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What a Palm device ought to be ...

This is my version of what a Palm device oight to be:

The Palm device should have the following:

- An ability to upgrade it's Palm OS

- Run on a Intel Xcale processor

- Lots of memory with at least 256MB (minimum). Don't bother if you're coming out with stupid 16MB of memory. When you're adding maps for GPS receivers, it comes in handy.

- Support Graffiti (cause I like it and it's quicker than stupid little small buttons like the Blackberry)

- Have built-in WiFi

- Support standard ports like i.e. USB, SD, CompactFlash etc.

- Color screen with 64000 colors.

Anyone coming out with this device, will grab the Palm market.

Any votes?

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Where's my Coupon?

Yeah, I'll run out an get one when the price at Staples is under $250.

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Ideally, it should also run errands and buy sushi for me, wash the dishes and posses the ability to fix my kitchen sink. Oh, and its phone range should allow me to contact another alien being from the other side of the universe should my business expands that far.



In reality, I've sort of lost interest in 'the ultimate PDA for me' bit altogether (although I still use mine) and I really don't know what to get should anything bad happen to my current one.

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Re: What a Palm device ought to be ...

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Run on a Intel Xcale processor

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Re: Re: What a Palm device ought to be ...

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[...] On the back would be the openings for the cellphone SIM, the removable battery pack, and the processor upgrade module.
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If you're going to break the surly bounds of possibility, break them good and hard!

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Re: Re: Re: What a Palm device ought to be ...

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And obviously this is with the cold fusion battery which lasts like a watch cell (life measured in years) despite being able to run real-time HDTV with 24/96 6.1 surround, right?

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Don't be silly, we'd use an alcohol fuel cell, running off vodka, tequila, rum, or single-malt scotch.

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Don't be silly, we'd use an alcohol fuel cell, running off vodka, tequila, rum, or single-malt scotch.

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Oh, I can see it now, I have to give my PDA a breathalyzer test before using it to make sure it doesn't mix up appointments or phone numbers. Instead how about it runs of the fumes from the vodka, tequila, etc. You blow on it and it runs for ten minutes per blow.

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On the subject of power

How about just kinetic power. Then all you do is shake it real hard when doing processor intensive stuff.

It'll be great if it buys sushi.


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Oh, I can see it now, I have to give my PDA a breathalyzer test before using it to make sure it doesn't mix up appointments or phone numbers. Instead how about it runs of the fumes from the vodka, tequila, etc. You blow on it and it runs for ten minutes per blow.

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OK, what happened to that post?

I could have sworn I already posted this link, for you scurvy pranksters who think I'm joking about alcohol fuel cells...

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-960823.html

Apart from the ultra-hi-res borderless display, and the unlikely battery life even with a fuel cell, I expect to see something from Sony with close to the specs I listed [1] by 4Q04, maybe sooner.

And a fuel-cell-powered PDA with a color screen and monochrome "battery" life before then.

[1] PCMCIA-card size, 320x320 display, memory stick, 16M RAM, 16-32M flash with a flash-based VFS, and probably a 40-70 MHz OMAP processor running PalmOS 6 and native ARM built-in apps... faster than an OS5 unit runs OS3-5 apps.

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Re: OK, what happened to that post?

Yup, I know about it, and I know you're not partly kidding, but since I've actually lost interest in this subject already, I might as well make crude jokes about it.

Seriously, fuel cell for a PDA would be nice, but I just hope that it won't leak and spill in my pocket.

Now, more importantly, someone should invent a PDA that gets me sushi. I don't care if it goes to Japan to do it, as long as it gets the job done.

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I could have sworn I already posted this link, for you scurvy pranksters who think I'm joking about alcohol fuel cells...

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-960823.html

Apart from the ultra-hi-res borderless display, and the unlikely battery life even with a fuel cell, I expect to see something from Sony with close to the specs I listed [1] by 4Q04, maybe sooner.

And a fuel-cell-powered PDA with a color screen and monochrome "battery" life before then.

[1] PCMCIA-card size, 320x320 display, memory stick, 16M RAM, 16-32M flash with a flash-based VFS, and probably a 40-70 MHz OMAP processor running PalmOS 6 and native ARM built-in apps... faster than an OS5 unit runs OS3-5 apps.

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Re: Re: OK, what happened to that post?

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Now, more importantly, someone should invent a PDA that gets me sushi. I don't care if it goes to Japan to do it, as long as it gets the job done.

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Diddo on the flexible screen

Eventually, the use of dynamic, interative paper that's brilliant, animate, and as cheap as today's 8 1/2 by 11, and most importantly foldeable and creasable, will replace the need for conventional screens. For now though, many companies have already made flexible LCDs. Its only a matter of making them cheaper.