Will Palm Ever Bring Out Another PDA?

[DennisOS2]

Any speculations? Any wagers?

[Pdaman]

Well I have feeling that Palm will release one or few pdas but that it is. I think that they will just keep going the treo line then. Though that meens quite much that Palm os is going under dust if there aren't enough new palm os devices to represent it.

[DennisOS2]

Well I have feeling that Palm will release one or few pdas but that it is. I think that they will just keep going the treo line then. Though that meens quite much that Palm os is going under dust if there aren't enough new palm os devices to represent it.

I have a T650 and three Clies. I actually do work on the Clies ......... the screen is too small on the Treo for serious extended work. We need a few more PDAs with larger screens and updated features/storage for when the Clies go.

[LupeValenz]

It will be a very long wait :(

[dmitrygr]

Will Palm Ever Bring Out Another PDA?


Yes, they will.

[GadgetGuru05]

I hope that they give us, the Faithful Palm Lovers some new, better and faster Pda's with a bigger screen, larger hard drive, Wifi G etc etc...
I hope that MAC comes back with kinda iPad....

[Tam Hanna]

Hi,
I currently know confirmedly about _one_ more Palm powered handheld with a color screen - but I cant say any more about it as of now.

All I can say is that you probably wont want to use it to replace your current PDA...

[GadgetGuru05]

Hi,
All I can say is that you probably wont want to use it to replace your current PDA...
:eek:

So, for what else would we want it than? :rolleyes: :confused:

[Church Punk]

playing games? :D

[SoS]

It could be a revamped LifeDrive I guess, which wouldnt appeal to some ;)

[applejosh]

Or a new low end Zire-esque model...

[Tam Hanna]

You are all very wrong...LifeDrive s the rightest of directions but its still very wrong too. But stay tuned...I'll have news for you soon!

[DennisOS2]

You are all very wrong...LifeDrive s the rightest of directions but its still very wrong too. But stay tuned...I'll have news for you soon!

You are talking about the worst kept secret, fusion device, that isn't a PDA and isn't a smartphone that Palm is hinting about? Obviously not aimed at the business user.

[Pdaman]

[QUOTE=Tam HannaI'll have news for you soon![/QUOTE]Uuu, sounds quite mysterious :D

[Cyker]

If they do it won't be worth buying I bet; It'll be a token effort against the sea of PPCs. So much so that it'll look and feel like one in use.

I liked Palm better when they were a small company...

[Legodude522]

Ed Colligan in a recent interview by the BBC has stated there will ALWAYS be PDAs around.

And so far the rumor mill says there will be a T|X2 early 2007. Nothing else is known to my knowledge.

Edited to Add: See the thread about the interview here. (http://www.palminfocenter.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31874)[PIC]

[Tam Hanna]

Oops...forgot to add in one thing:

It WONT be from Palm!!!

[Tam Hanna]

Oops...forgot to add in one thing:

It WONT be from Palm!!!

So nope, its not that new rag-tag project, its a real device...

[SoS]

Oops...forgot to add in one thing:

It WONT be from Palm!!!

So nope, its not that new rag-tag project, its a real device...

..err..so a bit OT given the title of the thread..
;)

[GodOwnsAnNX80]

I'll wager that you will see at least one new Palm device in 2007. I'm guessing that there will be a thin Treo (please?) but I wouldn't be suprised to see something else too. I have no insider knowledge, these are just my hunches on Palm as a company. They aren't going to just fold, although they might end up going 100% Windows based in the future.

[holvoetn]

I am hoping for another PDA as well, probably TX2, hoping for TC2 ...

[philpalm]

There will be[U]palm held devices. The me too types of devices include a toy like palm for the kids this Christmas. The founder of Palm is palm in a way and his device is rumored to come out.

Even windows mobile might come out with a palm sized device upgrade. There will be other palmheld mp3 and mp4 devices along with upgraded gaming devices but I guess that is not part of the question.

But I would gladly purchase another palmheld device since the small size makes them fragile, upgradeable and cool to have in your hand....

[rmrd0000]

Re: new Palm handheld
I'm also hoping to see the Great Pumpkin on Halloween.
if Palm can't be direct with it's customer base : Simple question "Are you or are you not releasing a new Palm handheld?" Yes or no. If there is no clear answer then:
1) Wait for UMPCs to become faster and smaller (if the arket doesn't collapse)
2) Buy several TXs or LDs for backup making sure you keep a copy of XP in case the TX and LD drivers for Vista are faulty
3) Buy a laptop
The Palm PDA question provides a good mind exercise. But this formerly loyal Palm addict has recovered to the point that, having gone cold turkey without a new PDA for > 12 months despite comments from folks who were sure the new Palm PDA was just around the corner, I no longer feel obligated to play the Palm guessing game. I'm preparing myself for what options exist to convert my data to another format (or backup Palm) if necessary when we are 2-3 years out without a new Palm PDA and Treo storage space and screen size is lagging.
If Palm cared about it's customers we should have heard some definitive statement by now. The Tucker and the Edsel were innovative, but they crashed and burned

[Tam Hanna]

Hi,
imho, Palm should have made a statement to stop developer erosion, at least...

[Ou_Boet]

As much as I hate to say it, it has to be said. Palm are not going to come out and say that they are not bringing out any more PDAs. That would dent potential sales of exisiting PDAs and possibly drive away developers. So, the most telling thing that Palm is saying, is what they are not saying, and that is "we will launch a new PDA in the new year/spring/summer"

The writing is on the wall. They have abandonned PDAs and will only plug R&D money into Treos. Even the TX appears to me to be a demo of sorts for possible Treos down the line. Sort of a beta product to see if they have refined and sorted out the problems with the NVFS systems etc.

OB

[T3_slider]

Palm is probably a little too late for a lot of people. I was (and still am to a certain extent) a huge Palm fan. I have only owned one Palm device (a T3), but I love it and use it constantly. However, I may have bought a new device if there was anything worthwhile. I'm not as crazy (and rich) as some people here -- I'm not going to buy a new device if it's not really good. I consider my T3 to be really good -- it's very stable, I've never had any major problems with it in the 2 1/2 years I've had it. I had to hard reset exactly once after letting the battery get too low (and then it wouldn't get past the Palm reset screen even after charging). I use some experimental software (overclocking, FullPower, UDMH, etc.), but I've never had any major problems. All resets are software-related (ie the software is not bug-free). The only problems I have with my T3 are the poor battery life and the lack of integrated WiFi (the WiFi card works, but then I can't download much and the battery life is even worse).

Why on earth would I give up my rock-solid T3 for a crappy NVFS device that crashes just because it can't handle memory properly? Because of the lack of innovation from Palm, I'm seriously looking into buying a Zaurus SL-C3200. I love Palm, but with nothing new in quite a while and no serious contenders for my Palm, I'm not waiting forever. I can only wonder how many people like me may be abandoning Palm (actually I intend to still use my Palm for basically the same things I use it for now -- playing games, playing music, and for PIM stuff because Linux isn't really known for PIM applications, but the Zaurus will take over for document handling, web browsing, etc.).

Good luck Palm -- it'll be a long journey to get back on your feet.

[Legodude522]

Hi,
imho, Palm should have made a statement to stop developer erosion, at least...Huh? They made that statement a while back that they were committed to the Palm OS platform and wanted development to continue.

And T|3 Slider, I'm totally on board with you. I love my T|3. I don't want NVFS to slow me down. I have RescoBackup an an SD card. It's better than NVFS! The T|3 got 64mb of REAL RAM.

And the rugged PocketPCs I use at work have an internal flash drive for backup like using an SD card for backup. I believe they were made from iPaqs. (older ones)

[joej2]

Any news, Tam? TX2?

[pruss]

I don't think NVFS is as unstable as it's been made out to be. Apart from some hotsync crashes a while back (and these might have been caused by the software installed; anyway, I generally don't hotsync so I don't really care) and apart from crashes when testing buggy software by me and other third-party developers, I haven't had a crash on my TX in a long time. As far as I can tell, it's rock solid. It's odd. When I first got it, it crashed a fair amount. But in hindsight I think this was probably due to bugs in non-Palm software--perhaps my own!

Right now, when I get a crash, it's pretty clearly linked to something I've installed (and if that software is by me, I'll fix the bug, and if not, I'll delete it--I don't keep unstable software on).

All that said, Palm could, at added mfg cost and battery life expense, have made NVFS absolutely stable and backwards compatible, simply by making the amount of RAM available be equal to the amount of flash storage. No more cache issues then.

[pruss]

Because of the lack of innovation from Palm, I'm seriously looking into buying a Zaurus SL-C3200.

Sad news. Wikipedia says: "In January 2007, it was reported that Sharp would discontinue production of the Zaurus line after February 2007."

[GadgetGuru05]

Sad news. Wikipedia says: "In January 2007, it was reported that Sharp would discontinue production of the Zaurus line after February 2007."

I was going to agree with T3-Slider and now you are coming with this BAD NEWS? :(

Being a Happy Palm user since 1996 (Palm V - UX50 - Treo650) i do hope that Palm respect us as a faithful users to keep their company and name alive and fill their pockets with our $$$. But business is just a Game and they go where the easier money is no matter who theyr real fix customers are.

So, enough is enough and if they dont care about us why would i sit and wait for a train thats already down the hill?
Even a love affair has a limit and sometime is time to say goodbye and move on.

btw, whats wrong with Sharp and Zaurus?

[MD_Brite]

The official word from Sharp is that the Zaurus line will be discontinued, real shame...thay had some of the best PDA's running Linux.