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Ed,
Thanks for another great podcast. I've been looking forward to hearing another since, well...the last one. :wink:
I hear what you are saying about the screen res on the WM Treo and agree, for the most part. However, I just got the x50v and love the higher res a LOT. That's not because I can see more on the screen but rather, what is there looks sooo much better.
If a WM Treo is on the shelf beside a Palm OS Treo most users are going to notice that the WM version fonts don't look quite as clear. People will notice the difference because they will pick up each to compare and not knowing the OS differences would see that the Palm seems to just look nicer.
Your arguement about people computer monitor res does not really count here. People will keep that lower res, first, because that was the default, and second, because the larger fonts and buttons mmake them feel the computer is simpler.
Between the lower and higher res Treos the comparison would not be about the amount of info on the screen but which looks better. There is no doubt the higher res wins.
No, the lower res does not cripple a PDA from a usability standpoint but might from a marketing standpoint. The only differenciater would be price, and in this case, OS.
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