Wait For LifeDrive

[HenryHowards]

If you are planning on getting the LifeDrive but you just barely have the money then wait.I can not give out to much info besides that there will be a special "add-on" to the LifeDrive, the actual price of the device will not lower but we will be adding on something special,so wait if you can. Thank You,
Henry Howards

[technical1]

Henry,

You are doing a big service to potential buyers & thereby show you are a good person.
In this spirit, please pass on the following input; because there are so many people who are echoing this stuff that I've seen on various fora on the net.

Tell your bosses & anyone who'll listen that there is a lot of confusion about the 64Mb of base memory - is it DRAM or a partition of the hard disk? Also MAJOR POINT: if someone gets a Hard reset from using new software that causes a conflict & the whole 4gb gets wiped then it makes the LD a no-deal. I saw this from others on the fora here & I heartily agree. It defeats the whole purpose of what a handheld has come to mean to a user. I switched from a HandEra 330 (very well thought out) to a T3 & didn't even dream of not getting an SD so I could backup onto it w/out having to wait to return home to my pc to do a restore (or even have a backup on hand so I could beta test s/w or have a backup to depend when troubleshooting) even though it meant spending even more $ to replace my CF card w/an SD card.

The LD seems to be more of a way for P1 to compete w/iPOD and have a 'power user' PDA carved into it (with serious faults) than creating a viable upgrade to the T3. The T5 w/no voice recorder or vibrate alert & faulty new file system doesn't cut it; so why would I put my 'life' onto 4gb of traumatic crash waiting to happen?

Also, let them know that the T3's battery issue & digitizer drift are big problems & should both be fixed - one w/having a user replaceable battery (like cell phones) & the other w/plain good old good engineering. Oh, & let them know that the policy of having the offshore customer support people who sound like they don't speak the language & are barely understandable & who point fingers at the user or 3d party software or anything else but a problem w/the unit itself is just stupid. The folks at P1 pretty much have a monopoly, but caustic customer service will cause people to go elsewhere i.e. the dark side of Windoze.

Or consider the fact that a cottage industry of battery replacements has been created ever since the T3 has had such battery problems & why is there software that is made to underclock the processor so that battery life can be saved?

[luvzmutt]

Will whatever this "special feature" is be available for those of us who already have a LD to purchase by itself?

[HenryHowards]

Techniacal, I am very sorry but I can not just listen to everone's problems about the unit,and i can not fix them if i did.Please I did not come to this forum to be asked qustions like "why should I put my life on the line if it's going to crash".If you don't perfer a PalmOne product that's fine with me.I am not here to be asked qustions e that. As for the "Special Feature",Yes you will be able to buy this seperately

Thank you. Henry Howards

[Truth]

henry - how can you work as an engineer for p1 and be based in Baltimore, MD? Shouldn't you be based in CA to be effective?

[MunchkinsDad]

And he is only 14 yrs old? unless it is a typo.... :eek:

[RobertJSawyer]

Congratulations on becoming a PalmOne engineer at the age of 14, Henry! (Your user profile gives your birthdate as April 24, 1991.) :)

[HenryHowards]

That is a typo,Quite funny actually i am actually 27,And yes i live in LosAngeles but i didn't really bother filling the registry in the rite way. (I am not the type of person to fill out a registry correctly)

[Sharkk717]

Mr. Howards,

I was going to buy one this afternoon. Can you please tell me the nature of the upgrade and will it be available after I buy? Is it something to do with the memory?

regards, sharky

[GadgetGuru]

I believe the upgrade might be the usb-on-the-go. That is still unofficial and hence can't be mentioned by anyone at Palm1.

[Lance6X]

The USB On the Go Box, a device that connects between the LifeDrive and a digital camera is coming out in June. I'm guessing this will be the free add-on Mr. Howard is alluding to.

http://www.1src.com/headlines/show/001061.html

http://www.pdamexico.net/content/view/1342/1/

[foghead]

That is a typo,Quite funny actually i am actually 27,And yes i live in LosAngeles but i didn't really bother filling the registry in the rite way. (I am not the type of person to fill out a registry correctly)
350 miles is still a long way to commute ...

[CliePet]

> If you are planning on getting the LifeDrive

and you believe anything on this thread -- please read this thread
http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87647

Draw your own conclusions on the claims made by "Henry Howards"