Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:10:25 02/15/02
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On February 15, 2002 at 15:56:25, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On February 15, 2002 at 09:57:34, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>On February 14, 2002 at 18:13:47, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On February 14, 2002 at 17:49:12, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm still in America not having seen an interenet for the past 3 months, and I'm
>>>>just on my way to buy a Palm or Pocket computer, with Palm/?/Tiger very much in
>>>>mind.
>>>>Can someone try and quickly advise me in the next few munutes whilst I'm still
>>>>in this internet booth.
>>>>I'd guess Pocket computer would provide a much stronger Tiger, if it is coming
>>>>out, for sure, and soon.
>>>>Otherwise I must get Palm.
>>>>S.Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>>I don't know whether Tiger for PPC is coming soon or not. I DO know that Genius
>>>running on a 206 MHz PPC is stronger than any chess program running on a current
>>>Palm. But if you use the device for anything other than chess, your choice may
>>>still be Palm... (sound of can of worms opening).
>>
>>HeHe.
>>In my view the only reason for using a Palm instead of a Pocket PC is if you
>>want it to be a power supply for other gadgets you carry around as the battery
>>lasts longer. The other tasks the Pocket PC do better!
>>
>>Torstein
>>
>>PS: The other bad ting with a Pocket PC is that you fill the Bill Gates wallet.
>
>
>And Palms are smaller, less expensive, and have many more apps (including
>innumerable freeware apps in every category).
>
>And Palms are for ordinary people who don't want to see directory structures or
>open-file dialog boxes.
>
>And apps for the Palm take up a small fraction as much memory as equivalent apps
>for the PPC.
>
>And common tasks take far fewer steps on the Palm.
>
>And...
And this fall you will be able to find 200MHz Palms running the new PalmOS 5 and
compatible with almost all existing apps written for Palms.
Who wants a PocketPC after that?
Christophe
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