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To: StockDung who wrote (61358)	10/25/2000 4:03:36 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

>>Do you think that the current processors, DragonBall CPU's 16mhz and 20mhz are no adequate to address the processing needs of the very efficient Palm OS?<< You can never have too much speed, ever. With new apps and new Springboards on the horizon, I see this as a device that will last a long time before it's "too slow." Message 14490841 >>Do you see the quality issues that have been observed by HAND users to be myths? If you bothered to read the user comments you see would that HAND's customers service (a component of Total Quality) was very much a concern.<< NO, I bitch and complain about computer equipt I buy. Read the message boards on the Palm sites, people bitch and complain about Palm Pilots too. Message 14642851 >>Build quality was also a concern of the users, the quality of materials used, the difference between the screens, the softer plastic of the screens and their likeliness to get scratched, and the problems associated with the modifications to the implementation of the Palm OS.<< All PDA's screens are susceptible to scratches, that's why they make these: Message 14642624 >>HAND is making a Clone of the Palm Pilots, with modifications. These modifications are not very significant, nor is the extra speed of a faster processor. HAND professes that the springboard is a significant improvement over the standard Palm. Why? For $250 dollars I can buy the MP3 player that plugs into the Handspring, but for the same price I can buy a nicer MP3 specific unit that goes anywhere, and has more memory.<< Ya, and Dell was a clone of the IBM PC. IBM and DELL both used Windows. MP3 Player, I use a RIO, to each his own. >>That is the problem with the springboard, its an expansion slot yes, but if you want the moble internet, you can not play the MP3s at the same time as the modem is plugged in, and you have a little module to hang onto. Can you Cheeky, justify the purchase of a MP3 player springboard module over a dedicated unit.<< Why the hang up on the MP3 player? That's only one module, MP3 is geared to the younger generation, my Springboard Module on my wish list is: Six Pack Combo store.innogear.com Land Line Modem Cellular Phone Port Voice Recorder Memory Upgrade Silent "Vibe" Alert Silent "Flashing LED" Alert (All in one module) Also looking at the Visor phone. >>It's the opinion of the TruthSeeker, that overall structure and management team of Handspring (HAND) is 1. Not of the caliber of a world class manufacturing team 2. Brought the company IPO too soon after its formation and shipping of product 3. Is bloated with Marketing types, and not manufacturing types. 4. Jeffry Hawkins, (the guy who supposed thought of handheld organizers all by his lonesome, as if the Sharp Wizard never existed harharhar), has little clue on what to do next, The guys creative blub has its filament busted, he certainly is not leading the pack. His creative genius now seems to be comprised of the inspired modification of the Palm device, consists of a wildly inspired "expansion port". Hawkins' vision of the handheld now is a small easy to use device with tons of complicated proprietary gadgets that must be carried in the accessory bag. Any evidence that Hawkins is not a one hit wonder?????? << Humm..read these: fastcompany.com >>I know you thing that being critical of a company that is poorly managed is not cool, if you think their products are cool, but it more important for me to look at the stock when the profits run cold.<< I don't fall in love with stocks, lost too much money doing that, I said the stock was getting ahead of itself, don't you read my posts? I believe the company has the team and vision to make this thing fly. >>By the way, have your heard of the Ipaq yet? << YEP Message 14396914 Message 14585874 You are talking to a guy who seen the Compaq Aero in a magazine article back in 94, (this is the sub-note-book computer) and I bought one just because it was so cute. I have followed the IPAQ since it was first announced on the Compaq web site >>Again, Cheeky Kid are you a buyer of HAND as long term investment? << If I had the extra cash, I would wait for a pull back before I bought the stock. For the record, I have never owned HAND.

To: StockDung who wrote (61358)	10/26/2000 2:41:59 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 122087

You said: >4. Jeffry Hawkins, (the guy who supposed thought of handheld organizers all by his lonesome, as if the Sharp Wizard never existed harharhar), has little clue on what to do next, The guys creative blub has its filament busted, he certainly is not leading the pack. His creative genius now seems to be comprised of the inspired modification of the Palm device, consists of a wildly inspired “expansion port”. Hawkins’ vision of the handheld now is a small easy to use device with tons of complicated proprietary gadgets that must be carried in the accessory bag. Any evidence that Hawkins is not a one hit wonder?????? < _____________________________________ June 98 fastcompany.com >Where do people who design breakthrough products find their inspiration? That question goes to the heart of both creativity and entrepreneurial success. For Jeff Hawkins, the visionary behind the PalmPilot, the answer doesn't start with handheld computers. It starts with something more powerful than a computer: the human brain. Hawkins loves the PalmPilot. And he is excited about the future of the fast-growing market that he created. But he is obsessed with the workings of the human brain. We asked him to explain his research into cognition - "brain stuff," as he calls it. "My fascination with cognition and neurobiology - the physical basis of human intelligence - goes back almost 20 years. In fact, in January 1986, I abandoned my business career to pursue that interest full-time. I enrolled in a graduate-level biophysics program and began searching for a theoretical understanding of what our brains do and how they work. "I had two big insights that eventually related to my work at Palm Computing. The first had to do with memory. People love to make comparisons between computers and the brain. But the brain is not at all like a digital computer. It has no processor, no software, no random-access memory. Your brain uses a type of memory called auto-associative memory. Auto-associative memory can generalize, fill in missing pieces of information, and work well with incomplete and even inaccurate data. "Research in auto-associative memory has remained obscure to computer people because they haven't seen how to apply it. What I figured out was how to apply auto-associative memories to temporal data - data that varies over time. That's what the brain does. The 'pattern recognizer' used in Graffiti ( the PalmPilot's handwriting-recognition software ) is based on the mathematics used in auto-associative memory. "My second insight involved understanding - that is, how we know something. 'Intelligent systems' don't just act; they anticipate. They make predictions about their environment. And auto-associative memories are good at helping us do that. "My ultimate goal is to build a new industry around silicon-based, temporal, auto-associative memories. Products that incorporate these memories will understand the world much as you and I do." < ________________________________ Seems like he has some pretty interesting ideas. I guess starting Handspring was a spur of the moment decision? Seems to me like this guy is a visionary. Watch these guys man: handspring.com handspring.com They have the brains and vision to change the face of handheld computing, maybe even the face of computing in general! You really need to do more research dood.