Author: stuart taylor
Date: 03:15:51 06/12/05
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On June 11, 2005 at 03:37:24, Clive Munro wrote: >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 I don't know why Palm Zire 21 should be the fastest. And if it is NOT, then why not recommend others which are fastER, and have even better of other things too? I had understood that the latest Tungsten was the fastest, but that the Palm Zire 72 is not much slower, and also has other goodies too, more than the actual absolutely fastest Palm. But I still wanted to know if this (my understanding) was accurate, or if not, what yes. I (too,) would really wish to hear more from other experts here. S.Taylor
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