Tungsten T5 Next Week?!! - Page 2

hacker · 10-03-2004, 01:59 PM

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(Actually, PalmOne has not ruled out using Windows Mobile for its handhelds.)

Which wouldn't make any sense, since Symbian is above-and-beyond, the leader in this space, with a reported 88% of the market share of "smartphones" running their OS.

"For second-quarter 2004, more than 2.4 million Symbian OS phones shipped vs. 1.36 million Microsoft OS phones and 1.34 PalmSource devices, according to the market research firm. Symbian therefore garnered 41-percent market share, up from 36.5-percent market share in the same period last year Microsoft meanwhile reached 22.9-percent market share against 22.6 percent last year. PalmSource's market share fell from 30.9 percent a year ago to 22.5 percent in the second quarter of this year."

http://www.small-device.com/whitepapers.asp
http://www.mobic.com/news/publisher/view.do?id=2820
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c5055/

Laurens · 10-03-2004, 03:38 PM

Well, to be precise, PalmOne hasn't ruled out other using other operating systems in general:

palmOne Open to Using Other Operating Systems

Still, I think it will be a cold day in hell before we ever get to see a PalmOne-branded Windows Mobile device.

Bob Russell · 10-04-2004, 08:17 AM

The T5 is out. Specs basically according to the "main" rumor.
Congratulations to our member, Ballistic, who was the only one to stick his neck out and say he thought those rumors was real. Good call! Everyone else was hesitant because so many got burned by the TungstenInfo rumors on 1src.

I wonder, though, about the PalmOne listing at http://store.palmone.com/product/ind...ductId=1865331.
The specs say it has a camera!

I think it's a mistake that will be corrected soon. I suspect that if it was real, it would be highlighted, not buried in the specs. That would have been nice.

hacker · 10-04-2004, 09:05 AM

As I mentioned the other day, it has OS5.4 (unless that part of the release on Palm's page is incorrect also), no wifi as others have suggested, and has a $399 pricepoint. It also has the new (incompatible with everything else) connector, and slew of other things we're all going to be fighting for awhile to support properly.

Thanks palmOne, you've outdone yourself, again.

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10-03-2004, 03:38 PM	#17
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	Well, to be precise, PalmOne hasn't ruled out other using other operating systems in general: palmOne Open to Using Other Operating Systems Still, I think it will be a cold day in hell before we ever get to see a PalmOne-branded Windows Mobile device.

10-04-2004, 08:17 AM	#18
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	The T5 is out. Specs basically according to the "main" rumor. Congratulations to our member, Ballistic, who was the only one to stick his neck out and say he thought those rumors was real. Good call! Everyone else was hesitant because so many got burned by the TungstenInfo rumors on 1src. I wonder, though, about the PalmOne listing at http://store.palmone.com/product/ind...ductId=1865331. The specs say it has a camera! I think it's a mistake that will be corrected soon. I suspect that if it was real, it would be highlighted, not buried in the specs. That would have been nice.

10-04-2004, 09:05 AM	#19
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	As I mentioned the other day, it has OS5.4 (unless that part of the release on Palm's page is incorrect also), no wifi as others have suggested, and has a $399 pricepoint. It also has the new (incompatible with everything else) connector, and slew of other things we're all going to be fighting for awhile to support properly. Thanks palmOne, you've outdone yourself, again.

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