Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:05:50 05/07/01
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On May 07, 2001 at 11:00:42, Torstein Hall wrote:
>On May 06, 2001 at 18:49:36, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On May 06, 2001 at 16:57:45, Torstein Hall wrote:
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>>>I just saw that ChessTiger for Palm is comming out. You get a free text based
>>>version. It will later come in a comersial version with its own graphical user
>>>interface. As a user of a Cassiopeia Pocket PC, I just envy you Palm owners your
>>>Chess Tiger, even if you have to live with a somewhat suboptimal pocket
>>>solution!
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>>The Palm, a suboptimal solution????
>>
>>Obviously you have never tried it. It's cheap, it's fast, it's robust, has a
>>large autonomy, can be overclocked, does everything you need, and you find
>>thousands of programs for it.
>
>I like to say that the Palm is OK as an PDA, but the color version was nearly
>just as expensive as a Pocket PC, but with a bad color screen. It still misses
>quite a few great features from the CE / Pocket PC. I have used several CE
>devices as Email machines and if you want to read an attachment from the
>everpresent word or Excel, I think you are in trouble with your Palm.
There are solutions for this.
>>As far as I know, almost all owners of Palms are happy with it. And a large
>>percentage of owners of WinCE or PocketPC computers are not happy with it.
>
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>>Anyway, there will be a PocketPC version of Chess Tiger for Palm. I will come
>>after the graphical Palm version.
>
>Great!! And expect the Pocket PC version to wipe away the Palm! With its much
>larger memory and higher prosessor speeds!
Yes probably. But rumours has it that the next Palm generation will use the
StrongARM processor too.
>As the sayings go: If you want a PDA a palm is fine, If you want a PC for your
>pocket, buy a Pocket PC!
Exactly!
And a PC in my pocket is the last thing that I want. I can't afford to spend
hours configuring the stuff and messing with the Windows registry when I'm on
the go.
All I want is a handheld that is simple and which works. A Palm.
Christophe
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