this is close to the biggest drawback, the unit has a partition in the
Harddrive to run application and this is the most disappointing thing
palmOne engineers ever done to the LifeDrive, let me explain, when you wanna
open an application which require big memory it'll copy the app from the
hard drive to the another partition in the hard drive as well and that's
'cuz the hard drive to consume a lot of power cuz the drive will keep
spinning!!!

So the delay not exactly 6sec it depend in how big is the size of the app,
it'll take from 3 to 6 sec to run documents to go for example.

Anyway I still think palmOne can fix that very simply by adding a smaller
chip so when a program opened it should copy it to a part of the chip memory
and run it from there other than running it from the hard drive, I don't
know if that can be fixed with a batch or how they gonna do it 'cuz Garnet
has its limitation, but you know with all that I'm still sure 100% that the
update will improve the LifeDrive and fix many of this issues and palmOne
will release it soon as they promised.

I'm just wondering why they try to pull it all in there own! They could've
used Samsung technology or work harder with palmSource to get the LifeDrive
in shape, as it's not only the biggest thing to palmOne, but it'll also
prove that palmOS is still the best solution for mobile devices,

-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sandy Santra
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 8:58 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ LifeDrive ] Biggest drawback?


What do you think is the biggest drawback of the LD?  Please post.

I've been reading reviews for days, but the "con" that stopped me in my
tracks yesterday was in a review (can't remember where) that mentioned
this: everytime you start up a new app (that hasn't yet been run on the
LD) and/or maybe even load a "new" file, the LD takes SIX SECONDS to
spin up the hard drive from "wait" mode so that it can then load the
app/file from the HD into RAM.  But here's the bad part: during that
six seconds, you can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with the unit.  Was this
reviewer being accurate?

In Palmville, six seconds is an eternity.





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What do you think is the biggest drawback of the LD?  Please post.

I've been reading reviews for days, but the "con" that stopped me in my
tracks yesterday was in a review (can't remember where) that mentioned
this: everytime you start up a new app (that hasn't yet been run on the
LD) and/or maybe even load a "new" file, the LD takes SIX SECONDS to
spin up the hard drive from "wait" mode so that it can then load the
app/file from the HD into RAM.  But here's the bad part: during that
six seconds, you can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with the unit.  Was this
reviewer being accurate?

In Palmville, six seconds is an eternity.

Exactly, and some how it feels like its a TestDrive more than its LifeDrive,
exactly like the TT the start of the innovation of the Tungsten line, then
it got better with TT2 and almost perfect with the TT3 if not for the
battery life; what I'm trying to say is that the LifeDrive will open the
door for the next LifeDrive...


-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Carl W. Brooks
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:18 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ LifeDrive ] Anyone Actually Own a LifeDrive?

I have the Treo 650 and I can have a extra battery and swap it like a cell
phone battery. Because the Lifedrive is a Mobile Manager I would have
hopedbthat it had a replacable battery (like my 650) like a laptop would
allow.
___

Thanks,

Carl Brooks
Palmloyal the news, review, software and more!
http://www.palmloyal.com
Detroit Palm User Group
http://www.dpug.org

...... Original Message .......
On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:51:09 -0700 Nick Andriash <andriash@...> wrote:
Hello Z \(10.25.2014\),

On Thursday, May 19 2005 at 10:09 AM PDT, you wrote:

> The battery life is not bad 3hrs of WiFi usage, or 5hrs of MP3 player with
> screen on, but still not that good, like Carl I wished they just put that
> damn replaceable battery, but you'll love how easy it's to connect to WiFi
> (tap, tap tap; and you online)

I am not sure I follow you when you referred to the "replaceable battery".
What is it about the battery that you do not like?

--
   ~~Nick Andriash~~
Creston, B.C. Canada

It's not replaceable  >:(  let's say your out in a CoffeeShop doing some
mails or something, and you run out of batt in the middle of your work, are
you gonna look for a power socket or a replaceable battery? The bad thing is
there no PTG for the new connector yet, hope they release one soon, 'til
then I think I'll have a car charger and a couple of chargers in the car in
the office and at home, the good thing it's compatible with the T650, TE2
and TT5 so you can get charger from your friends in the office   :)




-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Nick Andriash
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:51 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ LifeDrive ] Anyone Actually Own a LifeDrive?

Hello Z \(10.25.2014\),

On Thursday, May 19 2005 at 10:09 AM PDT, you wrote:

> The battery life is not bad 3hrs of WiFi usage, or 5hrs of MP3 player with
> screen on, but still not that good, like Carl I wished they just put that
> damn replaceable battery, but you'll love how easy it's to connect to WiFi
> (tap, tap tap; and you online)

I am not sure I follow you when you referred to the "replaceable battery".
What is it about the battery that you do not like?

--
   ~~Nick Andriash~~
Creston, B.C. Canada

I have the Treo 650 and I can have a extra battery and swap it like a cell
phone battery. Because the Lifedrive is a Mobile Manager I would have
hopedbthat it had a replacable battery (like my 650) like a laptop would
allow.
___

Thanks,

Carl Brooks
Palmloyal the news, review, software and more!
http://www.palmloyal.com
Detroit Palm User Group
http://www.dpug.org

...... Original Message .......
On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:51:09 -0700 Nick Andriash <andriash@...> wrote:
Hello Z \(10.25.2014\),

On Thursday, May 19 2005 at 10:09 AM PDT, you wrote:

> The battery life is not bad 3hrs of WiFi usage, or 5hrs of MP3 player with
> screen on, but still not that good, like Carl I wished they just put that
> damn replaceable battery, but you'll love how easy it's to connect to WiFi
> (tap, tap tap; and you online)

I am not sure I follow you when you referred to the "replaceable battery".
What is it about the battery that you do not like?

--
   ~~Nick Andriash~~
Creston, B.C. Canada


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Hello Z \(10.25.2014\),

On Thursday, May 19 2005 at 10:09 AM PDT, you wrote:

> The battery life is not bad 3hrs of WiFi usage, or 5hrs of MP3 player with
> screen on, but still not that good, like Carl I wished they just put that
> damn replaceable battery, but you'll love how easy it's to connect to WiFi
> (tap, tap tap; and you online)

I am not sure I follow you when you referred to the "replaceable battery".
What is it about the battery that you do not like?

--
   ~~Nick Andriash~~
Creston, B.C. Canada

We have one test unit with one of the guyz in our PUG they releasing a
Review sometime next week  :)  and it'll be available in limited number end
of next week,

The battery life is not bad 3hrs of WiFi usage, or 5hrs of MP3 player with
screen on, but still not that good, like Carl I wished they just put that
damn replaceable battery, but you'll love how easy it's to connect to WiFi
(tap, tap tap; and you online)

-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Nick Andriash
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:48 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ LifeDrive ] Anyone Actually Own a LifeDrive?

Like others, I am seriously thinking of purchasing one of the new LifeDrive
Units, but not having an opportunity of actually seeing one, it's hard to
base a purchase purely on pictures I've seen.

I would like to know how well the battery stands up, how difficult or easy
to establishing a WiFi connection, how does the screen look, etc.

Has anyone actually seen one of these devices, or own one of them?

--
   ~~Nick Andriash~~
Creston, B.C. Canada




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Like others, I am seriously thinking of purchasing one of the new LifeDrive
Units, but not having an opportunity of actually seeing one, it's hard to
base a purchase purely on pictures I've seen.

I would like to know how well the battery stands up, how difficult or easy
to establishing a WiFi connection, how does the screen look, etc.

Has anyone actually seen one of these devices, or own one of them?

--
   ~~Nick Andriash~~
Creston, B.C. Canada

It is the multi-connector like on the Treo 650.
___

Thanks,

Carl Brooks
Palmloyal the news, review, software and more!
http://www.palmloyal.com
Detroit Palm User Group
http://www.dpug.org

...... Original Message .......
On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:08:30 -0000 "Sandy Santra" <santranyc@...>
wrote:
Does anyone know what the connector/cradle spec is?  I can't find any
info on that on the website.  Trying to figure out if it's the
same "universal connector" spec.  Thanks.



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Does anyone know what the connector/cradle spec is?  I can't find any
info on that on the website.  Trying to figure out if it's the
same "universal connector" spec.  Thanks.

I bet that will fall under the Mobile Manager Line  :)

-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of bearcatrp
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:31 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ LifeDrive ] Re: Palmloyal.com Editorial: A Look at the LifeDrive
Mobile Manager

I would concider a 650 if they would get rid of the little keyboard, expand
the screen down
in its place and add a sd card for expandability. This would be my ideal
version of a true
pda cell phone. Can't stand trying to read my email on the little screen of
my cell phone.
Randy

I'll try it in Win98 once I get my hand in it, cuz that's very important for
me too, they should be a Win98 hitachi drive if you can find it then you can
defiantly use it with your 98,

-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sandy Santra
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:39 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ LifeDrive ] Win98 support?

Help!  I really want to get one of these--it would be my fifth Palm, I
think--but I have Win98.  Is there any way to get around that problem?

-S





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Congratulation everybody and finally palmOne officially announce the
LifeDrive(TM) Mobile Manager

Help!  I really want to get one of these--it would be my fifth Palm, I
think--but I have Win98.  Is there any way to get around that problem?

-S

I would concider a 650 if they would get rid of the little keyboard, expand the
screen down
in its place and add a sd card for expandability. This would be my ideal version
of a true
pda cell phone. Can't stand trying to read my email on the little screen of my
cell phone.
Randy

--- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl W. Brooks" <carl@p...> wrote:
> If I never used the Treo 650, the LifeDrive would be a no-brainer purchase
> (after all the updates where release to fix the issues that are discovered
> after the release). Since that is not the case, I need to have a celluar
> antenna in mine or the ability to connect to my Treo 650.
>
> I would take the 4GB and WIFI in the current 650 package and be very happy.
> ___
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl Brooks
> Palmloyal the news, review, software and more!
> http://www.palmloyal.com
> Detroit Palm User Group
> http://www.dpug.org
>
> ...... Original Message .......
> On Tue, 17 May 2005
> Z wrote:
> palmSource is already licenses of blackberry connection, but it seem that
> they having a tough time to make it work, companys like Qool Labs announced
> earlier that they'll support blackberry as what they where promised from
> palmSource, but the QDA was already released without the blackberry feature.
>
> And again the release of blackberry mail for palmOS was set to for late
> December and the date passed without any news about it.
>
> Hopefully this coming developer conference will have this answer, but anyway
> it seem like everybody is moving there handhelds line to smartphones; maybe
> they'll be a LifeDrive Treo before the end of the year or a SDIO card to add
> GSM/GPRS support  ;)  can someone wake me up!
>
>
> --- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Brooks" wrote:
> > pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
> > LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
> > newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
> > managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
> > advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
> > and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
> > organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
> > people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
> > others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
> > Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
> > functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
> > wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
> > We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
> > product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
> > business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
> > computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,
> >
> > Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
> > As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
> > be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
> > input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
> > with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
> > the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
> > matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
> > arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
> > phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
> > Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.
> >
> > Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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I really like the LifeDrive, my main problem was that I was so used to my
T|T3 specially in meetings, but now it's kinda noise the screen doesn't stop
squealing every time I turn on the T3 so I got a Treo 650 which is really a
true mobility device, but I can't use it in meeting, once I start taking
notes people forget about the meetings and look at me like I'm playing games
or answering SMS/eMails or something, so I think the LifeDrive already have
a position in my everyday life,


-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Carl W. Brooks
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:29 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [ LifeDrive ] Re: Palmloyal.com Editorial: A Look at the
LifeDrive Mobile Manager

If I never used the Treo 650, the LifeDrive would be a no-brainer purchase
(after all the updates where release to fix the issues that are discovered
after the release). Since that is not the case, I need to have a celluar
antenna in mine or the ability to connect to my Treo 650.

I would take the 4GB and WIFI in the current 650 package and be very happy.
___

Thanks,

Carl Brooks
Palmloyal the news, review, software and more!
http://www.palmloyal.com
Detroit Palm User Group
http://www.dpug.org

...... Original Message .......
On Tue, 17 May 2005
Z wrote:
palmSource is already licenses of blackberry connection, but it seem that
they having a tough time to make it work, companys like Qool Labs announced
earlier that they'll support blackberry as what they where promised from
palmSource, but the QDA was already released without the blackberry feature.

And again the release of blackberry mail for palmOS was set to for late
December and the date passed without any news about it.

Hopefully this coming developer conference will have this answer, but anyway
it seem like everybody is moving there handhelds line to smartphones; maybe
they'll be a LifeDrive Treo before the end of the year or a SDIO card to add
GSM/GPRS support  ;)  can someone wake me up!


--- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Brooks" wrote:
> pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
> LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
> newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
> managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
> advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
> and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
> organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
> people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
> others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
> Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
> functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
> wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
> We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
> product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
> business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
> computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,
>
> Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
> As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
> be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
> input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
> with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
> the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
> matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
> arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
> phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
> Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.
>
> Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/





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If I never used the Treo 650, the LifeDrive would be a no-brainer purchase
(after all the updates where release to fix the issues that are discovered
after the release). Since that is not the case, I need to have a celluar
antenna in mine or the ability to connect to my Treo 650.

I would take the 4GB and WIFI in the current 650 package and be very happy.
___

Thanks,

Carl Brooks
Palmloyal the news, review, software and more!
http://www.palmloyal.com
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http://www.dpug.org

...... Original Message .......
On Tue, 17 May 2005
Z wrote:
palmSource is already licenses of blackberry connection, but it seem that
they having a tough time to make it work, companys like Qool Labs announced
earlier that they'll support blackberry as what they where promised from
palmSource, but the QDA was already released without the blackberry feature.

And again the release of blackberry mail for palmOS was set to for late
December and the date passed without any news about it.

Hopefully this coming developer conference will have this answer, but anyway
it seem like everybody is moving there handhelds line to smartphones; maybe
they'll be a LifeDrive Treo before the end of the year or a SDIO card to add
GSM/GPRS support  ;)  can someone wake me up!


--- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Brooks" wrote:
> pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
> LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
> newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
> managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
> advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
> and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
> organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
> people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
> others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
> Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
> functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
> wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
> We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
> product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
> business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
> computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,
>
> Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
> As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
> be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
> input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
> with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
> the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
> matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
> arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
> phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
> Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.
>
> Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/





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palmSource is already licenses of blackberry connection, but it seem that
they having a tough time to make it work, companys like Qool Labs announced
earlier that they'll support blackberry as what they where promised from
palmSource, but the QDA was already released without the blackberry feature.

And again the release of blackberry mail for palmOS was set to for late
December and the date passed without any news about it.

Hopefully this coming developer conference will have this answer, but anyway
it seem like everybody is moving there handhelds line to smartphones; maybe
they'll be a LifeDrive Treo before the end of the year or a SDIO card to add
GSM/GPRS support  ;)  can someone wake me up!


-----Original Message-----
From: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of bearcatrp
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:58 PM
To: LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ LifeDrive ] Re: Palmloyal.com Editorial: A Look at the LifeDrive
Mobile Manager

If they want this to take off right, the life drive needs to be similar to
the cell phone of
blackberry. Instead of connecting it to a cell phone to get email, etc., it
should be able to
do this itself. Take a look at the nokia 9600. Nice device but small screen.
If palm could
pull that off, they wouldn't be able to make enough of them.
Randy

--- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Brooks" <carl@p...> wrote:
> pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
> LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
> newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
> managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
> advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
> and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
> organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
> people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
> others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
> Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
> functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
> wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
> We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
> product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
> business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
> computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,
>
> Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
> As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
> be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
> input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
> with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
> the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
> matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
> arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
> phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
> Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.
>
> Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/





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Ooops, meant the Nokia 9500 communicator.
Randy
--- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "bearcatrp" <bearcatrp@y...> wrote:
> If they want this to take off right, the life drive needs to be similar to the
cell phone of
> blackberry. Instead of connecting it to a cell phone to get email, etc., it
should be able
to
> do this itself. Take a look at the nokia 9600. Nice device but small screen.
If palm could
> pull that off, they wouldn't be able to make enough of them.
> Randy
>
> --- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Brooks" <carl@p...> wrote:
> > pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
> > LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
> > newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
> > managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
> > advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
> > and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
> > organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
> > people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
> > others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
> > Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
> > functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
> > wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
> > We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
> > product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
> > business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
> > computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,
> >
> > Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
> > As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
> > be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
> > input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
> > with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
> > the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
> > matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
> > arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
> > phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
> > Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.
> >
> > Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/

If they want this to take off right, the life drive needs to be similar to the
cell phone of
blackberry. Instead of connecting it to a cell phone to get email, etc., it
should be able to
do this itself. Take a look at the nokia 9600. Nice device but small screen. If
palm could
pull that off, they wouldn't be able to make enough of them.
Randy

--- In LifeDrive@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Brooks" <carl@p...> wrote:
> pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
> LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
> newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
> managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
> advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
> and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
> organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
> people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
> others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
> Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
> functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
> wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
> We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
> product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
> business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
> computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,
>
> Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
> As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
> be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
> input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
> with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
> the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
> matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
> arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
> phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
> Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.
>
> Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/

pa1mOne is very close to officially announcing it latest device, the
LifeDrive Mobile Manager. It is the first device in palmOne's
newest device category that they coin the Mobile Managers. Mobile
managers are designed for customers who are eager to take full
advantage of the trend toward "digital everything" -- from documents
and email to music, images and video, as standalone files or in
organized folders; "In studying customer trends, we found that some
people want to carry dozens of documents and hundreds of songs while
others want to carry a thousand-plus photos and enjoy videos," said
Page Murray, pa1mOne vice president of marketing. "Organization
functions were highly valued by nearly all our customers, but some
wanted much more business and personal file-management capabilities.
We listened and will deliver a new category of mobile-computing
product that will let customers fuse their own mix of personal and
business content in ways never before possible in either handheld
computers or Smartphones. Palmloyal.com editor,

Carl W. Brooks, looks at this new device and offers his commentary.
As is pa1mOne's Status Quo, they will release a product that will
be lacking in some area, but will be refined by its user base's
input and perfected in later releases. I think they are on track
with this category and the devices within. I can't wait to see what
the low end and higher end models will offer and this category
matures. Will I get one? I would get one if the right situation
arose. I would need to be able to use my Treo 650 as a Bluetooth
phone with the LifeDrive. Now put the same 4GB on the next Treo
Smartphone and I place my pre-order now.

Read all http://www.palmloyal.com/new/content/view/300/31/

sweet  :)

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Mixing facts with rumors Anton Kotov from Mobile-Review.com wrote a very
interesting article about palmOne new products line, to know more about the
Life Drive read his article;

http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/articles/new-palm2005-en.shtml

palmOne will replace the aging RealOne player with the powerful PocketTune
in the new LifeDrive, to prove that the life drive is way more than just a
handheld, LifeDrive is the future of palmOne multimedia handhelds.

Every body missed that last year, when palmOne registered the name
LifeDrive for it's new line, according to brighthand it was exactly
registered Aug.27,2004

The picture circulating in the web is 95% close to the original
handheld, but the real thing is way betta...

You can connect your Life Drive to your digital camera using the
(IEEE 1394) and transfer image directly to your Life Drive.

Confirmed features;
- 4GB Hard Drive,
- 320x480 Color Display, bright TFT
- Size around 4.8 x 3.00 x 1.00 inches
- Weight around 200 gram
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery (yes, not removable)
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- Infrared Port

This is no joke, it's the real thing babe  ;-)