Re: Using Palms

"dennisthornton1952" <dennisthornton-+zwxNgdvb/[email protected]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:22:55 -0000
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Normally my hindsight is pretty darned good but I still have to just scratc=
h my head looking back and trying to understand Palm Inc's decisions!  Hari=
 Kari is all I can figure out!  But I still can't explain why an overwhelmi=
ng leader in an active and massively growing market would shoot itself!

Nor can I explain why today's vastly superior hardware can't do what I'm st=
ill doing on my Palm, or at least not do it as well.  I love new tech and I=
've been looking to replace my T3 but I still don't see anything that will =
satisfactorily replace it!

I do think that most heavy duty users of Palm devices, especially those who=
 also embraced DateBk6, were primarily looking for function.  Flash and siz=
zle is nice but unacceptable unless it works!  I suspect that many of today=
's high tech device users are less demanding of function, at least enough t=
hat the manufactures and software writers fell that they need to cater to t=
he "Wow!" factor.

Long live my T3!  At least until I find something to replace it and DateBk6=
!

Soap Box:  <off>

Dennis Thornton



--- In [email protected], "TeresaP" <teri.pittman@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry about the recent spam. I think I have those "members" banned.=20
>=20
> I still have my Zire71 and Tungsten C but don't use them any more. I've m=
oved to an iPhone with Life Balance. (and I still try out different softwar=
e like #todo, which I really liked).  Life Balance still works for me, but =
I don't GTD like I used to do.  I had a bad experience with digital GTD whe=
n my husband was ill. My Palm went down as I didn't have the charger with m=
e (it was back at work) and I still don't really trust digital, although I =
continue to use it.
>=20
> It's too bad about Palm. I had hopes for WebOS but they dropped the ball =
on that too. The Tungsten C is a great machine and it's a shame I don't use=
 it. There was such an outpouring of energy in the early Palm days that I j=
ust don't see now. It's a shame.
>=20
> I prefer to go low-end and have gone back to running a Mac PPC G5 for my =
work computer. It's fun to be able to use all those free OS 9 programs. I b=
elieve we get too caught up in wanting to be one of the cool kids and forge=
t to choose hardware/software that works for us. I don't like to let the co=
mputer/software companies push me into something that doesn't work for me. =
I think you will see some backlash as Windows 8 gets rolled out and XP is n=
o longer supported. Microsoft may be more responsive than Palm was.
>



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      <p>Normally my hindsight is pretty darned good but I still have to just scratch my head looking back and trying to understand Palm Inc's decisions!  Hari Kari is all I can figure out!  But I still can't explain why an overwhelming leader in an active and massively growing market would shoot itself!<br>
<br>
Nor can I explain why today's vastly superior hardware can't do what I'm still doing on my Palm, or at least not do it as well.  I love new tech and I've been looking to replace my T3 but I still don't see anything that will satisfactorily replace it!<br>
<br>
I do think that most heavy duty users of Palm devices, especially those who also embraced DateBk6, were primarily looking for function.  Flash and sizzle is nice but unacceptable unless it works!  I suspect that many of today's high tech device users are less demanding of function, at least enough that the manufactures and software writers fell that they need to cater to the &quot;Wow!&quot; factor.<br>
<br>
Long live my T3!  At least until I find something to replace it and DateBk6!<br>
<br>
Soap Box:  &lt;off&gt;<br>
<br>
Dennis Thornton<br>
<br>
--- In <a href="mailto:GtD_Palm%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, &quot;TeresaP&quot; &lt;teri.pittman@...&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sorry about the recent spam. I think I have those &quot;members&quot; banned. <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I still have my Zire71 and Tungsten C but don't use them any more. I've moved to an iPhone with Life Balance. (and I still try out different software like #todo, which I really liked).  Life Balance still works for me, but I don't GTD like I used to do.  I had a bad experience with digital GTD when my husband was ill. My Palm went down as I didn't have the charger with me (it was back at work) and I still don't really trust digital, although I continue to use it.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; It's too bad about Palm. I had hopes for WebOS but they dropped the ball on that too. The Tungsten C is a great machine and it's a shame I don't use it. There was such an outpouring of energy in the early Palm days that I just don't see now. It's a shame.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I prefer to go low-end and have gone back to running a Mac PPC G5 for my work computer. It's fun to be able to use all those free OS 9 programs. I believe we get too caught up in wanting to be one of the cool kids and forget to choose hardware/software that works for us. I don't like to let the computer/software companies push me into something that doesn't work for me. I think you will see some backlash as Windows 8 gets rolled out and XP is no longer supported. Microsoft may be more responsive than Palm was.<br>
&gt;<br>
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