Cut & pasted below from PPCT. Sigh - I don't think Sony's leaving is a good thing at all. I would hate to see PalmOne become the Apple or Linux of PDAs. Funny...
Don sez... ... If the other rumors I posted come true (I called this one right), Dell and HP will become PalmOS licensees. I'm okay with that, as long as Dell...
... Dell and ... Dell uses ... but get the ... I would be okay with that too. Though I like Sony products, I can switch to something else. Ss long as some form...
Ah - a kindred spirit! And here I thought I was the only person on the face of the planet that doesn't want a cell phone attached to a PDA. Although honestly...
I just want to keep a PocketPC going! Not with a PalmOS, either. And like you and Juli, no phones! I want a PDA, not a phone. Of course, I have a phone, but I...
... And ... Well I hope there are enough of us out there (and not just on this list) to keep the stand-alone alive. By the way, one question about PDA phones....
... Hash: SHA1 i just don't want to have to purchase & install & patch & repatch & reboot & reboot & patch & reboot MS windows just to sync my PDA..... long...
Yeah, the phone can be turned off without sacrificing PDA functionality. On the newer units, this is called "Flight Mode" for compliance with airline ...
... Hash: SHA1 but try convincing the air hostess that it really is off... i had my GPS receiver confiscated just last week on a 1/2hour flight :-( she didn't...
The Treo says "Wireless Mode Off" when you turn off the phone part. (see attached) Of course, you can still get a non-tech person that wouldn't believe it... ...
... Hash: SHA1 aparently, the european model has *both* BT and wifi, which the US model has only wifi... and *sigh*... guess which model we got in NZ? Sony are...
... Hash: SHA1 it's interesting all articles on Sony's announcement only mention leaving the US. does this mean the clie line will continue and sony release...
Check it out at BH: http://www.brighthand.com/article/last_two Echoing the sentiments heard around here and around the net, and seems more credible with each...
... And that market is tiny compared to the USA--certainly not enough to keep things "alive". Talk about continued development sounds just like Psion's...
Is it? How do you explain the success of myriad products released to the Japanese market only? Don't they go for gadgets in Japan much more than we do here in...
... to the ... than ... The following quote is from an AP news article: "Sony didn't elaborate on the reasons for its withdrawal but Gartner analyst Todd Kort...
Switching to what? Linux? I don't see them staying in a PDA only market much longer at all. A Symbian PDA would be nice to play with, though. . . I think Sony...
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:43:00 +0000, "Aaron F. Gonzalez" ... Hello! Windows Mobile! But you're right...they really need to take the Dell road and make the ...
With the well known problems Sony has had with MS I doubt that they would be willing to live with whatever constraints MS would put on vendors tweaking the OS...
They ought to be willing to put up with it. After all, they wrote the book on proprietary constraints. -- In woyp@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron F. Gonzalez"...
It's an interesting idea, but methinks the days of the Clie PDA-- of /any/ OS-- are over. Sony is becoming Psion! ___ sent from a shiny new Treo 600 .........
... Hash: SHA1 ... hmm.. I just read one those pda gossip columns - which stated Sony wanted to move away from symbian (no sources cited, but that would ruin...
True. And there have also been rumors about a vaio running linux. Personally I think that's a dream, but it makes me all giddy thinking of a vaio tweaked...
http://www.kurnspatrick.com/ The first post on that page has a nice 12 minute video review (WMV) of that new Vaio U computer that has the touch screen and...
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