Author: Steve Maughan
Date: 05:55:39 05/09/03
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I've had a Palm and Pocket PC so here's my 2 cents: As far as strength is concerned the Pocket PC has the edge currently due to the faster processors. This will change soon when an Palm OS 5 native version of Tiger is released (hopefully Christophe is listening!). That said the Palm version of Tiger will play at 2100 ELO and Genius will play at ~2000 ELO. I estimate that Fritz 2 (which is really Shredder) is approx 2350 ELO on an iPAQ. So a couple of years ago I changed my Palm III for a iPAQ mainly to play chess. I've changed back and now have a Palm M515 and I don't regret the decision - here's why. I found the iPAQ just too bulky - it was not possible to confortably carry it in my pocket. This has changed and I know that there is now a slimline version of the iPAQ (iPAQ 1900?!). In contrast the M515 pops in my pocket with no problem at all - I don't even know it's there! Secondly, the battery life of the Pocket PCs is just not long enough. I managed only a few hours of playing chess (chess is of course processor intensive) - not long enough for a transatlantic flight. Also when the battery has gone dead you lose all of your information - irritating. I've never had any problems with the M515 - the power management seems to be better. Again this may have changed with the recent models of the PocketPC. Thirdly, I had problems synchnonizing my iPAQ with my PC. No problems at all with the Palm. My overall impression is that the Palm is meant to be a diary and address book on steroids. In contrast the PocketPC tries to be sort of notebook replacement - and IMHO fails. Hope this helps! Steve
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