Palm Announces the Pre
Infra-red port?
nickm81 said:
Does anyone know if this phone will have an infrared port? I didn't see it listed on the specs on Palm's site, but I can't imagine a Palm phone not having one, especially with such a large realtor userbase.
Just a guess at this point, but I would say no. If it turns out that its not there it might anger some Palm fans, but I would guess most won't care because of Bluetooth and WiFi.
Please pardon my ignorance, but what hardware do realtors use that requires infrared? Key boxes? I'm sure a Bluetooth version exists, or will shortly.
In fact, it was stillborn in the US. It never gained any real traction among consumers here. In Europe, it did gain some, but was quickly replaced by Bluetooth there... long ago.
If the real-estate industry made that much of an investment in infrared expecting it to be around in phones forever, that was just plain dumb. Anyone with a clue following the technology could see that infrared was completely doomed three years ago.
Don't get me wrong. I don't blame realtors. I love my realtor. I blame the people who provide this lockbox solution. If they didn't see this coming, they are completely incom...
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