Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:42:19 11/30/02
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On November 30, 2002 at 07:56:31, Alastair Scott wrote:
>The ultimate unanswerable question ... !
>
>First of all, on any handheld (even the most feeble PalmOS one) the important
>programs (Tiger, Genius, Pocket Fritz, Pocket Grandmaster, PocketChess,
>whatever) will be at least 2000-2100 Elo and, in the case of PocketPCs, much
>more than that. So, unless you're a strong player, playing strength is not an
>issue.
>
>Merely buying a handheld for playing chess is a bit silly as they can do so much
>more*, so I suppose it comes down to what you want the machine for other than
>playing chess; the only way to decide is to try out both PalmOS and PocketPC
>machines if you can.
>
>After various excursions into both types I've come back to a Palm Zire, of all
>things; its huge battery life (2-3 weeks) more than outweighs the low resolution
>and slow processor when I'm away a lot as I don't have to carry either a second
>charger or pocketfuls of batteries :)
>
>http://www.palm.com/products/handhelds/zire/
>
>Alastair
And Chess Tiger for Palm works perfectly on the Palm Zire.
You can download it from http://www.chesstiger.com
Christophe
>
>* if you intend to only play chess, the Kasparov Cosmos is worth considering:
>
>http://www.saitek.com/chess/uk/consur.htm
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