The folks at ChangeWave’s have just published an extremely interesting bit of data: they polled about 400 smartphone buyers on their purchase intentions and current satisfaction.
First of all, RIM and Palm have become extremely unpopular:
When it comes to customer satisfaction, HTC also wins while RIM slips to place six:
Find out more via the URL below:
http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2010/07/smart_phones_20100714.html
TamsPPC started out on a HP device, which still sees good use at Tamoggemon’s accountant. Unfortunately, the company then went on to release a few well-meant but poorly designed and managed devices.
MobileTechWorld now managed to catch that HP was MIA on Andy Lees’s WPC10 slide on Windows Phone 7:
As of this writing, HP itself has not stated anything. However, their purchase of Palm should speak a pretty clear language…
This is a preliminary review, which is being generated on a non-final sample of the PDA32. A full review of the shipping model will follow at a later date!
We compared the PDA32 to a variety of classics yesterday – it’s now time to look at more recent machines.
First of all, a look against the N900. It is the only current device which has somewhat similar proportions:
Our new BlackBerry Storm is a bit smaller, and a lot thinner:
Nokia’s N97 mini is slimmer:
As is Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1:
And the Nokia XM5800:
Finally, a shot next to HP’s ipaq rx4240:
In the end, the statement from the last part of the review also holds true here. Tune in soon to find more about the physical aspects of the device…
Updated – the headline stated webOS instead of Android erroneously. We apologize…
Some time ago, our sister site TamsPPC reported on HP’s plans for an Android tablet. Of course, this was before the buyout of Palm.
DigitalDaily now reports the following:
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Sources in position to know tell me that HP’s Android slate has been delayed and won’t ship before the end of the year as planned.
Why? That’s not entirely clear, but evidently the tablet has been tabled–at least for the time being.
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As of now, not much more is known – stay tuned!
Don’t ask me why, but it looks like the folks at Access’s are slowly but surely starting to get desperate to get at least some brand attention from their purchase of PalmSource Inc.
Long-term Palm heads will probably still remember the legal spat about the text recognition software used on original Palm OS handhelds – after winning it and doing nothing with the IP for ages, the boys now make it available as freeware(!!!) for Android OS.
An email sent out to a Palm OS developer’s newsgroup reads as follows
To everyone who is using Android and remembers fondly the days of PDAs with Graffiti for input, now you can download Graffiti for Android from the Android Market. Install and grab your stylus or just use your finger to enter text, even without looking, just like you did on your first Palm Pilot!
Download for free from the Android Market http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.access_company.graffiti
Now if I could ask a few favors:
1) Have you shipped an Android app that uses text and your users could benefit from Graffiti? Please pass this on and let them know there is an alternative to their current hard or soft keyboard. Or give Graffiti a plug on your site. Email me if you do this and maybe we can quote you in press releases and other marketing, increasing your exposure, too.2) If you like it, give it a good rating and comment. The more stars the better! Then we can release more free apps.
3) If you have suggestions how you have found success marketing your Android apps, I would appreciate your ideas. My boss’ goal for me is to get this up to the >250k downloads level!
Anyone want to risk a bet when Access Co will be declared bankrupt? The writing is on the wall…
Like the Tungsten x420, Palm’s Foleo will forever be one of the more mysterious devices made by the company with the Orange orb. While the first is known to experts only, the other is popular among professionals and non-professionals alike.
Complex.com has now added the device to its “top-10 short-lived gadget” list:
In case you feel like taking a look, hit the URL below:
http://www.complex.com/blog_galleries/ …
This is a preliminary review, which is being generated on a non-final sample of the PDA32. A full review of the shipping model will follow at a later date!
Given that the PDA32 will likely replace a nice bit of aging Palm hardware, I have decided to give you a special size comparison against each and every Palm OS device I could find in my archive.
When it comes to thickness, the PDA32 is hard to beat. A Treo 650 looks slim:
The same can be said of the Treo 680:
Palm’s Centro is a bit smaller, too:
Don’t even get me started on the webOS-powered Pre:
A Palm TX may be similar in size, but also is thinner:
The Palm Tungsten T3 also is slimmer:
Next to the m500:
Finally, a shot next to the Palm IIIc:
In the end, the PDA32 is fat. However, it is insanely ergonomical (one of the most comfortable-to-hold handhelds I ever saw) and very transportable – I had less issues with the box than I initially thought!
Tune in tomorrow for a comparison against our standard roster of devices.
Vision Mobile is one of many “market watchers” – they gather statistics on all kinds of facts related to the (mobile) world. Their latest report looks at developers and their favourite mobile platforms and application stores.
The first chart is the most interesting. It shows which type of developer likes which sales channels:
Chart number 2 shows the time it takes for an app to hit the road:
Find out more at the URL below:
http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2010/07/mobile-developer-economics-taking-applications-to-market/
Given a device as “big” as the Aceeca PDA32, I have decided to give myself at least a few hours worth of hands-on time with the machine to allow my thoughts to settle before writing anything here.
First of all, a proof photo that the machine is real and in my labs. Click it to get the full and unedited version:
Even though this unit is not a final, production unit, it feels very solidly in the hand even though it has but a plastic case. The buttons are pleasant, and the form factor is ergonomic albeit it being extremely “fat”.
Looking back at the device and comparing it to handhelds like Palm’s evergreen IIIc, the PDA32 appears like a very solid and great performer. Of course, its design lacks many niceties which were introduced on later machines – more on that as the review progresses. When compared to today’s devices, the device barely stands a chance.
However, the device’s competitors are non-existent: Palm’s excellent quality control has taken care that most original PalmOS hardware is now in a state of total decay. Thus, a Palm OS head has no real choice – and, if he can live with the fat form factor, will most likely like the device.
As for me, the device has served to awaken beautiful memories of a long-gone past. Memories of a Palm economy where press, software and hardware developers were a small community which knew one another and worked together. Unfortunately, time has moved on…
The PDA32 sample will now face our regular test battery in a preliminary review, and a final sample will pass through the same process in a ceteris paribus fashion.
But these words should have been said in advance…
So far, the Tamoggemon Content Network was completely devoid of Soccer World Cup info. After all, Soccer hasn’t got too much to do with mobile – or has it?
It actually could be the culprit for all kinds of weird network outages on carriers which offer mobile TV services. Hutchison Austria provided us with the chart below, which shows the TV activity over the time of the championship:
I didn’t experience any slowdowns – did you?
All those of you who have been following this blog in order to find out more on a specific, upcoming Palm OS device are advised to take a good look at the video below:
Stay tuned!
Apple fanboys can sometimes behave, well, irrational.
Matt Brenner from unme2 has now sent us the video below:
Take a short look if you feel like a short laugh on Apple fan boys expense…
Big thanks, Matt
Even though our friends from Krusell might not be too well-known among power users, their retail presence among less technically-savvy users is more than on par with our friends and supporters from Proporta.
This allows them to generate interesting atatistics on which phones the “average man on the street” uses – for June, they look as following:
1.(-) Apple iPhone 4
2.(1) Nokia 3720 Classic
3.(4) HTC Desire
4.(3) Apple iPhone 3G
5.(5) Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10
6.(-) Samsung S8500
7.(6) Nokia E52
8.(7) Samsung B2100
9.(2) Nokia 6700 Classic
10.(9) Nokia 2730 Classic
() = Last month’s position.Apple goes straight to the top this month with the release of the iPhone 4. HTC takes the biggest blow with only one model remaining, compared to last month’s three, while Nokia stays strong with four positions out of ten.
-The incredible numbers of units sold in the first few days alone tells us that the iPhone 4 is here to stay. While it seems that Android manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung lost this round, I’m sure they have something up their sleeves to rival the iPhone. Nokia as well, with Symbian^3 and Meego-based units well under way. This will be an interesting last half of 2010 for sure, says Ulf Sandberg, MD at Krusell.
As always – a big thanks to Krusell for providing us with data…
Palm itself never was too talkative when it comes to device sales – you only hear from them when a device passes the million sold mark.
Mobile Business Briefing now shares the following figure, which states that Palm’s US market share fell slightly:
Not much to add here…
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