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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
I picture the Foleo as approaching a Franklin Planner plus browser plus integration with smart phone. I think they probably found that executives were more likely to be interested in an email device than a "large PDA", so they seem to be steering away from that sort of comparison.
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Clearly they were preoccupied with email, but even following that line of emphasis, Palm should have included a PIM. Emails often involve actions or projects that need to be entered on a calendar or task list, which is why Microsoft designed Outlook to integrate those functions. You can even drag email headers into the Tasks pane and
make them tasks.
Blackberry users find their email volume increasing in proportion to their faster respose time. The problem is that thumb typing typically limits users to short replies. Hence the typical email from a Blackberry user being "I'll get back to you on that." So even though Blackberrys are ostensibly for email, they're really used like two-way pagers. The screen and the keyboard are bottlenecks to high-focus work. Obviously, there are power users who can make any interface work, but on average, when you need to sit down and do serious work, you need a tool better suited for heavy lifting than a Blackberry or Treo. So the Foleo is a much more appropriate device, and I understand that aspect of the focus on email.
I just disagree with some of the design priorities. But if mDayscape eventually supports Memos, or another Palm Desktop equivalent emerges from around the corner, I'll stop whining.