Monon333
11-10-2002, 06:41 PM
Let me start out by saying that I own a NX and I do Love it but, does the Palm platform really want to go the way of the old CE devices. And make no misstake that is what we are talking about, I used to own a Jornada 548, it was nice and I did like it but when I wanted to get a new program I had to check and see if it was the right Processor, (Like the Tungeston and NX) then I had to make sure it was for the CE OS I had.
I see that real soon when I go to a Palm software site I will have to go to the OS5 section, there will be old palm PDA's and new PDA's, the day of any palm running any other palms prg. are over.
The reason this worries me is the fact that this is exactly what PPC walked away from to become more successful, CE pda's where different CPU's and sound chips and versions of OS. and they cost more than Palms. The people didn't go for it. Why should they , they could go out and buy a palm and not worry about compatability and palm cost less, Now enter the evil parallel demension and Toshiba puts out 300.00 Xprocessor PDA's, Palm's new Prosessor start at 500.00, PPC all run the same programs and the users don't have to worry, while the new Palms are becoming Brand specific............
So I ask you is this the way we really want to go.....
Oh yes one more thing how compatable will OS 6 be ,with all the old Palm software, it's starting to look alot like Microsoft, CE to PPC to 2002.....
I see that real soon when I go to a Palm software site I will have to go to the OS5 section, there will be old palm PDA's and new PDA's, the day of any palm running any other palms prg. are over.
The reason this worries me is the fact that this is exactly what PPC walked away from to become more successful, CE pda's where different CPU's and sound chips and versions of OS. and they cost more than Palms. The people didn't go for it. Why should they , they could go out and buy a palm and not worry about compatability and palm cost less, Now enter the evil parallel demension and Toshiba puts out 300.00 Xprocessor PDA's, Palm's new Prosessor start at 500.00, PPC all run the same programs and the users don't have to worry, while the new Palms are becoming Brand specific............
So I ask you is this the way we really want to go.....
Oh yes one more thing how compatable will OS 6 be ,with all the old Palm software, it's starting to look alot like Microsoft, CE to PPC to 2002.....