Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:05:48 10/07/01
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On October 07, 2001 at 16:47:22, stuart taylor wrote:
>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
By next year I mean in 2002, but I don't seriously expect them before the end of
2002.
Anyway, either Palm releases these new devices with the new
multitasking-multimedia OS based on BeOS by the end of 2002, or they are dead.
Christophe
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