Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 13:02:15 05/07/01
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On May 07, 2001 at 12:05:50, Christophe Theron wrote: >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: >>> >>>>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! >>> >>> >>> >>>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. Can the mailprogram actually handle attachments without buying and filling up your small "nothing to spare memory" with extra programs..... :-) > > > >>>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. >> >> >>>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. > If you want a picture of "Skywalker" or the new Palm 700 you can have a look here, but beware the page is in Norwegian. http://www.itavisen.no/ > > >>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. The only thing I have found remotely difficult to install on my Pocket PC was to get the new Bluethooth card to talk to my Ericsson R520M with GPRS transmission. But that is beta software...... Anyway it is great as I can talk on my phone and still have a 19.2kbit link. ...and by the way, Win CE is winning market share.(at least in Europe) Mostly for two reasons. The new Compaq has sold realy well, and most software made for "special" solutions are done on on CE/Pocket PC. A nice example is http://www.epocketsolutions.com/ Anyway, I have probably talked to much off topic, so I better stop now! Torstein > > > > > Christophe
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