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Originally Posted by Chaos
Copying something from a smaller manufacturer doesn't make you innovative.
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I agree.
Bob, I don't think that people believe that PalmOne cannot innovate, but we believe that, for some strange reason, PalmOne just will not innovate. We all know that PalmOne can make the ultimate PDA with a featureset that will appease everyone, and a price to sell, but for whatever reason they refuse to. Maybe the suits are holding them back, maybe the marketing "geniuses" are telling them that we want simple PDA's, whatever.
Our expectations are so high that when PalmOne doesn't deliver, our disappointment is great. How many people went somewhere else when PalmOne didn't deliver? I went to the Zodiac2, several people went to PPC, we all would've stayed with PalmOne if they were giving us what we wanted.
We're always holding our breaths when the specualtion starts over a new PalmOne handheld, and it's not because we think it'll suck. It's because we know that they CAN innovate and we're hoping that they'll finally "get it right." Offering a lackluster PDA that only has one feature that we want isn't enough for most of us. We wanted Wi-Fi, but the rest of the T|C didn't do it for us, so we didn't buy it. We want massive storage, but not for the lack of Wi-Fi.
We want what we want when we want it. I went to the Zodiac2, because they had a product that fulfilled my needs. The several PPC licensees are offering several models and featuresets that are catering to the needs of the many (I almost succumbed, but I'm a Mac guy.)
PalmOne can do better and we know it. That's what you hear in our voices, Bob. It's not that we don't think PalmOne is capable, it's frustration that they aren't living up to their potential.
POL9A