Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 09:08:09 02/16/02
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On February 15, 2002 at 21:10:25, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. I guess that says something of the posibilities of the programs in the Palm! >> >>And common tasks take far fewer steps on the Palm. Like what? Give me an example please! >> >>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 I do! (I guess the 500Mhz units for Pocket PC arrives arounbd the same time!) I want file compatibility with my office PC. So when I'm on the road I can open the attachments that come in my mail in Word and Excel format. I want a nice to look at high res. screen. etc. etc. Torstein
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