Comments on: How to Read Palm’s (& Windows Phone’s) Future: The Irony of the word Pre http://www.techyell.com/2010/02/how-to-read-palm-windows-phone-future-pre/ Because Sometimes You Need To Yell Over Noise Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: manielse http://www.techyell.com/2010/02/how-to-read-palm-windows-phone-future-pre/comment-page-1/#comment-53 manielse Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:27:25 +0000 http://www.techyell.com/?p=23#comment-53 Thanks for your comments, I never had an issue using my finger with PalmOS or WinMo instead of a stylus.<br><br>I'll be the first to admit that I can do better on proof-reading. I tend to freely write from the heart/mind rather than try to a polished Pro-Blogger but that's no excuse. Thanks for your comments, I never had an issue using my finger with PalmOS or WinMo instead of a stylus.

I'll be the first to admit that I can do better on proof-reading. I tend to freely write from the heart/mind rather than try to a polished Pro-Blogger but that's no excuse.

]]> By: Sucka99 http://www.techyell.com/2010/02/how-to-read-palm-windows-phone-future-pre/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Sucka99 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:21:32 +0000 http://www.techyell.com/?p=23#comment-52 How can Windows 7 and WebOS support old apps well when those apps are stylus-based and not finger-based? And, in fact, if you didn't know about the emulator (which was free when the Pre first came out) then it doesn't speak well to your understanding of and emphasis on your point about backwards compatibility. As someone who was a PalmOs fan you should know that a lot of the must-have software for the Palm was enhancement software that hooked deep into the OS (PocketTunes, Datebk, Butler, Keycaps, etc.) and even caused a lot of instability - there's no way that could be supported on an new platform, a rewrite of the OS. That'd be like trying to run Sidekick on Windows XP. <br><br>Furthermore Palm doesn't have the resources (muscle) that Google, Apple or Microsoft have to push developers to their new platform. They waited too long with their Palm OS6/Foleo strategy while Rim and Apple took over marketshare, and the Palm developers moved on to those platforms. And they offered no simple transition from the old platform to the new one - probably because it was too difficult technically, and they didn't have the time if they wanted something out the door. Even now WebOS is very incomplete and has the feeling of beta software. The email client pales in comparison to even Snappermail and the Calendar leaves a lot to be desired. <br><br>Palm is on fumes, to be sure, but Microsoft has piles of cash to burn and they don't mind doing it. The comparisons end with their OS stagnation. If Windows can emulate the administrative configuration ease of the Blackberry while undercutting their price in WP7 then they have a future. But it doesn't seem like they're going after that market. They're going after the iPhone look and feel - just like Palm and Google are. There's the mistake.<br><br>Finally a nitpick: there couple of sentences here don't make much sense. There are some weird punctuation choices and sentence structures that affected the flow, such as: <br><br>"This was an interesting point in time that was either going to transform Palm into more of a hardware company as it wasn’t only focused on it’s own Operating System." How can Windows 7 and WebOS support old apps well when those apps are stylus-based and not finger-based? And, in fact, if you didn't know about the emulator (which was free when the Pre first came out) then it doesn't speak well to your understanding of and emphasis on your point about backwards compatibility. As someone who was a PalmOs fan you should know that a lot of the must-have software for the Palm was enhancement software that hooked deep into the OS (PocketTunes, Datebk, Butler, Keycaps, etc.) and even caused a lot of instability – there's no way that could be supported on an new platform, a rewrite of the OS. That'd be like trying to run Sidekick on Windows XP.

Furthermore Palm doesn't have the resources (muscle) that Google, Apple or Microsoft have to push developers to their new platform. They waited too long with their Palm OS6/Foleo strategy while Rim and Apple took over marketshare, and the Palm developers moved on to those platforms. And they offered no simple transition from the old platform to the new one – probably because it was too difficult technically, and they didn't have the time if they wanted something out the door. Even now WebOS is very incomplete and has the feeling of beta software. The email client pales in comparison to even Snappermail and the Calendar leaves a lot to be desired.

Palm is on fumes, to be sure, but Microsoft has piles of cash to burn and they don't mind doing it. The comparisons end with their OS stagnation. If Windows can emulate the administrative configuration ease of the Blackberry while undercutting their price in WP7 then they have a future. But it doesn't seem like they're going after that market. They're going after the iPhone look and feel – just like Palm and Google are. There's the mistake.

Finally a nitpick: there couple of sentences here don't make much sense. There are some weird punctuation choices and sentence structures that affected the flow, such as:

“This was an interesting point in time that was either going to transform Palm into more of a hardware company as it wasn’t only focused on it’s own Operating System.”

]]> By: manielse http://www.techyell.com/2010/02/how-to-read-palm-windows-phone-future-pre/comment-page-1/#comment-47 manielse Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:58:41 +0000 http://www.techyell.com/?p=23#comment-47 That's good to know, never saw that emulator before but a feature like this shouldn't need a 3rd Party to develop. That's good to know, never saw that emulator before but a feature like this shouldn't need a 3rd Party to develop.

]]> By: sy http://www.techyell.com/2010/02/how-to-read-palm-windows-phone-future-pre/comment-page-1/#comment-46 sy Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:31:30 +0000 http://www.techyell.com/?p=23#comment-46 "no backward capability to it’s old OS"<br><br>There *is* a Palm OS emulator. See <a href="http://www.motionapps.com/classic/overview/" rel="nofollow">http://www.motionapps.com/classic/overview/</a> “no backward capability to it’s old OS”

There *is* a Palm OS emulator. See http://www.motionapps.com/classic/overview/

]]> By: cb http://www.techyell.com/2010/02/how-to-read-palm-windows-phone-future-pre/comment-page-1/#comment-45 cb Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:49:19 +0000 http://www.techyell.com/?p=23#comment-45 "its" not "it's". “its” not “it's”.

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