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Originally Posted by Morpheus
AME Info Broadcast has an exclusive 4:30mins interview with Palm's regional manager, Stuart Maughan. He is quite taken by the new Tungsten T5 
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Nice clip. Thanks Morpheus. Predictably, it just brags about good stuff we've been doing for years, even on my old SJ33 with DocsToGo and MSImport utility that came with it, plus a Memory Card. I'm sure it's a solid Palm, and I'm going to get one, but it's really a faster T|E with a HiRes+ screen and more memory.
The big benefit to me is freeing up the SD slot for WiFi or a second flash memory storage. But, heck, if they built in the WiFi, I wouldn't even have to worry about carrying around a WiFi stick and could just use the slot for gig sticks for multimedia. Come to think of it, is there really any reason they couldn't put both WiFi and a gig of flash memory inside one of these pdas next year? Things are definitely getting better. But S L O W L Y at PalmOne!
But doesn't this just point out how badly PalmOne/PalmSource have marketed their pda capabilities. If people accept this as revolutionary, it just goes to show how little people understand what these things can do. Only difference is that it's all ready to go when you buy it. (Okay, I'll give it to you that this makes a big difference to the average buyer. But that doesn't excuse the lack of marketing/education from Palm on pda capabilities.)
Given the focus of PalmOne on Treo, if Tapwave pulls off another Zodiac next year as well as they did it first time around, I'll probably jump on that. As long as they have basics covered like a pocketable case and screen protectors, that is! They're like the new Sony, except better, and aimed at gaming also.
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not going to pass on the T5. In fact, I'm grabbing a T5 just as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on one. But I'll also probably go for the next Zodiac product if it's as well-done and advanced as the first Zodiacs.