Author: Steve Maughan
Date: 01:26:37 09/03/01
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Christophe, >>If so, we are starting to hear things now! >>So for a bit more money I can get what a Palm will look like in a few years >>from now?! > >It's just that there are much more applications available for the Palm than for >the Pocket PC. Much more. I've used a Palm for the last three years and have recently bought a PocketPC (iPAQ) - here's my take on the Palm v PocketPC battle. For me the main distinction is that the PocketPC tries to be exactly what the name says - a mini PC. Almost a notebook replacement but not quite. The Palm take a more pragmatic approach and tries to be an organiser not a PC. It's also smaller and has better battery life. As far as applications are concerned both have all that I require so it's not an issue (for me). All in all I do actually prefer the Palm as a general portable / useable unit. I think it does a better job of what it sets out to do. However if you're into chess the tables are turned somewhat as the iPAQ has by far the most processing power (206 MHz ARM). This is probably about x10 to x15 the speed of the Palm. The Palm has Tiger and Genius which are able to beat 99% of chess players but Genius, Fritz and soon Tiger for the Pocket PC are the strongest portable chess opponents. Steve
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