Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:00:40 05/21/03
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On May 20, 2003 at 19:21:00, Keith Evans wrote:
>On May 20, 2003 at 18:09:35, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On May 20, 2003 at 16:36:47, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>>
>>>Especially the increase in battery life is interesting for processor intensive
>>>purposes like chess on your handheld.
>>>
>>>Too bad that it was Palm who paid for the test. I'd rather had a neutral
>>>comparison of pro's _and_ cons, including OS and software.
>>>
>>>J.
>>
>>
>>
>>I think the very important thing to remember now is that
>>
>>PALMOS HANDHELD DEVICES ARE AS POWERFUL AS POCKETPC DEVICES.
>>
>>The new PalmOS devices are using the same processor architecture as the PocketPC
>>devices.
>>
>>The Palm Tungsten-C for example features a 400MHz Intel processor (ARM core).
>>
>>PalmOS devices do not have memory limitations anymore. The Tungsten-C has 64Mb
>>of RAM out of the box.
>>
>>It is very important to forget the old limitations of the older PalmOS devices.
>>
>>I think people used to perceive PocketPC as more powerful than PalmOS. This idea
>>is completely outdated. I hope everybody is going to install this update as soon
>>as possible. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>Christophe,
>
>Have you considered adding a tactics/puzzle training mode to Chess Tiger for the
>Palm? Something like Pocket Grandmaster has? It would enable somebody to work
>their way through a bunch of tactics problems easily.
>
>I would pay more for such a feature (I've already bought Tiger), and it's the
>only reason that I would consider getting a PocketPC. I don't know of an easy
>way to do that on a Palm. (The only way to do this with Tiger is too painful for
>me - maybe I'm dumb and there's an easier way.)
>
>Regards,
>Keith
Yes I have considered to add this feature, but as I said in my other post there
are other more important features to add before I can start working on this one.
I agree with you that it would be a nice thing to have, especially if I give the
user the ability to build his own set of exercises or tutorials.
Christophe
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