Paul,
Think you summed it up right on the spot.
If Palm releases OS 6 with the limitations imposed for developers it will surely remove one of the power points that Palm PDA's used to own and that is freedom/power to develop unique, compact and powerful apps. We were limited by our imagination.
My hunch is still that Palm will exit the PDA market and develop OS 6 focused solely on smart phones to compete with the Windows CE market. The idea behind limiting and "tightening" down the OS would be a marketing point for smart phones in that the OS itself is stable and functions within VERY tight specifications. I surely hope I'm wrong with this.
In the past around this time of the year we had rumors and early pictures of next generation Palm models but nothing so far.
No matter which PDA you go with there are Pro's/Con's. However I think that Palm's direction is unclear and not very supportive of the existing user community who have helped keep the company afloat by positive word of mouth.
I've been a Palm owner since the days of the original Palm I and would much prefer to remain loyal to the product but what I see is lack of direction and very odd business decisions which only result in pain for the paying customer.
I'm not trying to convince anyone that one PDA OS is better than another but wanted to see if I was not the only with concerns.
-KimH
