Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:50:55 01/05/02
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On January 05, 2002 at 09:39:24, Alastair Scott wrote:
>The problem with such devices is that you can buy a cheap (monochrome) Palm or
>Handspring organiser plus a PalmOS chess program (Chess Tiger, Chess Genius for
>Palm) and get _far_ more out of that combination although you're maybe paying 3
>times as much; quite apart from anything else, you can run software other than
>chess programs and transfer chess games to and from a PC.
>
>(And the playing strength, graphics and usability of the PalmOS program will be
>far superior; I used one of those dedicated devices, although not the one you
>point to, and the piece graphics were appalling, almost indistinguishable from
>one another).
>
>Some links to try:
>
>http://www.palm.com/products/ [Palm; look at the m125]
>
>http://www.handspring.com/ [Handspring; look at the Neo, for example]
>
>http://www.chessgenius.com/palm.htm [Genius for PalmOS]
>
>http://www.rebel.nl/chesstiger/ [Chess Tiger for various platforms]
At http://www.chesstiger.com you can see many screenshots (B&W and color) and
decide if it's readable or not by yourself. Check it out!
Christophe
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