Re: DateBk a deal-breaker for iPhone/iPad migration

Thanks Larry.  much appreciated!  I guess Apple knows the Pimlico  
figures and the client-base for DateBk and so, I don't need to relay  
this to my friend to set him straight. Right?

Matt
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On 17/04/2010, at 6:49 AM, Larry Finch wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Matt Agajanian <[email protected]>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I had a very fascinating discussion with a friend of mine.
>> Unfortunately as an iCal/iPhoneOS loyal, he just couldn't grasp why
>> DateBk6 is so much more robust versatile than the Apple approach.  In
>> so doing, he thought that transferring DateBk6 data was just a simple
>> matter of just cutting & pasting the data that would link entries
>> together.  How naive was that?!  Anyway, in true salesman and Apple
>> devotee fashion, he was trying to sell me on how although (yes,
>> another naive statement) the DateBk6 market is slim to minimal, it
>> doesn't mandate that Apple change its philosophies so as a DateBk or
>> PimliCal can have access to PIM data where the iPhone is involved.
>> It just seems that Apple's gonna stranglehold YOUR OWN PIM data with
>> the way they want it handled because, although it's your data, an
>> iPhone/iPad is involved.  So, to them and to my friend, it seems
>> reasonable that Apple has say on what to do with your data.
>>
>> Anyway, like I said, my friend didn't realise that the Pimlico/
>> DateBk6/PimliCal client/user base is substantial and because he
>> thinks we are a small minority, Apple doesn't need to adjust so as to
>> allow PimliCal or DateBk to be developed for iPhoneOS
>>
>> We then got into a discussion on even though PalmOS is gone, at least
>> there's 'Classic' by MotionApps.  I then told him that, because of
>> that and, for us, PalmOS lives on and I can STILL run DateBk6 on a
>> Pre, that iPad option is not sounding any better than a Pre or, at
>> most extreme, a reconditioned Palm T|X should my old one become
>> unusable.
>>
>> Have i missed something here that I should have explained to him?
>> Further, isn't our DateBk6, PimliCal, Pimlico Software client/user
>> base much more substantial than my friend seems to think?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>
> It depends on what you mean by "substantial". At its peak several  
> years ago
> CESD said there were over 3 million registered datebkX users.  
> Compared to 75
> million iPhones, that may not be substantial in Apple's view.
>
> But 3 million additional apps that apple would make about $7 each  
> on might
> make it interesting for Apple. Especially if some of those 3  
> million will
> buy an iPhone instead of a Pre or Android.
>
> BTW, an associate just got a Pre. nifty device, and, with the  
> touchstone
> charger (no connection required) it's rather space-agey. But  
> battery life is
> worse than the iPhone (if that's possible).
>
> best,
> Larry
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> Larry Finch
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