[JonnoB]

Originally Posted by sub_tex

That tungsten is severely overpriced.

My god. I love my clie 610c and really haven't seen enough in the PPC OS yet to want to use one, but if I was a new buyer today, there's no way i would pay $500 for that device over a $200 Dell device!

It's just ludicrous.

The palm based handhelds need to drop their prices down until the high end can compete in terms of functionality. The Sharp Zaurus that's out there now offers more out of the box and costs less.

Maybe these trends will turn you from a pupil to a teacher. Educating others like yourself who have not yet 'seen the light'

[JonnoB]

Originally Posted by sub_tex

That tungsten is severely overpriced.

My god. I love my clie 610c and really haven't seen enough in the PPC OS yet to want to use one, but if I was a new buyer today, there's no way i would pay $500 for that device over a $200 Dell device!

It's just ludicrous.

The palm based handhelds need to drop their prices down until the high end can compete in terms of functionality. The Sharp Zaurus that's out there now offers more out of the box and costs less.

Maybe these trends will turn you from a pupil to a teacher. Educating others like yourself who have not yet 'seen the light'

[ThomasC22]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

Palm OS 5 devices are also rolling out and it remains to be seen if new devices like the $499 Tungsten T, which lacks MP3 capabilities

Well, in all fairness, it doesn't lack MP3 capabilities they just neglected to give anyone a program that can use it :roll:

Palm's problem right now is that the great majority of their licensees are handheld only companies. HP, Dell, Toshiba all have other businesses so they don't have to chase unreal margins on their handhelds.

That fact will probably be the end of Palm.

[Foo Fighter]

Originally Posted by ThomasC22

Palm's problem right now is that the great majority of their licensees are handheld only companies.

With the exception of SONY. Ah....Sony. The force is strong in this one...

[ThomasC22]

Originally Posted by Foo Fighter

With the exception of SONY. Ah....Sony. The force is strong in this one...

I still think Sony will eventually buy Palm and that they're just waiting for Palm to spend itself out before they do.

[farnold]

I don't know if and how much one device may be overprices.... to be honest, my dounts here start way earlier. Who actually pays GARTNER for that research? I worked in a BIG5 organisation and used companies like GARTNER for market analysis. Guess what? The more we paid for a study the better was our own rating... cool, ey? So, I don't believe any of these statistics anymore as long as I don't know who actually gave money for it. :idea:

Isn't a figure like 50 percent of overall sales in the States a bit suspect? The USA with around 250 mio. inhabitants sells more devices than Japan with over 150 mio. technical addicts, Wetsrn Europe with 350 mio. or just Asia Pacific with almost half the world population? Very interesting figures, GARTNER put together... :roll: