At 11:21 AM 4/14/99 -0700, Bob Ebert wrote:
>Be careful not to fall into the reality distortion that comes with
>interacting solely with developers. Currently, the majority of sales goes
>to end users (the 'horizontal' market), though vertical is growing.
Would you like to bet as to when vertical will pass the horizontal? Are
you including sales of the SPT-1500/1700 in your figures?
>Obviously, there are exceptions, but make sure you're looking at the big
>picture when you think about this stuff. ...and just because they're in
>marketing, don't assume they've got their heads up their butts. After all,
>WinCE devices are being marketed almost solely on technology, and last I
>checked Palm had nearly 80% of the market and sales volumes are growing...
Oh, I don't care about Palm vs CE, I care that Palm (3Com/whatever) makes
the excuse that they can't do x or y because it would degrade battery life.
If it was up to Palm, the SPT-1500 would not exist. (The SPT-1500's I'm
using at the moment need their batteries changed every week or so and my
clients find that perfectly acceptable).
P.S. The SPT-1700 has some really cool features ... one of which is
rechargable batteries...that (shock, horror) recharge in the cradle.
