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.
Re:parents and children? (Flame Bait?)
by
Mr.+No+Skills
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the only people still using them are CS grad students
This is a joke, right? I'm not a CS grad student, and my whole life is in my PDA. I now go on business trips with the PDA and not a laptop, since I can go a week without charging and use an attached keyboard. And, everyone else I see in my company is using them also -- they've replaced the "Day Runner" book.
Will parents and children buy these? Not for the sole function of being a parent or a child. But, anyone that wants to synchronize their 1000 address list on their computer with something that fits in their purse might want to spent $100 for this Palm device over the $500 for the WinCE device. And, they might happen to be a parent or a child.
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the only people still using them are CS grad students
This is a joke, right? I'm not a CS grad student, and my whole life is in my PDA. I now go on business trips with the PDA and not a laptop, since I can go a week without charging and use an attached keyboard. And, everyone else I see in my company is using them also -- they've replaced the "Day Runner" book.
Will parents and children buy these? Not for the sole function of being a parent or a child. But, anyone that wants to synchronize their 1000 address list on their computer with something that fits in their purse might want to spent $100 for this Palm device over the $500 for the WinCE device. And, they might happen to be a parent or a child.
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