[pct-l] Pocketmail changing business model

[cvano at tmail.com]

When I was first planning to go cruising, I was seriously looking at 
Pocketmail.  Then I found the T-mobile Sidekick.  Its smaller, lighter, 
about the same price, and is also a cell phone, camera, and web browser 
as well as e-mail device.  I'm typing on it now.  You have all this 
anytime you have cell coverage, and though it has a qwerty keyboard, it 
is smaller.  I use a thunb on one hand and the index finger of the 
other.  Its not so small you need a stylus.  I do make a lot of typos 
though, and I have to have my glasses on to see the screen.  Screen is 1 
1/2 X 2 7/8.  The whole device is 2 1/2 X 5 1/4 X 1, don't know what it 
weighs in ounces, but I think its similar or lighter than the Pocketmail 
device but it does need some kind of charger, home, car, or solar.  Also 
this is a Sidekick II and is obsulete.  They have a couple of new ones 
now.  I love it, and have been using it almost exclusivly now for over 4 
years.  Need a new widget while on the trail?  Check it out and order on 
line and never have to find a town, except of course to pick it up.  
Check it out at either t-mobile.com or google sidekick.  C

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 9:15 pm, Dirk Rabdau wrote:
> PocketMail Group Limited announced that it will change its name to
>  Adavale Resources Limited and focus on uranium mining. The December 
> 7th
>  announcement includes a statement that the company would seek a buyer 
> for
>  its PocketMail Services, but that a potential buyer has yet to be
>  identified.
>
> Text of the full release can be found here:
>
> http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/previewDocument.ac?docID=GCA00793105PKT
>
> The fact that the Pocketmail group was focusing on mining and
>  exploration is old news. That the company plans to sell Pocketmail can 
> be seen
>  in a couple of different ways. To some, it would come as a relief: the
>  complaints regarding spotty support and billing errors rose in recent
>  months, if you are to believe the chatter on message boards (and do so 
> at
>  your own risk). Perhaps whoever buys PocketMail, will market, support
>  and further develop the product. On the flip side, the possibility
>  exists that a company could probably snap up PocketMail at a small 
> price
>  for the only reason to eliminate it as a viable alternative to 
> existing
>  products.
>
> Given the rise of WiFi and mobile-enabled messaging, I do hope some
>  white knight comes around and rescues PocketMail. Many people still 
> rely
>  upon dial-up, and PocketMail fits a nice niche. Just how much longer
>  that niche will exist, is an interesting question. Certainly hikers 
> stand
>  to lose if a buyer interested in developing the product is not found.
>
> Dirk
>
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