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Originally Posted by Smiley88
Part of the reason many of us use Palm is to support an alternative to MS who already has gained enough market share to dominate. Plus, Palm has so many applications that it really is a great choice for the majority of users.
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The number-of-applications argument has always rang false to me. Usually, there are only 2 or 3 really good products (for a given category) and evaluating 10 inferior alternatives is only a waste of time. The actual number of genuinely useful applications may very well be equal between platforms.
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Originally Posted by Smiley88
Does anyone know how we can force Palm to start making all Palms have replaceable batteries? Please, please? If we could keep our devices running we have a substantial marketshare to demand more from our manufacturers. But, once they're dead there is no more demand.
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You hit the nail on the head there. Much of the computing industry lives off the replacement cycle. (Also note that the Tungsten E and E2 only have 3 months warranty in the US.) One could theorize that HP and Dell have user-replaceable batteries because handhelds are not their primary business. Anyway, the only way to "force" Palm to adopt replaceable batteries is to vote with your wallet.