Mang,
<< Palm should have more experience than anybody in creating a Palm-CDMA-phone since they already have a functional one in the market by Qcom/Kyocera for over one year. >>
You're right. Palm really should have more experience than anybody in creating a Palm-CDMA-phone.
It is unfortunate that the Qualcomm (now Kyocera) "pdq" was just ahead of its time.
kyocera-wireless.com
The device had a good software bundle but had several drawbacks.
- The 800 MHz pdQ smartphone was a dual-mode cellular mobile phone, supporting both CDMA digital and analog operation. The 1900 MHz pdQ smartphone was single-mode PCS mobile phone, supporting CDMA digital operation only. No dual-band, dual-mode phone was manufactured.
- The Palm component had a punky 2MB of RAM
Qualcomm, is now shipping a very powerful 2G multimedia and Bluetooth capable chipset (MSM3300) and associated software toolkit suite that could be incorporated into a Palm or Pocket PC:
qualcomm.com
<< I think Palm will have to co-operate with EPOC to create a GSM-Palm-phone. What do you think ? >>
I think that Palm will indeed cooperate with EPOC, Symbian, or members of the alliance to create a Palm-phone.
We could see some EPOC based CDMA smart phones as well although their focus up front is obviously GSM oriented.
That Psion Series 5 I mentioned, which had GSM connectivity as standard also was supposed to have a future release of a CDMA modem card option. Presumably a data cable can be rigged to use the device with a CDMA phone acting as modem.
Unfortunately their are a lot less data cables and connectivity kits and accessories for CDMA devices than for GSM ones.
I only saw that (Series 5) product in use once, but it made a lasting impression on me. Had it been available in the States at the time I saw it, I probably would have bought it.
From an investment point of view (considering PALM as a LTB&H investment), I am of a mind that the EPOC OS, could possibly put a big dent in PALM market share, and that thought nags at me.
Regards,
- Eric - |
