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PalmOne Commits to Treo Fix

Posted by michael on from the oops dept.

Kodi writes "After the brouhaha over the Treo 650's memory architecture resulting in less usable space, PalmOne has committed to upgrading the ROM to fix it. In the meantime they'll send Treo 650 owners free 128MB SD cards on request."

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  1. Priceless:-) by khrtt · · Score: 5, Funny

    * Treo 650 - $599
    * 128 MB SD card - $15
    * Staisfaction from having been given the $15 card for free - priceless.

    1. Re:Priceless:-) by khrtt · · Score: 3, Insightful

      SD is more expensive than other types of flash memory.

      I actually went to the trouble of getting the $15 price off pricewatch (no URL for you, figure it out for yourself). Surprizingly, 128MB SD, MMC and CF all start at $15, and 1GB sizes show only about 5% price difference. So, your information is outdated.

      *ducks*

      Than, again, my girlfriend got a 128MB SD card at RadioShack, two weeks ago, for $79.95. Good deal, if you ask me (for RadioShack).

      *unducks*

  2. Brouhaha by fireboy1919 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoa. I mean, I knew about the memory issues, and stuff, but I never thought it would escalate into a full-scale brouhaha. Maybe I should return my palm.

    I don't want to get any of that, you know, brouhaha on me.

    So...um...what's a brouhaha?

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    1. Re:Brouhaha by fireboy1919 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I knew this was going to happen.

      Somebody was going to come along and ruin the joke by telling everyone what a brouhaha was.

      Fine.

      brouhaha (noun) - a large, rather hairy, south American snake known for it's prized tusks. Because of their value, and inability to breed in captivity, they have been hunted nearly to extinction, and are therefore considered unlucky.

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  3. warning: troll food inside by khrtt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've programmed for both. MS design is better. Palm got too entangled with its "Zen of Palm" concept, and was late to adopt to faster processors and larger memories. As a result, the darn things have a nasty kludge for a filesystem, which makes programming anything but organizer-type applications a nightmare.

    This lack of proper filesystem is what Palm is trying to patch now, but the original design is so inappropriate that fixing it only puts more kludges on top of other kludges. Which is where the current Treo bug really comes from.

    I don't know if the Palm is dead, or not, but it would take a good system architect to fix PalmOS. I kinda wonder if Palm would hire me; i'd enjoy the challenge.

  4. PHB by Gryphon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Who wants to bet that a "Dilbert" probably pointed out the problems with the new memory architecture, but was over-ruled by a PHB with no clue?

  5. What a refreshing change.. go PalmOne! by nightfire-unique · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Wow. Now *that* is a company that wants your business. Litigious corporations apt to sue their customers to silence them in a similar situation, take note:

    This is how you're supposed to do business!

    Kudos to Palmone.

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  6. This is good by ribo-bailey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always get a good feeling when companies do the right thing to fix their mistakes. Where's my free harddrive from Microsoft?

  7. Similar thing happened before by Jacco+de+Leeuw · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Some Palm and Handspring models shipped with faulty DRAM. Instead of replacing the unit, Handspring released a patch which slashed the battery time in half. Still bitter about it...

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