Needed! 64-bit Windows drivers

Question

I have a Palm Centro.
Most new cpu's have 64-bit processors.
Win7 to be released for retail this month
Users with new hardware want to migrate to 64-bit OS
Please release 64-bit drivers.
Don't shoot yourselves in the foot!
Release 64-bit drivers; or risk 'positioning' yourselves right out of the market.
I've owned/followed Palm ever since the first m100.  Now that it is (sadly) no longer the little handheld that 'does it all' on less hardware, what do you have to offer?  What is your differentiation?  What ("Customer") need/problem do you solve?  What are you trying to do better than your competition does? How can you hope to capitalize on brand recognition and loyalty when you've erected a bamboo curtain between yourselves and your customers?  For many years, everyone predicted Apple was dead.  In my opinion, part of what saved them was the construction of a culture of 'inclusion' and 'community'. 
Think about it, sure, most electronic devices are just sku's and to a great degree no one cares who made them. If that's the case, what are you doing to motivate people to choose your product over some other, better supported product?
If I, a long time Palm supporter, feel abandoned and dissapointed with Palm and what it is becomming... then what is to attract 'new' customers?
One man's opinion,
R.W., Beverly Hills, CA
Post relates to: Centro (Sprint)

Answer 1

Hello Wyrenut,
I hear what you're saying.  Aside from the topic of moving on to new OS's and hardware capabilities, I still believe there's a point to be made about the boys in the back room isolating themselves from their customers.  Ok, Palm and Synergy are seperate enteties. My comments are directed not at Palm(singular) but at Palm(plural) because there's no other outlet I'm aware of to address this.  Its Synergy who I percieve exists behind the aforementioned 'bamboo curtain'.  They may as well be dieties from another dimension in regards to being able to communicate our needs to them. (Interesting metaphore there.  Does that make you one of the temple priests?)
I do not so much wish for a return to the good old days of PalmOS (he lies) as I wish for a company that is responsive to the needs of their customers.Customers are not a necessary evil which must be endured.  A faceless, deaf organization is not something us Linux users are going to warm up to. Linux people are all about product improvement through community involvement.
Are there 64-bit drivers for the Pre?  I had great hopes for the Pre.  I'm a big fan/supporter/user of Linux. But I've looked at it and couldn't see any reason to toss my Centro.  One of the things I'd like to do most is to use my handheld as an ebook reader.  The second is for watching videos. If they made a WebOS handheld with the screen size of the TX, that I could get excited about.  Add an OLED screen and I'd need smelling salts.  I don't do messaging so I hate little keyboards.  I'd rather use a stylus on a on-screen keyboard.  Perhaps I'm not mainstream.  It sounds like what I need is an iPhone.  Large screen, no keyboard.  Crap, I so wanted to stay in the Palm and Linux family.  Sniff, sniff.
Death of Apple? Oh yeah, all through the 80's and 90's all you heard was how unfortunate it was that Apple wasn't going to make it.  They complained the management was inept, and there was no hope of surviving against Microsofts dominance.  I did find one resource that has some historical data on that.  Here's a link: http://www.macobserver.com/appledeathknell/index.shtml 
Saved by the iPhone?  Don't forget the iPod.  It was the iPod that opened America's doors to Apple and paved the way for the iPhone to have been created.
P.S.  On further reflection, given what my desires are, I'm bound to be out of the mainstream.  Palm et. al. are in a tough spot.  Should they try to break new ground?. Stick with making handhelds or perhaps sub-mini wi-fi enabled media players with voip? Chase the iPhone/Blackberry me-too  market?    It would appear (as you've pointed out) the largest audience is in the prolfeed arena - messaging, web-content and social-networking (cb radio for the 21st century).  They gotta do what they gotta do.  
Still, I'll keep my eyes open.  Given enough monkeys and enough typewriters, someone, somewhere is bound to accidentally manufacture a device whose design parameters overlaps with my needs.  One can hope, anyway.
Thanks for listening.
Message Edited by RunilWazlib on 10-06-2009 12:15 PM