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 Originally Posted by aero
Laravia,
The pre is pitched as a convergence device. I am circumspect on the battery, it is a difficult compromise given the empahis on form factor. But the competition is iPhone, which with everyone I know does replace their ipod. That is why Palm pitches Pre as a convergence device with the implicit replacement of your mp3 player.
"Convergence" is an amoeba word that means different things to different people. I interpret convergent as meaning "capable of playing any type or many types of media," but more than a few people on the forum interpret it as "capable of playing all of your media." Personally, I 80/20 my media selection for my Centro, meaning that I put the 20% of the music I listen to 80% of the time on my 8GB card, and use a PMP for the rest. The Centro is my default music device, since I have a replacement battery, but when I really need that other less listened-to music, the Creative is there.
Honestly, unless Palm is offering to buy the product for me, I couldn't care less how they pitch it (or in this case, Roger McNamee, not Palm in general). I buy products based on how the satisfy my requirements, not how they're marketed. I purchased the Centro because it can fit in my front pocket, not because it's positioned to a "youth market" that I'm not a part of.
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