Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:13:07 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:02:46, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 09:01:44, bryan whitby wrote: > >>With the excellent chess programs now available for the Pocket PC and Palms, >>have Novag and Saitek both blown it by releasing monochrome touch screen chess >>computers or will the price facture save them ? > > >These dedicated units have absolutely no future. > >Too late. The Palms are much better for a price only slightly higher. > Whether it MAKES SENSE to buy them (it doesn't, I agree) versus whether enough people WILL buy them are two different things. I guess the developing companies must think that there will be enough buyers to justify the development costs, despite the smarter choice of Palm + Chess Tiger. (BTW, a used 33 MHz _color_ Palm [or clone] can be bought for well under $150 US.)
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