Palm read the future, saw need for new leadership

Do users care about the OS? To a certain extent - but I think that has to do with usability, not what is behind the scenes. My concern with Palm is that there is no creativity, no thinking outside the box, like they have done in the past. Here is a company that put great and innovative products together for years, and then just seemed to stall, IMO. We're getting more Treos, but we're not getting better apps, better UI, more features on the device - such as a better camera, wifi, etc. It's repurposed Treo tech, put in a slight hardware change. When they started shipping Treos with Windows Mobile, they became just another hardware device manufacturer. And look at what has happened from the other companies since the Treo 700w was released. All kinds of new devices on the market and many of them with better features.

Palm was in such a great position to make a cool, easy to use, device that had some coolness to it, like the iPhone. But there is nothing happening with the Palm OS at this point, and little happening with the hardware. It's tough to watch this happen to such a great company.

The Foleo is sort of an example of thinking outside the box, but I think they just missed it. I know you like that device, but it's not cool looking. It's clunky to use. And there is little software that will run on it. Not to mention that Email doesn't work on it without it being paired with a Treo (only a newer Treo, too). Another opportunity to break the mold and create a neat device, and I think they missed it.

The thing is, recently they've been hiring all these people, Marc from Chatter and the iPod designer guy, but it's gonna take some time until these moves pay off. I do think there's something amazing coming down the road. The negativity in the meantime is really getting annoying. I know a year is forever in IT, but it might be worth it.

And I can't wait to get a Foleo! I probably won't be buying it till September sometime, unless I just can't wait. :-)