Palm OS handhelds have a vgery common problem-when they “ship”, they are almost empty. A m505 could do a load of cool things..but only if you had the CD that accompanied it. Same thing valid for Tungsten T and buddies. While this is great for the customers, it hinders Palm’s sales, as people in a “store display” usually dont have access to the CD’s apps:
Bundled apps on CD are worthless apps
Don’t pull a TT with ALP, please
So, we covered the problem a few months ago. and now, the big dudes from CNET confirm our coverage, as Tom Krazit writes about how the Palm OS is missing the multimedia boat.
One of his core points of complain is that a Palm OS handheld cannot run Java applets natively when taken out of the box. Users need to install Websphere from IBM(free download), but, um, ok, it isnt in the ROM, so it isnt there.
And indeed, a customer who tries out a Treo 650 at a stand will not see the program, as the unit in the stand will probably be hardresetted once a week or so-without any possibility for a restore!
Overall, Palm, please do us all a favor, and burn a Java VM into the ROM area of the upcoming Treo 700p. It would be too kind, thank you!
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