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First Look At The New Palms

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yawning-at-multiple-colors dept.

Jason Prini writes: "Take a look at ZDNET for pics of the new Palm pilots." They talk about the wireless models, as well as the new entry level models to compete more with Visor (which feature 25% smaller screens, but only a $150 price). I find it amusing that they offer changable color face plates (ala those Nokia phones).

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  1. Thank you, God by John+Jorsett · · Score: 4

    Whew, dodged the bullet one more time. I dread the release of each new generation of PDA, because I know that one of these days they're going to begin offering voice recognition for input. Then, in addition to the construction guys and their offices shouting back and forth via Nextel phones, the yuppies chatting up their brokers, the teenagers with their pagers, and the dweebs who set their watches to beep every ten minutes, we can look forward to everyone bellowing into their fruit-colored brain-crutch. Where's a High-Energy Electro Magnetic Pulse when you need one?

  2. *sigh* Still not the same... by aussersterne · · Score: 5
    I'm still sacrificing goats every day in hopes that a miracle happens and Newton is resurrected along with the later MessagePads and their successors.

    Tried Palm. Just not the same. Tried CE. Puked on my shoes and had to buy new ones. Tried some of the off-brand PDAs with teensy no-name embedded "operating systems" and had a good laugh. After it all, dug out and looked at my MP2100 with its cracked screen and bawled like a baby...

    Don't get me wrong... Palms/Visors/&co. are light and cute and run a long time on batteries... But they're also impossible to read, inelegant when it comes to handwriting, low-res, low-powered, and just plain primitive.

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    STOP . AMERICA . NOW
  3. What good is this? by pheonix · · Score: 4

    It's nice that they decreased the price, but aside from making an already too small screen smaller, I don't see what innovation this brings? I mean, it'd be nice that new versions meant new stuff...new stuff that doesn't include the "iMac-ification" of every piece of electronics on the market.

    Pretty see-through colors don't increase useability. I'd prefer a better res. screen, a larger screen, or a 25 dollar lower price tag over pretty colors; but that's just me.
    -Jer

  4. Size *does* matter. by alumshubby · · Score: 5

    Smaller? Hell no, I already had trouble when I tried using a friend's normally sized Palm -- I'd like a larger display so I can more easily write. (I guess I just have trouble moving the stylus accurately on a small area.) Maybe when something close to a letter- or A4-sized sheet of paper becomes conveniently priced, I'll try this. The pocket-sized form factor just doesn't do it for me.

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    "How many light bulbs does it take to change a person?" --BMcC-->
  5. really stupid joke by Shoeboy · · Score: 5

    I intend to get a palm VIIx and use it to read my horoscope online. Nothing like predicting the future by reading palms.

    I told you it was a stupid joke.
    --Shoeboy