Treo Memory Survey
Following my post yesterday about the "Treo 650 Memory Debate" and considering the heated discussions that ensued both here and elsewhere, I thought that it might be appropriate to conduct a small survey to shed some more light on the matter.
While it is true that there are not yet enough Treo 650 owners out there to provide us with a good idea of how pervasive the memory issue might be, I feel that a very good indication of it can be provided by the combined experience of existing Treo 600 owners (who are also likely going to be among the first to want to upgrade to the Treo 650).
Here's a short survey intended to shed some light on this issue as well as to provide you and your fellow Treonauts an opportunity to learn more about our shared experiences using the Treo, its applications and memory. (Please note that people who do not currently own a Treo should only complete the first and last questions).
Comments
I'm not sure why folks who don't currently own Treos aren't permitted to answer more questions. It would seem to me that we can contribute to an understanding of the extent to which users of PalmOS PDAs use many applications, fill our internal memory and use SD cards, too. If PalmOne is only hoping Treo 600 users will buy the 650, then I can understand the restriction. But since they are hoping any user of a PalmOS device (and others!) will buy the latest Treo, doesn't it make sense to ask these questions of a wider array of people, say of all those who intend to or are thinking about buying the T650?
Don't forget the old ones in here, the owners of Treo 180/270/300!
How about instead of 64MB we just have Palm upgrade the OS to be able to launch apps from the SD card. I've got a 1GB card now, and I'm going to switch to the 2GB as soon as they're out.
Yeah, some of us still have our treo 300s. Do not forget your ancestry!
Ditto on the Treo 300 concerns with this poll. I also use a 300, but decided not to submit my vote for fear of skewing the results.
For what it's worth, the 16 Mb on my Treo 300 has been adequate except for one time, but with the enhanced functionality of the 650, I would think that the memory would need to be greater than 32 Mb.
A major problem is not all apps can be run off of a card or do so with reduced functionality. ie notifications. I would expect that future Treos would have a base of 64MB with the high end units having 256MB.
BTW the new 1.08 update saves me about 1MB. YMMV.
I would really like to see the Treo 650 with 1 GB of internal memory. I would be willing to pay extra for a Memory Upgrade.
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