Quickies: AvantGo, Acrobat Reader, Installer

Posted By: As Listed Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:45:48 AM

Yesterday, AvantGo reported a net loss of $4.3 million, or 12 cents a share, for its most recent quarter. This compares to a net loss of $13.9 million the same quarter last year. It had $5.3 million in revenue. Hoping to break even the last quarter of this year, AvantGo is going to lay off 40% of its work force soon. -Ed

After being in public beta for months, Acrobat Reader for Palm OS 2.0 is available. This version offers color and Macintosh support. -rev

cJAG has released cJAG Express Builder, a tool for creating self-extracting, wizard-based installers for Palm OS applications. It has an introductory price of $25 (normally $40). -Steve Wehrmann

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Bad news for Mac users

Foo Fighter @ 7/25/2002 10:58:20 AM #
> "AvantGo is going to lay off 40% of its work force soon."

There goes any chance of making an OSX native conduit!

RE: Bad news for Mac users
stephen007 @ 7/25/2002 11:27:09 AM #
Yeah, also throws a monkey wrench into getting a hi res version, which is desperately needed with all the new handhelds that are out and coming out soon.

Stephen

RE: Bad news for Mac users
james_sorenson @ 7/25/2002 11:29:46 AM #
Poor Avantgo, it seems to have lost the race. Go and try any of the alternatives. The Palm Tipsheet had a good article on this, I believe. I've found great use with iSilo. Set up all your web-pages in the graphical interface on your desktop. Then, each morning, I just tell iSilo to download news to my install folder. Hotsync and go. It takes less space and supports better resolutions.

However, Avantgo was nice for filling out forms and wireless updates. Oh well.

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James Sorenson

RE: Bad news for Mac users
Ed @ 7/25/2002 11:31:34 AM #
As I understand it, AvantGo created the version we use as a proof of concept to show its Enterprise customers that its service was scalable and could handle very heavy loads. That doesn't bode well for it doing a lot of work to keep the free version updated. Though it has some revenue from advertising, I believe it loses money on the free service.

I wish they had picked a different business model: charged for the app or maybe an annual subscription fee and concentrated on keeping it on the cutting edge.

All I can hope is that if AvantGo won't, maybe someone else will.

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News Editor

RE: Bad news for Mac users
I.M. Anonymous @ 7/25/2002 12:14:20 PM #
"I wish they had picked a different business model: charged for the app or maybe an annual subscription fee and concentrated on keeping it on the cutting edge."

yeah!
i would definetly pay 30$ for an hires+ version and 50$ for the subscription fee.
avantgo is a real killer app and saving me a daily newspaper (and i can get more specific info).

i think itīs not to late to change the business model.
iīll never understand their idea to make the content providers pay - they should be paid!

RE: Bad news for Mac users
Foo Fighter @ 7/25/2002 12:19:33 PM #
> "All I can hope is that if AvantGo won't, maybe someone else will."

Have you tried Mazingo? The UI is kind of a mess, but it works like AvantGo, and you can even use the same channels.

Still, I hope AvantGo stays in the game. I still believe they will be acquired before they ever run out of cash.

RE: Bad news for Mac users
I.M. Anonymous @ 7/25/2002 1:03:13 PM #
http://www.tomw.org/malsync can be compiled for Mac OS X?

RE: Bad news for Mac users
drw @ 7/26/2002 8:47:03 PM #
given what 3G data is going to cost, there should be a future for avantgo.

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David

Acrobat Reader 2.0 for Palm OS

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/25/2002 1:07:14 PM #
after installing it, my palm m515 crashed every time I did a hotsync... of course I removed acrobat and everything is back to normal. too bad :(
RE: Acrobat Reader 2.0 for Palm OS
I.M. Anonymous @ 7/25/2002 2:58:30 PM #
Not sure if you are working in a Windows NT/2000/XP type environment, but in the documentation it seems to indicate needing to have Administrator priveledges. Maybe this is the case.

Eric

RE: Acrobat Reader 2.0 for Palm OS
I.M. Anonymous @ 7/25/2002 3:01:24 PM #
Nope, I'm using Win98. When I had Acrobat installed on my Palm, it crashed after every hotsync, when I hit the home button. After deleting it, hotsync works okay...
RE: Acrobat Reader 2.0 for Palm OS
I.M. Anonymous @ 7/25/2002 11:57:43 PM #
Cheesh! It won't install on my iBook (os9.2); insists that i don't have Palm Desktop 2.6.3 installed. I've got Visor Desktop 2.6.3 installed, but why should that matter?
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