Ed Colligan has been with the Palm team from before day one; he actually showed me my very first Palm, before it was called a Palm Pilot. So he knows pretty much all there is to know about Palm's history in becoming PalmOne and as president of the company, he could, if he wanted, reveal much about its plans.

He's being secretive of course but I got the impression that he's not just being cagey when he says he can't commit to upgrading the OS next year.

I honestly think he's going to spend another year getting ready for "Cobalt" which allows multi-threading on PalmOS devices.

A mistake? Commercially, probably not. People like myself, who want these esoteric features, are still a minority of the market. The rest just want email, and better usability, says Colligan.

Is he right?

Edited by author 11-04-2004 08:46 AM
Colligan may have done himself some favours with the market, by quoting Orange data on which smartphone is the one which gets you Tangoed... but it's not necessarily going to please Orange.

Orange likes to appear even-handed and not have favourites...

I'd expect the Treo to have higher ARPU than an SPV, partly because it has a keyboard (better for email), and partly because the SPV has only recently achieved decent usability (with the C500). I'd be surprised if it compared so well to, say, the XDA.

Annoying to see the IMAP remarks; lack of IMAP is my main complaint about the Treo 600 (I know you can get it as a 3rd party add-on).

Tim

Ed Colligan: "We've already built much of the functionality we need into the current platform," regarding Cobalt in Palmone new handhelds (650 and T5).

That's for sure - This man and PalmOne are not able to listen to market needs! (Market equal customers!). Tungsten C is Without Bluetooth and stereo audit, Tungsten T3/T5 Without WiFi, new handhelds are not supported by the new sophisticated OS, Cobalt. Why?

It's a shame!

Other wendors than PalmOne looks constantly for market needs, PalmOne is - like it seems - not interested in other issues than ROIs, return on investments and developments. We do need WiFi, Ir, BT, stereosound in the same handhelded computer - PalmOne don't think so! Why give it all away to PPC?

Regards from Sweden /CGN

Edited by author 11-26-2004 05:44 AM
Ha-ha - "collect messages around the world". With Orange? You're lucky if a UK Orange Treo will let you connect to data in France. And forget it in many, many other parts of the world. Orange has a severe lack of data roaming agreements.

The solution? Unlock your Treo and insert a red SIM marked "Vodafone".

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