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mariodrss · 08-27-2006, 03:36 AM

I want to have hope (actually I just returned to palmOS after buying what will become my 3rd palmOS device) the logic behind "palm if not dead, look at windows-powered treos" is a bad sign for palm platform in itself. This might be a old and very used remark but: what matters is the OS. Of course you could say that just like Apple Computers, Palm can still contribute and succeed just by making better hardware (that seems to be what keeps Palm on top right now) even when using the same OS as the rivals but just like in PCs... if you take the Mac OS out of Apple PCs you are reducing *A LOT* the experience of getting a Mac.

Hardware is very important (specially as an appealing factor for a buyer) in very subtle ways. The strongest impact on the way we work with a platform comes from what we interact with, and that's the OS interface.

08-27-2006, 03:36 AM	#3
mariodrss Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2006 Device: NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III	I want to have hope (actually I just returned to palmOS after buying what will become my 3rd palmOS device) the logic behind "palm if not dead, look at windows-powered treos" is a bad sign for palm platform in itself. This might be a old and very used remark but: what matters is the OS. Of course you could say that just like Apple Computers, Palm can still contribute and succeed just by making better hardware (that seems to be what keeps Palm on top right now) even when using the same OS as the rivals but just like in PCs... if you take the Mac OS out of Apple PCs you are reducing A LOT the experience of getting a Mac. Hardware is very important (specially as an appealing factor for a buyer) in very subtle ways. The strongest impact on the way we work with a platform comes from what we interact with, and that's the OS interface.