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 Originally Posted by Brian Stradale
Interesting observation... so, those with the simpler problem (using their own hardware and software that they have already paid for) pay MORE than if they left their own software and hardware idle and instead used server hardware and software. That is indeed a major shift! (In the old days you paid a pretty penny to use the server hardware and software.)
That shift says a lot about the value of the advertising Google can sell by virtue of owning your data (and thus being able to put up ads when you access that data).
So, we as consumers have to make a choice... I personally am happy to pay more to use my own ad-free software without dependence on the web. Many others would rather ignore the ads for "free".
I just hope Palm doesn't forget there's two groups there... because if they do, I'll end up on iPhone or (egad) WinMo. The Google-based option doesn't work for me.
Actually, I think you're focusing too much on Google. The same shift applies to EAS as well.
There is no software with the Pre. You already paid for your own software, but what about a brand new PC owner. What PIM software did they "pay" for? Or the Linux user? How about the person that uses both? The one universal "application" that virtually every internet connected device has (note, I did say virtually, I'm sure there are exception) is a browser. That means that all of those devices can access data (whether it be Exchange, Google Mail, or even GroupWise) over a browser. That's the shift that Palm is following.
I doubt Palm has "forgotten" you, but I suspect you'll have to pay for a third party solution - in this case it sounds like The Missing Sync.
BTW, this is not a new situation. Palm did not have a solution for the Mac originally (that was why The Missing Sync came along). Actually, the didn't even have a solution (originally) to sync with Outlook (which was Pocket Mirror came along). It took Palm a while to see where their market was to decide which products they should license to give away, and which they should leave to third parties.
I guess I'm a little less wrapped up in the "entitlemenet" view, since as a GroupWise user (and thus a small minority group), I almost always had to pay extra for a solution (Intellisync). It was only when Novell began including GroupWise Mobile Server with their GroupWise systems that I got an "entitlement".
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