Author: stuart taylor
Date: 13:47:22 10/07/01
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On October 07, 2001 at 15:16:34, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 07, 2001 at 08:19:37, stuart taylor wrote: > >> >>>>Will the upcoming PocketPC Tiger have the new v15 or the same version as the >>>>Palm? >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>> >>>>Steve >>> >>> >>> >>>The handheld version of Chess Tiger (for Palm or Pocket PC) will always have the >>>latest Chess Tiger engine. >> >>I mean, now that you mention "pocket PC", will that be significantly stronger >>than Palm? > > >Yes it will because the processor used by PocketPC computers (StrongARM) is >approximately 10 times faster than the one used in the Palms and compatibles >(DragonBall). > > > >> So what should I get? Palm or Pocket PC? (Or linux, whatever that >>is?) > > >Next year there will be Palms with an ARM core (and probably with a multimedia >enabled OS) and the speed advantage of the PocketPC handhelds will disappear. > >I know this does not help you, but I think it's important to know it because >there are more programs for Palm computers then for PocketPC computers. > >The PocketPC computers are not expected to have more success than PalmOS >computers (which are leading the market) until 2005. > > > > Christophe Wonder of wonders! But I don't expect that "next year" will mean at the turn of 2001 into 2002. (And I might make a further small extension of my personal deadline, by the way!). And even if yes, I'm concerned if it might take one or two versions until it stabilizes to be free of faults. S.Taylor
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