I originally didn’t want to post anything about Jeff Hawkins Treo usage article. However, I received some insider information on how other Palm employees use their Treo and thus feel compelled to make the following notes:
First of all, Jeff seems to actively use third party applications(I don’t actively use more apps than he does) – this is a difference between him the Palm employees I spoke with. They stick to only the bundled apps, and maybe one of two AstraWare games(Bejeweled being very popular). So, Jeff is a “regular user” – although his device is probably hand-selected from hundreds of devices to pick out the one with the least problems. Also, it is very possible that his Treo 700p has a few custom, Palm-internal patches to improve performance…
Many users on PalmInfoCenter mentioned that Treo users seem to use the advanced features of their phones much more than “dumb-phone” or Series 60 users do. The reason for this is simple: while a Sony Ericsson T68i could theoretically do email, the client was so bad that getting even shortest emails was a terrible pain in the hide. Listening to MP3′s or watching videos also is much more fun on a Treo due to the inherent advantages of a big touchscreen.
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