Recent content by curlinmerlin

I'm basing that on people I know who switched to HTC from Treo's. I could well be wrong, but in the big picture I think it doesn't really matter. I don't see how Palm can thrive as a phone designer building WM phones, with Apple as a major new player taking the bulk of new customers. IMHO HTC...

If Palm loses 85% of their market (i.e. everyone except the 'power users' jumps ship) then Palm as we know it today will likely cease to exist. Maybe Palm could survive as a hardware firm building Windows Mobile compatible handsets in competition with the Taiwanese, but they would have to cut...

iPhone put Palm in the position of grabbing their ankles. Palm has been coasting since the Treo 600, having failed to innovate with their own OS which now looks absolutely ancient compared to the iPhone. You seem to forget PalmOS doesn't even have decent mail, wont' sync with the latest...

Count me in, Apple. :) I can't wait to ditch this ugly, buggy Treo 650 for a beautiful iPhone. I only hope that I can hold on until June! I can live without 3G and a removable battery if I get to escape the living hell that is PalmOS. I'd be more than happy with Apple Mail as I'm sick of...