Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:09:14 03/31/02
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On March 31, 2002 at 12:24:02, stuart taylor wrote:
>On March 31, 2002 at 10:47:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On March 31, 2002 at 04:24:32, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On March 30, 2002 at 22:02:36, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 30, 2002 at 19:21:01, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>i.e which is the strongest program out now for any handheld, be it palm
>>>>>compatable, or ipac?
>>>>>
>>>>> And, how much stronger ought ipac be if a Palm program would be written for it,
>>>>>and will Christophe, others be writing for it and when?
>>>>>S.Taylor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>As Jorge has pointed out, the iPaq will soon have absolutely no speed advantage
>>>>over the Palms.
>>>>
>>>>This fall the first ARM-based Palms, running at 200MHz and much more, are going
>>>>to appear.
>>>>
>>>>They will be able to run all the current Palm applications. Note that
>>>>applications will have to be recompiled to benefit from the higher speed, but
>>>>Chess Tiger for Palm will be recompiled as soon as I get my hands on one of
>>>>these wonderful new Palms.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>But iPacs look like very nice little things. Aren't they? (don't they have other
>>>benefits not found in Palms?)
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>>What for example?
>>
>>A bloated OS from a monopolist trying to extend its monopoly to handheld
>>computers?
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>Oh! I see!
>That's all?
>S.Taylor
Frankly speaking I think that PalmOS, which has been built from the ground up
for handheld devices is better adapted.
Doing it the other way around (dumbing down Windows until it fits inside a
handheld) does not work. And that's not what people want, market share shows it.
When you see the nightmare Windows can be on your PC, you certainly do not want
to let it slip into your pocket.
A typical PocketPC handheld needs at least 16 or even 32Mb of RAM to be of any
use, a PalmOS handheld just needs 8Mb (at this time I'm only using 2.3Mb of the
8Mb my m505 has, and I have plenty of data inside and use it every day).
I admit that I would still be against PocketPC if it was technically as well
adapted to handhelds as PalmOS because I am against Microsoft's expansion of
monopoly over new markets.
But I do not even need to be biased here. Most people simply prefer PalmOS, and
the new ARM-based PalmOS will be even better.
Christophe
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