Get ready for new Palm handhelds

Laurens · 10-06-2006, 04:50 AM

Ed Hardy from Brighthand writes Get Ready for New Palm Handhelds:

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I've seen some very good indications that Palm intends to release new traditional handhelds this fall. I haven't published anything about this before because I don't know any details and can't reveal where I got the information from.
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Palm, Inc. has scheduled a press conference on October 12 at the DigitalLife show. It's possible that this will be the venue where Palm will announce its latest handhelds.
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Why am I so certain? Because Palm still depends on handheld sales for a big percentage of its revenue. Despite the fact that the mobile industry is moving in the direction of smartphones, it will still be some time before things have completely moved in that direction.

I sure hope he's right, but I'm not convinced. That press conference may very well be for the official announcement of the Treo 680 rather than new handhelds.

rlauzon · 10-06-2006, 05:33 AM

I hope he's right too. I'm ripe for a new Palm. I've had this one for over a year!

Seriously, I've thought about replacing my (now seriously worn) TX, but there's nothing new to replace it with that's useful for me. Treo's are worthless for me since my cell phone use is just about nil.

Bob Russell · 10-06-2006, 05:54 AM

...and don't forget that third line of business that Hawkins talked about! New handhelds would be nice, but I really want to see that entirely new product line.

rlauzon · 10-06-2006, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Russell

...and don't forget that third line of business that Hawkins talked about! New handhelds would be nice, but I really want to see that entirely new product line.

Wasn't that the LifeDrive (which totally failed because of bad design decisions)?

An ehnanced LifeDrive which correctes the bad design decisions would be nice to see, though.

deadite66 · 10-06-2006, 06:56 AM

a work friend bought a lifedrive and had nothing but crashes with it.

Laurens · 10-06-2006, 07:10 AM

I would buy a "TX2" if they fixed the overly loud headphone jack. That background hiss is aggravating as hell.

Bob Russell · 10-06-2006, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by rlauzon

Wasn't that the LifeDrive

Possible, but in my mind not likely. But that's a good point... I might be waiting to see something they aren't even working on!

rlauzon · 10-06-2006, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by deadite66

a work friend bought a lifedrive and had nothing but crashes with it.

My experience with the LifeDrive wasn't that bad. Some things crashed it, but they were easily fixed with a software update (it was usually a poorly written older Palm app that was the cause).

My issue was the slowness. Instead of using the hard drive as just a storage mechanism, they used it as main memory. So whenever you changed applications, it swapped out the old one to the drive and swapped in the new one. Slooooowwww.

Someone created a cache program that would keep frequently used programs in memory to speed things up, but my usage was such that the cache didn't help much, and frequently caused problems because there wasn't enough RAM for other things.

Laurens · 10-11-2006, 05:45 AM

No new handhelds it seems, unless they pull a rabbit out of their hat tomorrow.

Palm, Inc. Announces DigitalLife Press Conference on Oct. 12

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President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan today invites media to join him for a press conference at DigitalLife on Thursday, Oct. 12, to announce a new Treo(TM) product.

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10-06-2006, 05:33 AM	#2
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	I hope he's right too. I'm ripe for a new Palm. I've had this one for over a year! Seriously, I've thought about replacing my (now seriously worn) TX, but there's nothing new to replace it with that's useful for me. Treo's are worthless for me since my cell phone use is just about nil.

10-06-2006, 05:54 AM	#3
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	...and don't forget that third line of business that Hawkins talked about! New handhelds would be nice, but I really want to see that entirely new product line.

10-06-2006, 06:56 AM	#5
deadite66 Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 16 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: irex iliad, uk Kindle gen3	a work friend bought a lifedrive and had nothing but crashes with it.

10-06-2006, 07:10 AM	#6
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	I would buy a "TX2" if they fixed the overly loud headphone jack. That background hiss is aggravating as hell.

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