Adding either of these increases the cost of the unit, which is another of the main reasons that it's doing so well. In addition, it's not really needed. Most people don't even come close to filling up their memory (power user excepted, of course).
I couldn't agree with you more, that color, from a technical standpoint, is not warranted. However, from a marketing standpoint, it is necessary to maintain dominance. WinCE machines are coming out with color. You and I don't care about this, because we know that we don't need it. But, the average consumer is going to "ooh" and "ahh" at the color screens, and buy them first, because they look pretty.
Most of the time, the average consumer doesn't know what their needs are, and just buy the thing with most features, not stopping to think if they really need all of them.
As a Palm champion, this type of thing is a necessary marketing move, which will hopefully allow them to keep MS out of the market in force.
If you talk to anyone who has used a Palm in their daily life, they will tell you that they will never, ever give it up. These things have a tremendous amount of use.
Saying something like this almost seems like a troll.
I think you are confusing resolution with color. Color does not necessarily make the display more clear. It might provide more contrast, but what else has better contrast than black on a very light background? I do not have bad eyes, so I do not know.
The IIIe is aimed at all those people who say, "I really want one, but can't justify $300". It's much easier to justify $175. Remember, most of the market is NOT super techie people who need the latest gadget, no matter what the cost.
They won't (and shouldn't) dump grafitti until something better comes along. Grafitti is one of the main reasons why the Palm has succeeded where so many others have failed. This is explained in detail in the Palm developer's guide.
The Newton stuff never really worked like it was supposed to. It *was* getting better, but using something like that would drive up the price of the unit, and kill their market ("real" handwriting recognition takes a LOT more resources).
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Adding either of these increases the cost of the unit, which is another of the main reasons that it's doing so well. In addition, it's not really needed. Most people don't even come close to filling up their memory (power user excepted, of course).
I couldn't agree with you more, that color, from a technical standpoint, is not warranted. However, from a marketing standpoint, it is necessary to maintain dominance. WinCE machines are coming out with color. You and I don't care about this, because we know that we don't need it. But, the average consumer is going to "ooh" and "ahh" at the color screens, and buy them first, because they look pretty.
Most of the time, the average consumer doesn't know what their needs are, and just buy the thing with most features, not stopping to think if they really need all of them.
As a Palm champion, this type of thing is a necessary marketing move, which will hopefully allow them to keep MS out of the market in force.
If you talk to anyone who has used a Palm in their daily life, they will tell you that they will never, ever give it up. These things have a tremendous amount of use.
Saying something like this almost seems like a troll.
I think you are confusing resolution with color. Color does not necessarily make the display more clear. It might provide more contrast, but what else has better contrast than black on a very light background? I do not have bad eyes, so I do not know.
The IIIe is aimed at all those people who say, "I really want one, but can't justify $300". It's much easier to justify $175. Remember, most of the market is NOT super techie people who need the latest gadget, no matter what the cost.
They won't (and shouldn't) dump grafitti until something better comes along. Grafitti is one of the main reasons why the Palm has succeeded where so many others have failed. This is explained in detail in the Palm developer's guide.
The Newton stuff never really worked like it was supposed to. It *was* getting better, but using something like that would drive up the price of the unit, and kill their market ("real" handwriting recognition takes a LOT more resources).