In article <[email protected]>,
SMS <[email protected]> wrote:

> Todd Allcock wrote:
> > At 30 Jun 2007 17:22:49 -1000 Mitch wrote:
> >
> >>> Except it isn't a PDA!
> >> In what way?
> >
> > It handles PIM data, yes, but a modern PDA is expected to open, edit, and
> > sync with desktop documents and sync with corporate e-mail. Hell, any
> > low-end Nokia can store contacts and calendar items and we don't call
> > them PDAs.
>
> It lacks most of the PDA functionality, and Apple seems intent on
> keeping it that way, with good reason. Allowing native applications to
> run on it would affect the stability of the platform, something Apple is
> extremely concerned about.
>
> I've run many applications on Windows Mobile, and the Palm OS, and
> several have been unstable and crashed the device. Of course the damage
> isn't permanent, you just reboot and don't use that application any more.
>
> It's a web browser, phone, and iPod. It's a cool device for what it is,
> I don't understand the desperation by some to turn it into something
> it's not. When the 3G version comes out, if WiMax isn't pervasive by
> then, it'll hit the mainstream.
>
> For all the hype, they didn't sell out in Silicon Valley on Friday. You
> could still buy them in the Apple Store at Valley Fair on Saturday.

You can't read much into it not selling out. If the rumors are true,
they made 3M of the things up front and are stuffing a million of them
into the channel. Nobody expected them to sell *that* many right away.

I suspect what happened is that the hardware was done awhile ago, and
the phone was waiting on the software. So, Apple took the opportunity to
make a lot of the things and actually get out ahead of demand, for once.

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about him is that I read three--three or four books about him last year. Isn't
that interesting?"
- George W. Bush to reporter Kai Diekmann, May 5, 2006

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 30 Jun 2007 17:22:49 -1000 Mitch wrote:
>
>>> Except it isn't a PDA!
>> In what way?
>
> It handles PIM data, yes, but a modern PDA is expected to open, edit, and
> sync with desktop documents and sync with corporate e-mail. Hell, any
> low-end Nokia can store contacts and calendar items and we don't call
> them PDAs.

It lacks most of the PDA functionality, and Apple seems intent on
keeping it that way, with good reason. Allowing native applications to
run on it would affect the stability of the platform, something Apple is
extremely concerned about.

I've run many applications on Windows Mobile, and the Palm OS, and
several have been unstable and crashed the device. Of course the damage
isn't permanent, you just reboot and don't use that application any more.

It's a web browser, phone, and iPod. It's a cool device for what it is,
I don't understand the desperation by some to turn it into something
it's not. When the 3G version comes out, if WiMax isn't pervasive by
then, it'll hit the mainstream.

For all the hype, they didn't sell out in Silicon Valley on Friday. You
could still buy them in the Apple Store at Valley Fair on Saturday.



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