Two small enhancements for the palmOne Lifedrive

After reading through all of the recent reviews of palmOne's new "Mobile Manager, the Lifedrive, I have come up with just two minor changes that would have made the device a lot more useful. 1. A removable battery. With a hard drive in place, plus dual wireless (Bluetooth and WiFi), the Lifedrive's battery life should be around the same as the Tungsten T3 - that is, mediocre. Making available a removable battery should have been a priority. PalmOne could have used the same 1800 mAh batteries as the Treo 650, thereby increasing sales without introducing another accessory. 2. A line-in jack. The LifeDrive has the potential to be the perfect companion for a podcaster - not only can you record your podcast, but with Wifi you can immediately upload to your server as well. While the LifeDrive has a built-in Voice Recorder, it doesn't have a separate line-in audio jack. An external microphone would have been a great accessory. The LifeDrive could easily have taken the place of the iRiver as the podcaster favourite. Now someone has to come up with a Bluetooth headset with a super mic to make this happen. However, having spent $500 for a PDA/media player, a $20 external mic would be acceptable but not necessarily a $90 Bluetooth headset. Tags: LifeDrive Palm PDA