Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:15:15 10/10/01
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On October 10, 2001 at 16:20:28, stuart taylor wrote:
>On October 07, 2001 at 19:05:48, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Dead, even for other companies?
>S.Taylor
Yes. They are clearly losing ground and I don't think they can afford to go on
for another year without a strong counter attack on the OS side and the CPU
side. Basically, PalmOS has not been improved since 2 or 3 years (except for
minor changes like support for more peripherals and storage or color screens).
Christophe
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