I agree, doing something for the sake of doing it usually is not a good use of our time.
I also agree with your quote on what palm is for, a query device.
The point that I think that we are missing in this discussion is that people (including myself) want more out a "palm device" than just query-ability.
A device that allows us to do many of the mondane, boring tasks that we all do everyday, where-ever and when-ever we want (assuming wireless life exists). We could do things like responding to the 100's of e-mail we all get everyday, like checking the status of all our systems, like fixing little problems that arise on our systems just to name a few silly ones.
I sure would like to do these things while watching Futurama, or X-Files, or while waiting for my next micro-brew to arrive while I am at 20-Tanks would'nt you?
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I agree, doing something for the sake of doing it usually is not a good use of our time.
I also agree with your quote on what palm is for, a query device.
The point that I think that we are missing in this discussion is that people (including myself) want more out a "palm device" than just query-ability.
A device that allows us to do many of the mondane, boring tasks that we all do everyday, where-ever and when-ever we want (assuming wireless life exists). We could do things like responding to the 100's of e-mail we all get everyday, like checking the status of all our systems, like fixing little problems that arise on our systems just to name a few silly ones.
I sure would like to do these things while watching Futurama, or X-Files, or while waiting for my next micro-brew to arrive while I am at 20-Tanks would'nt you?