Re: iPhone and Shadow

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Peggy Hanton wrote:

# My husband recently switched from Datebook 6 on his Palm T3 to Things on an
# iPodTouch.  

	Thats a bit drastic .. DateBk (and Shadow) are so 'dense' with 
awesome, and the iPhone is so pretty-but-with-less-density :)

# His comment this morning:  the iPodTouch is more flash than functionality.

	Easily; the iPhone/Touch are gorgeous UIs in a lot of ways, but 
its based on simplicity; a low end Treo or the like has far more function 
than the newer gadgets, much more bang for the buck. But they're not 
pretty or trendy and Palm (and MS with WinMob) have been sitting too long 
on their laurels so these new flashy devices really catch the eye. 
(They're 'new' as well as 'fancy', if not functional.)

# Keyboard is slower and less predictable.
# The rollers to set times and dates are clunky ‹ not as fast as T3 by a long
# shot.  

	Aye, those especially; pretty, but the number of taps to manage 
the calendar can drive you nuts.

# You can¹t select and delete text with one click ‹ you have to click, click,
# click each letter or number.

	And of course no cut and paste!

# He is considering Shadow for his T3.

	Don't make me get philisophical.. again :)

	I still adore my T|T3.

	I sort of prefer the T|T3 over the T|X, but the T|X does have wifi 
.. if onyl it had the iPhones browser, which is a killer app. IF Palkm had 
nailed the browser down that well, I think they'd still be ni a much 
better position.

	iPhone is the hotcakes right now, vbut I wonder if it will stay 
this way; it is attractive, light, and well designed (typical Apple is 
pretty good engineering), but at the same time it is more appliance than 
platform -- it does what Apple wants it to do, and you're welcome to buy 
into that (also typical Apple.) With Android out there (more platform than 
appliance, as it does less and not as flashy, but it is open to developers 
to improve it any which way) we'll see what consumers want .. will they 
sacrifice prettyness and ipodness for something that is mroe functional 
(or will be down the road..)

	(More philsophy.. will developers go where the market is, or go 
where it is fun and eaier to develop for? And will consumers follow the 
devs, or lead them?)

	Crazy times!

		jeff

	For those who want open source handheld insanity, look at 
http://www.openpandora.org/ .. not for the feint at heart, and sold out 
for a few months. Linux, keyboard, high res touchscreen, gaming controls 
as well, but with wifi, dual SD HD slots, and bluetooth. Insane!

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