You say colour, I say color...we all say WE WANT IT
Posted on Friday, January 26 @ 16:58:28 PST by godschoice
The rumors of the release of a small sleek color Palm device have been around every since the release (and popularity) of the Palm V series device. People love the style, weight, and size of the V(x) series. The rumors about the "soon to be released" color Palm device with the form factor of the Palm V series have suddenly escalated. The rumors have just got a face and name:
m505. Click on the image to enlarge it.
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I hope that the image is real. I think that it will be a successful device
for Palm to market. The new device should include a couple of things to make it
a real successful product launch. It has to have MORE memory (at least 16-32MB). If
this things comes with 32MB of memory built-in, I believe that most current
users will easily fork up the funds to buy it. Without this additional RAM it will be simply a prettier Prism. With the addition, it will be bigger than the Sony Playstation 2 launch. Palm also has to make it a priority to
create an universal sync port and cradle. The new device should have an universal
Sync port or cradle, to allow older devices to use the new cradle (and visa
versa). As Palm device continue to be the norm, Palm Inc. cannot expect that each PC will
have two cradles. Many homes will have two or more Palm devices in the family.
Dad will have his cradle at work, but will expect to use junior's cradle when he
comes home. Junior and Dad will have different Palm devices from different
manufactures. This scenario is unavoidable.
But do I need color? Once you use a color Palm, you'll never go back to the
monochrome screens ever again. I originally owned the Palm III, but quickly
upgraded to the Palm IIIx. Two megabytes of memory was just not enough memory to
satisfy me. The screen had a tendency to be scratched when the finger tip was
used instead of the stylus. The IIIx had a better screen and twice the memory as
the III. When the Palm IIIc came along, I still suggested that people buy the
Handspring Deluxe. The other devices with the same functions - minus the color,
were priced $100 cheaper, I couldn't see
color being worth the price difference. I had seen the IIIc in the store, but
the standard applications did not use color (aside from blue lines, instead of
black ones).
Then in September (2000) I received a new Palm IIIc as a gift. I found color was
worth the extra dough. I found application that made the color shine. The clarity
of the screen is incredible. I won't go back to monochrome. The brightness
is so great (at the brightest setting) that I even use it as a flashlight. Now if you own a
monochrome device, it is still difficult for most to justify buying a new color
device. Now if you had the device for a couple of years, then it is not that
bad. But if you just recently bought a Palm IIIxe, Vx or Visor Platinum, you might have a
lot more difficulty ponying up anything. In addition, if you have purchased any
accessories,
like a keyboard, modem, etc, then it is more difficult to justify the upgrade:
unless it is of the same series of Palm devices.
Only time will tell whether this rumor is true, I will bet that it is. Palm
has to hear us sooner or later (I pick sooner). The SCREAM heard round the world
(wide web) is "IF THEY MAKE, WE WILL BUY IT".
Until this rumored device becomes real, the world will have to chose between the two that are here now:
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handheld. Measuring 5.06 by 3.17 by 0.67 inches.
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More Info (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Monday, January 29 @ 17:12:40 PST
Boy how I wish I could share all the wonderful info I've been able to learn
about these new devices that are coming out. Definitely going to be worth
every penny. What I can tell you is this...
SD by nature is Plug'N'Play. Meaning anything on that chip can be run FROM
the chip. So any memory concerns should no longer be an issue. Also since SD
is an industry standard no royalties have to be paid to anyone for anything
they do make. Unlike the Springboard, the SoundsGood is a perfect example.
They had to get a special license to be able to use the springboard outside
of the device.
The Dragonball VZ chip can address 16mb however the 16mb chip is larger, so
that makes it difficult to fit in such a small case. Even people that have
upgraded their Prism's to 16 have done so with some issues.
The costs on the new m505 as Palm is calling it is going to be very
competitively priced. $449 for the m505 and $399 for the m500.
Most likely Palm will have a couple SD modules that will be available when
it is released in mid-April. As PurePalm.com has already reported there will
be several SD Modules available, including MP3, GPS and so on. Again since
it's an industry standard you can expect 3rd party developers to embrace and
produce more products that use this standard. At least on PocketPC already
uses the MMC standard so it would not be unforeseeable for others, or even
an SD expansion Pack for the iPAQ, the clear competitor to any color palm
device.
The "doctored" image on Palmstation is pretty darn accurate to all the
prototype photos I've seen. The device is going to be almost identical to
the current Palm V series. The m505 is going to weight the same and only be
1 mm thinker. While the m500 is going to be lighter and be in cased with a
metal front and plastic back, but otherwise the same physically. Another
great improvement on the m500 is going to be a paperwhite bg with shades of
grey for text and icons. The readability alone should increase quite a bit.
With the new polymer-ion battery the battery life will get better and since
it is a polymer it will be lighter as well (Double bonus). There are so many
great things Palm is doing with the upcoming models. First among them is the
start of making universal cradles and accessories. Yes that's right you can
expect to see less accessories for just one series of devices and more for
all devices.
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