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Agenda Delayed Again

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-totally-surprising dept.

aqua writes: "Two days after the announced ship date, Agenda Computing has sent mail to customers who preordered a VR3 PDA: "In keeping with our commitment to deliver the highest quality PDA possible - one that provides you with many years of enjoyment - Agenda has revised the ship date to May 21, 2001." This was previously rumored on agenda-user, since the software wasn't looking ready to ship. recent discussion on the developer list, however, suggests that many of the problems cited are now much improved. By way of apology, they're throwing in a free VR3 carrying case." Agenda sent a review model to me which I played with for about 10 minutes. I turned it off to get stuff done, and the next day when I had time to actually put it to work, it refused to turn back on. I think it needs some work yet :) But it was cool running 'ps' on a handheld.

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  1. Could be lack of funding due to... by jcapell · · Score: 5
    ...holding company's stock tanking.

    (Agenda Computing is based in Irvine, California, but is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kessel International Holdings Limited)

    Kessel Company prosectus: "In view of the Euro currency fluctuation, shortage of certain electronic components and start up stage of new product lines, the Directors believes that there will not have any significant change in the overall performance of the Group in the 2nd half of the year. However, provided that the new businesses are operated as planned and all unfavorable factors graduated away from the Group, the Group look forward to the future with optimism."

  2. Re:A comment... by janpod66 · · Score: 5
    The existence of "ps" on the Agenda is merely an indication that it runs standard software and standard utilities. That's a good thing. In day-to-day usage, of course, you shouldn't have to use it.

    In contrast, the Palm Pilot requires you to write applications to its own limited and proprietary APIs, memory model, and threading model. The Palm Pilot runs its applications reasonably well, but someone had to invest a lot of time and effort in that; doing anything more with it is an uphill struggle.

    The limitations of the PalmOS and the messy programming model are a consequence of trying to deliver a nice system on limited hardware. Those constraints don't apply anymore, and the Palm Pilot is now pretty much an anachronism.

    I have a Palm Pilot. It's a reliable workhorse for its very limited set of applications. I'll gladly toss it out when I get a decent, reliable UNIX-based PDA. The Agenda could be it.