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Originally Posted by gage006
I've been saying forever that if Research in Motion came out with a touch screen Blackberry with the keyboard in tact they'd have a hit. Glad to see Palm is going to own that space instead.
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Samsung keeps trying to make winmo phones with that formfactor but winmo just blows so much they dont seem to get any traction. So there's more to it than the form factor- the OS has to not suck. Palm has known how to make a touch screen OS forever now- not sure RIM figured it out yet with that storm based on all the complaints....
As far as winmo verizon has had the saga for over a year now, att has had the epix(i think that's what they call it...) for longer, and sprint is now rolling out the interpid. Overseas there's a gsm model that I think predates them all - maybe the i880?
So samsung has been trying (actually i wonder if samsung is attempting to fill the void that palm left by abandoning winmo treo's or if maybe samsungs forays at all factored in to why palm decided to bail on winmo treo's as soon as they did before webos phones are availible all over.)
I can't for the life of me figure out why HTC hasn't made their own winmo touchscreen with a front facing keyboard- I wonder if their deal with Palm to make the winmo treos how some non-compete clause. HTC has non-touch treo like phones and tons of touch screens but none with both.
To me- the treo/centro/pixi form factor is perfection. I'd tweak the keyboard for sure, I'd prefer a larger screen on the pixi, and probably would like wifi too. But the form factor probably over rides any reservations on those other things.