Re: [NTLK] OT Palm Pre

Numbers aside, i consider it an upgrade if you can actually upgrade an
older device with it and the "upgrade" actually has new features/fixes/
etc. I too found out after a little web searching that older plam
devices seemed to get some os upgrade love but later they (palm) just
expected you to buy a whole new device to get a minor os update and
then the new device had different charge/sync plugs so you'd have to
buy new cables too..... Sounds like they were trying to make a money
machine with no thought about their customers to me but that's just
MHO. To the best of my knoweledge the treo300, treo600 and the
tungsten t2 never got os upgrades and the last two really needed them
(bug fixes especially).

Joe Reilly

Sent from my iPod

On Jul 18, 2009, at 4:58, "G. Isten" <gisela@tariffenet.it> wrote:

>> was there ever a palm that could take an OS upgrade?
>
> What does 'upgrade' mean? If going from 3.1 to 3.5 is considered an
> upgrade, then yes, I upgraded my Palm III. If upgrading means going
> from 3.x to 4.x, then yes, my HandEra 330 did take an upgrade. But I
> don't suppose the HandEra would qualify as a "Palm device".
>
> I deliberately stuck with older versions because I'm pretty good and
> fast at inputting data w/ the original Grafitti (and I hate
> Grafitti2), much faster than tapping on the iPhone's keyboard. And I
> agree that Palm's (the company) track record is not one that would
> endear them to users.
>
> HandEra (Trg) made better Palm devices than Palm, and Palm killed
> them by refusing to renew the licence for their OS. I feel about
> Palm like I feel about Apple for terminating the Newton.
>
> Although, I did have a look at the Palm Pre, to be true; but I read
> it does not support traditional Palm data files (let alone
> applications), which is a deal-breaker for me. Might as well go for
> an iPhone, at least the syncing/backupping is a no-brainer.
>
> Gisela
>
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