Comments on: Palm Forums “will debut in early January” http://martin.cleaver.org/blog/2006/12/21/palm-forums-will-debut-in-early-january/ "Ideas are like Raindrops!" Martin on Web 2.0, Wiki, Conceptmapping, Middleware and Organisations Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: Martin Cleaver http://martin.cleaver.org/blog/2006/12/21/palm-forums-will-debut-in-early-january/#comment-2234 Martin Cleaver Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:33:49 +0000 http://martin.cleaver.org/blog/2006/12/21/palm-forums-will-debut-in-early-january/#comment-2234 http://forums.palm.com/palm/search?board_id=windows_hotsync&submitted=true&q=2007 shows 77 forum threads about this topic. In http://forums.palm.com/palm/board/message?board.id=windows_hotsync&message.id=11386&view=by_date_ascending&page=1 I find it just astonishing that a company as professional as Palm could leave this problem unsolved for so long. There is a solution, just that we, the consumers, are being asked to pay for Palm's tardiness. I call to Palm to offer a heavy (>70%) subsidy on the 3rd party solution. (PocketMirror) The total cost of ownership of this device is already higher than competing products. I'd urge Palm to not just ignore this problem, for we all have a lifetime of purchases ahead of us and it is Palm's reputation at stake. http://forums.palm.com/palm/search?board_id=windows_hotsync&submitted=true&q=2007 shows 77 forum threads about this topic.

In http://forums.palm.com/palm/board/message?board.id=windows_hotsync&message.id=11386&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

I find it just astonishing that a company as professional as Palm could leave this problem unsolved for so long. There is a solution, just that we, the consumers, are being asked to pay for Palm’s tardiness.

I call to Palm to offer a heavy (>70%) subsidy on the 3rd party solution. (PocketMirror)

The total cost of ownership of this device is already higher than competing products.

I’d urge Palm to not just ignore this problem, for we all have a lifetime of purchases ahead of us and it is Palm’s reputation at stake.

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