(and I don’t care what anyone says about Avantgo, it was neat for the time)

I was attracted to the LifeDrive but overall the PalmOS seemed dated and flat compared to the WinMo stuff out at the same time and I almost bought a casio winmo device a few years ago – found it too hard to voluntarily buy Windows though.

The App Store will make a difference because users won’t have to ‘go on the internet and look for stuff’, they’ll tap an icon, log into the store and browse. Managing an AppleID is as hard as managing any username and password (in that most people manage it all the time for Amazon, eBay etc….and my Dad can’t manage his at all)

I’m confident that the experience with the App Store will be positive.

I no tech virgin. I have a LifeDrive I swapped the HD for a CF. I’ve used Palms since the III.

The LifeDrive is the worst PDA experience I’ve ever had. It comes with the PalmOS 5 territory that *exterminated* all the hacks that made the OS *useful*.

All I’ve got on my LD is an OS 3(!) legacy app I need and another app I paid for when I was using a TE.

I have *zero* desire to find new software and try it. Because the overall experience is just garbage.

I’ve written about this overall topic here:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/a-gadget-too-far/

And if you look at some of the Comments, they’re hysterically funny for missing the entire point.

As long as the technoids keep *missing* that point, they’ll bray about “stupid users” and wonder why their “great” apps aren’t selling.