Author: P. Massie
Date: 21:20:40 02/22/05
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On February 22, 2005 at 21:38:01, Sirotovich wrote: >Dear Chess Friends ! > >I was thinking to buy a Pocket PC or Palm for my business. Because I wasn’t >familiar with both units, I investigated a market here in Melbourne trying to >find the most suitable portable computer for my conditions. I am going to use it >50% for my business and 50% for chess. Also, my 2 year contract with the local >phone company expires very soon and I am going to choose another mobile phone. >But yesterday I found a very short article in the Australian Computer magazine >about so called Smart Phones. The author briefly describes some of the smart >phone units and gives his own opinion about them. And the prices for them starts >from around AUS $700 to $1600. >My question is – does anyone here have a smart phone and he can share his >experience with us ? How good is it to receive phone calls and to play chess? >Are you happy with its performance ? Are they compatible with the latest mobile >chess programs, such as Fritz or Chess Tiger? Are these chess programs play so >good as they do on Palm or Pocket PCs ? >I think no one here has shared his experience with smart phone yet. I would >appreciate your advise or a story. > >Best wishes > >Anatoli Sirota I have a PocketPC smart phone. It's provided by Sprint in the USA and functions precisely like any other PocketPC - it IS a PocketPC and any program that runs on the PocketPC runs on it. But at the same time it has the phone functionality included. I find it works fine as a phone. I've tested the reception and clarity of calls versus regular cell phones and it's equal or better, given the same provider in the same location. The only drawback I've found with it is it's a bit larger and clunkier than the typical cell phone. However, I can get away with carrying only one device, rather than two, so that makes up for it. Also, it incorporates the cell phone and PDA capability by allowing me to put names and phone numbers in my "contacts" list on Outlook email, downloading them to the phone, and dialing the phone directly from that contacts list. A couple of people I know have the latest Treo 650 smartphones. Although they don't do anything with chess, they otherwise function precisely as a normal Palm device, while at the same time providing the phone functionality. Overall, I would recommend this approach if you have a use for both a phone and PDA, and don't mind a slightly larger and less ergonomic "phone". Paul
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