Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the breaking-into-new-markets dept.
the beava writes "Palm has officially announced the release of their latest handheld, the Zire. At $99 dollars (retail), it looks like they're trying to market this thing to people like parents and children. " Not a bad looking unit for the price.
No Matter How cheap they make those things I'll never get one again. I need a to-do list to remind me to update my calander to set off an alarm when I need to write a memo. Just a waste of my time.
And no colo[u]r screen ...
by
Draoi
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· Score: 3, Funny
Since it only has 4 buttons instead of 6, a lot of games for the palm pilot are not going to work properly on this thing. Maybe you could play zap2000! by remapping the power button (!) to fire and neglecting key number 6, but at the very least it'll be a pain.
If this thing is for consumers, games are important.
Just waitin' for the day...
by
twoslice
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· Score: 2, Funny
When some enterprising young geek (or geekette) puts linux on the thing, installs Apache, puts the unit on the WWW and posts the Eureeka! on/.
From everyone's perspective "It was worth the effort"
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From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
"Parents and children" is a bad example
by
PhysicsGenius
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· Score: 3, Funny
I think you are right, "parents and children" are unlikely to need to play "Wormz" at the mall--and if they do, they can use their cellphones. There's nothing on this $100 Zira that a normal (and free) cellphone can't provide.
However, I think the idea of a cheap PDA is a good one in another field. Many's the time I've been at a collegues desk and we'll get into a "debate" about the molar mass of yttrbium or what the fifth-order solution to Schrodinger's equation is. At times like these, when your geeky rep is on the line, it is absolutely essential that your have some firepower to back yourself up. A handy periodic table app, or some high-powered number crunching will save your pimply, fishbelly-white ass someday. $100 is not to much to pay for this piece of mind--and the sleek silver case doesn't hurt either!
Re:Whatever Happened to paper
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schussat
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· Score: 5, Funny
3. High Encryption level. nobody can read my handwriting.
You've clearly not used a Palm. It encrypts your handwriting on the fly!
-schussat
-- The hour of noon has passed. Let us go and get some Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Re:parents and children?
by
legLess
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· Score: 5, Funny
Blockquothe the poster:
I use my Palm several times per day and I really value it. I know a number of people who feel the same way about their Palms.
Does this even need a punchline?:)
-- This isn't as much "normalization" as it is "don't take so many drugs when you're designing tables."
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so just who exactly is /not/ a parent or a child?
We are ALL children of SOMEBODY...
it's probably too early....
Check out my sysadmin blog!
No Matter How cheap they make those things I'll never get one again. I need a to-do list to remind me to update my calander to set off an alarm when I need to write a memo. Just a waste of my time.
Thank goodness ...
Alison
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein
Since it only has 4 buttons instead of 6, a lot of games for the palm pilot are not going to work properly on this thing. Maybe you could play zap2000! by remapping the power button (!) to fire and neglecting key number 6, but at the very least it'll be a pain.
If this thing is for consumers, games are important.
microsoftword.mp3 - it doesn't care that they're not words...
When some enterprising young geek (or geekette) puts linux on the thing, installs Apache, puts the unit on the WWW and posts the Eureeka! on /.
From everyone's perspective "It was worth the effort"
From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
However, I think the idea of a cheap PDA is a good one in another field. Many's the time I've been at a collegues desk and we'll get into a "debate" about the molar mass of yttrbium or what the fifth-order solution to Schrodinger's equation is. At times like these, when your geeky rep is on the line, it is absolutely essential that your have some firepower to back yourself up. A handy periodic table app, or some high-powered number crunching will save your pimply, fishbelly-white ass someday. $100 is not to much to pay for this piece of mind--and the sleek silver case doesn't hurt either!
You've clearly not used a Palm. It encrypts your handwriting on the fly!
-schussat
The hour of noon has passed. Let us go and get some Kentucky Fried Chicken.
This isn't as much "normalization" as it is "don't take so many drugs when you're designing tables."
I got a Handspring Visor Prism for my birthday. One night, I show my wife Bejeweled. I want my PDA back..I really do.
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.