Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 04:09:13 12/08/01
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On December 08, 2001 at 00:16:48, Christophe Theron wrote: >On December 08, 2001 at 00:08:30, J. C. Boco wrote: > >>I have read some of the archives and there is much talk about Palms and chess >>programs, but I haven't seen as much discussion about PocketPC's and the new >>Fritz program coming out for them. >> >> >>Is one of these systems to be preferred? Which has more of a future, the Palms >>for the PocketPC's? > > > >PalmOS has 60% to 90% of the handheld market (depending on who you ask). > >PocketPC has 10% to 25% of the market (depending on who you ask). > >Contrary to what has been said (by Microsoft mainly), PocketPC's market share is >not growing faster than PalmOS'. It's not even clear it is growing anymore. > > > > Christophe I'm not sure what market share PocketPC or Palm OS has, but If you can aford a Pocket PC with the newest version of the OS I think you will have a device with the strongest capabilities as a chessmachine. Even if Chess Tiger probably is the strongest program for handheld devices, the advantage of larger RAM and faster processor counts a lot more! And by the way, Pocket Genius and Pocket Fritz is pretty strong oponents with a lot of features! Torstein
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