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[Alex Wilson <alex AT awstudios.net>]

On 1/10/07 8:38 AM, "Michael Czeiszperger" <michael AT czeiszperger.org> wrote:

> Has anyone caught Jobs' speech about the iPhone?
> 
> http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/j47d52oo/event/
> 
> The presentation is really compelling, and if it works in practice
> any where close to how it did in the demo they're going to sell tens
> of millions.  Touchscreens can have problems with reliability and
> scratches, so we'll have to see how sturdy the thing is, but damn
> does it a heck of lot!

Very tempting. I think my Treo 650 (and, as importantly, its apps) does what
I want better than the iPhone will when it ships in June. I don't have a
data plan with it, it's more for convergence between PDA and phone.

But I bet by this time next year (with third party hardware and software)
that will no longer be true. A decent chess program, a
dictonary/thesaurus/encyclopedia (wikipedia via tomeraider), DocsToGo or
equiv, and eReader or equiv would HAVE to be in place before I start saving
my money.  The second they do all that and come out with a decent sync-er to
OmniOutliner, my Treo's going to feel like a telegraph.

As it is, I might have to set an EOL date for when to put a self-imposed
purchase freeze on new Palm software and upgrades.

Alex.

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