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Subject: Re: which OS is faster for handheld computer, Palm or Windows mobile?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 10:56:57 12/15/04

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On December 15, 2004 at 11:19:01, emerson tan wrote:

>It seems that palm operating system is more efficient than windows mobile, palm
>handheld computers battery last one to two weeks, whereas windows mobile powered
>last two to three days on the same processor, so it means a lot of the
>processing power for goes to the windows system.
>
>Hiarcs on palm is also way way above pocket Fritz 2(shredder) on windows.
>
>If shredder is way way above hiarcs in PC and its the opposite that happens in
>handheld computers, could it be its because of the Operating system?


Palm is not noticeably faster than PocketPC from the engines point of view, and
there are more powerful PocketPC's than there are Palms.

The difference is in the feel of using the GUI's. It is true that Windows is
more inefficient there than Palm, though the latest PocketPC's are so fast the
difference is void.

I would guess the difference between Pocket Fritz and Hiarcs is simply a matter
of optimizing the engine more for the specific device.

--
GCP



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