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Subject: Re: what is the best palm to get .

Author: Clive Munro

Date: 00:37:24 06/11/05

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On June 10, 2005 at 23:00:00, gerold daniels wrote:

>whatis the best palm to get for game. one that will last the longest and
>rechargable. thanks in advance.
>
>gerold.

Hi Gerold

Well I can recommend the Palm Zire 21. Although this unit is only black and
white, this of course doesn’t really matter for chess. Being only black and
white means that there is less drain on the batteries. This unit will last about
5 or 6 hours without having to recharge. And this is with the “permanent brain
on” so the unit is thinking all the time!

Another advantage is that it also comes with it own power supply which means you
don’t have to plug it into your PC to charge. The unit can also be used while
being charged. The Palm Zire 21 is also very cheap.

The only drawback to the unit is its small screen size, which isn’t as large as
some of its bigger brothers. This of course also contributes to its good battery
life.
For more details see:
http://www.palmone.com/us/products/handhelds/zire21/details.epl

As with all Palms you have a choice of three excellent chess programs, Chess
Tiger by Christophe Théron, Chess Genius by Richard Lang and the super strong
Hiarcs by Mark Uniacke. Hiarcs can play at over 2400elo on this unit!
See http://www.hiarcs.com/phresults.htm

I hope this helps

Best regards

Clive



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