At 12:06 PM -0700 4/14/99, Jason Dawes wrote:
>Would you like to bet as to when vertical will pass the horizontal?
Sure.... except that my bet is 'never' so I can't actually win, I can only
lose. Given that, I don't think it would be wise to bet any money. But
if you want to set and end date for our wager, I'd be interested. :)
Oh, yeah, now's a good time to remind you all that these are my own
personal opinions, and don't necessarily reflect those of Palm or 3Com.
>Are you including sales of the SPT-1500/1700 in your figures?
I'm not sure exactly how the figures are broken out, and that data is
probably confidential anyway. I think it's safe to say that the majority
of the total units sold to date are horizontal, but I'm not sure how the
current sales rates relate.
>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).
Huh? It _was_ up to Palm! Partnering with other companies like Symbol is,
I think, a valid way of extending the platform. That's why I always wonder
what people mean when they say Palm OS is "proprietary", usually when
comparing it to WinCE. I think they mean it's "not windows", but seem to
forget that windows is also a proprietary platform!
Anyway, about batteries: battery life really is a very important feature,
at least horizontally, and tradeoffs have to be carefully considered.
That's not to say that we won't ever trade battery life for something else
-- new devices have backlights, for example -- just that it's not a
no-brainer.
>P.S. The SPT-1700 has some really cool features ... one of which is
>rechargable batteries...that (shock, horror) recharge in the cradle.
So does the Palm V. What's your point?
--Bob
