Palm Treo 700p
This is a piece by Joe Nocera, business columnist of the NY Times:
September 8, 2007
Talking Business
The Case of the Subpar Smartphone
By JOE NOCERA
My Treo died.
It happened about three weeks ago, and I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. I bought a Treo 700p in early January and have had buyer’s remorse pretty much ever since.
The 700p, of course, is a member of the Palm smartphone family; it’s the one that uses the Palm operating system (the 700w uses Windows). I chose it because I was a longtime user of the Palm Pilot, and had all my data already stored on the Palm application on my computer. In other words, it was the kind of completely rational technology decision we nongeeks tend to make — and then, sadly...
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September 8, 2007
Talking Business
The Case of the Subpar Smartphone
By JOE NOCERA
My Treo died.
It happened about three weeks ago, and I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. I bought a Treo 700p in early January and have had buyer’s remorse pretty much ever since.
The 700p, of course, is a member of the Palm smartphone family; it’s the one that uses the Palm operating system (the 700w uses Windows). I chose it because I was a longtime user of the Palm Pilot, and had all my data already stored on the Palm application on my computer. In other words, it was the kind of completely rational technology decision we nongeeks tend to make — and then, sadly...
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The above illustrates why I use my wonderful Motorola E815 as a PHONE! No need for, or interest in, all of the battery-power-sucking gingerbread that seems to be the motivation for so much phone switching an one upmanship.
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