Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:42:23 09/03/01
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On September 03, 2001 at 04:26:37, Steve Maughan wrote: >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). I think that these mhz are misleading. You say 206 mhz but shredder5.32 on p200MMX(only 200Mhz) was at least 5 times faster in all the 7 positions. It is better if people talk about speed and not about mhz. Uri
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