry on top that screams "we don't give a sh1t about our customers!!!"
I've sworn to drop Palm forever unless they get their crap together in the next 6 months.
Me too don't wanna see Palm leave, but fact is they're leaving soon and for good...
Coz I don't think none of them in Palm never thought of what's need to be done and changed like you people suggested. It's a no brainer, but obviously hit us real hard on why didn't they do it..? But came out something like Foleo crap instead.
Can never understand what's the people up there in Palm were thinking, they knew it, trust me, but they just don't do it.
Yes, absolutely.
I've been a Palm user since the Palm Pilot Pro (1997? EGAD!). I've gone through Palm III, Palm IIIxe, Palm IIIc. When I saw the first big pivoting screen Sony Clié NR70V, I switched. It seemed even then, 2002, that Palm was in design stasis.
When my Clié died, I was bereft and reluctantly moved back to Palm and the TX. It's not a bad thing, but the OS just seems like it hasn't changed much since version 3, maybe 2. The mystery Garnet or OS 6 or whatever Palm is/was calling it never seems to materialize. And I thought Palm had Apple roots (shipping, stable products), not Microsoft's (delayed, bloated, stolen or acquired) bastard heritage.
I looked at the Treo line. While somewhat compelling, I HATE those nasty little keyboards; I have adult fingers. Call me crazy, but I like using a stylus and Grafitti.
I always thought that a truly GREAT Palm PDA phone would combine all the best features of the Palm TX... 128MB RAM (or more), big screen, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, SD card slot, on-screen keypad OR Grafitti ... with the phone guts of the Treo line, sans the crappy smurf keyboard.
Apple beat 'em to it, in some ways, with the iPhone. But I STILL like some of my old Palm software: DateBk 6, SuperNames, Brainforest, Vindigo.
So, why can't Palm do something like this instead of existing in it's un-dead state?
Had a Treo 650, Zire 71 before that, and a Palm V prior to that. I got a brother started with the Zire 21, and my mother on a Treo 650. Sadly, since I had seen no real innovation since my Zire, I moved on. Durring the course of 8 years, I went from what was at the time a VERY sleek device to a Treo, which, although it had added phone functionality, a higher res screen with color, it was more than TWICE the thickness. Palm waited too long for me.
Proud new owner of an iPhone.
Palm, I would love to come back, but you've got a lot of work to do. Hope to see you in 2 years.
As a Treo 680 (and former 600) user, I couldn't agree more... I'd love more my Treo if it had Wi-Fi...
Data connection rates in Mexico are overkill, and I'm surrounded by Wifi connections everywhere... it's a waste not to use them properly!