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原来的PALMOS产品基本上不会有系统性的升级,,即使是ROM改进也相当有限.而且新的技术提升多数不会应用在旧款机器上.如果你有一只旧机器,又想使用改善后的新的性能,只能换机(这一点在Treo680上比较明显,Treo680是速度最慢的一款机器,尽管随后的Centro在内存管理方面有了很大改进,但是相关的改进并没有在680的新ROM里出现.如果你对680的一些系统缺点不满意的话,.只能换机器)
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C% |: `$ o/ G2 W: g, Y o' ^而目前看PALM将在PRE上采取与目前Apple在iPhone上类似的做法,即在一定时间里系统升级的时候会同时为旧机器提供升级的可能,而且这个将会是免费的.当然旧机器的ROM不一定可以一直升级下去.目前PALM只估算了2年的情况.这对于一个新的系统平台来说,是非常重要的..
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从一份内部文件中可以看到这一点.(参见附件)% s0 ]0 `3 z3 y% u2 ^* V
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After PalmWebOS.org posted some internal Palm documents,the story's been making the rounds that Palm is planning on accountingfor the Pre on a subscription basis (much like Apple does) and so theywon't "realize" the revenue from Pre sales right away. This is trueand very good news, as it means that Pre owners will benefit from freeOS updates including what could potentially be significant featureupgrades for up to two years after they purchase the phone. Whethersuch features upgrades will actually come is another matter (Palm'shistory on this is pretty poor, but they have turned over a new leaf).
; m5 s, {7 F+ \! l6 J We actually reported this very news back on March 2nd at PreCentral.net,when discussing Palm's preliminary Q3 numbers (the final numbers willbe reported any minute now). The notable portion goes a little likethis:9 C' A. F/ O2 J
Finally, if you werehoping for a gigantic revenue bump at the launch of the Palm Pre, thinkagain. Since Palm intends on offering free feature updates to thewebOS, they will need to account for the income the Pre generates overa 2 year cycle (similar to how Apple accounts for the iPhone) insteadof at the moment of sale.
2 R7 n! t2 l# M In other words, Palm's balance sheet revenues(thanks John in the comments!) will continue to look fairly grim eventhough they're selling plenty of Pre Phones and are benefiting from thecash those sales bring in. Just an FYI to you stock watchers out there.
2 t$ p- Q" P/ _# S. z! [ Justas important as the free updates is this: those updates will happenwill be easy. Way back in January at CES, I asked Palm about whetherOS updates would be as convoluted, hard to install, and infrequent asthey were on PalmOS devices like the Treo 700p. The Palm rep smiled,shook his head, and said "Those days are over." It's not clear thatPalm has nailed down the details yet, but users should be alerted tonew updates over the air (and some updates may even be applied over theair), and larger updates should be fairly simple to apply. |
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