Saturday, November 15, 2003
Palm Vs. Pocket PC
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 12:00 PM
http://www.comp-talk.co.uk/Framesets/POS%20v%20PPC.htm
Thomas Kuglin has been a loyal Palm OS user but decided to see what it was like on the other side and acquired an iPAQ 2215.
"For just over two and a half years I'd been a loyal Palm OS user and fan. It started with the release of the Palm m100: a (relatively) cheap, basic handheld - perfect for me to use, to see if I liked the notion of a "PDA". (And I would like to just go off topic here, to point out how much of a difference there is in what you get for your money now, compared to three years ago!) Anyway, I kept that m100 for a full year, during which I think I learnt everything I knew about the Palm OS. And I loved it! But I needed more... more power! More memory! More gadgetry! The answer? Palm's m505 handheld - top of the range at the time. Again, I used that for a year - but then out came the first ever Palm OS5 must-have: the Palm Tungsten|T. Oh I couldn't resist. I was soon the happy owner of it I can tell you! Anyway, in August I decided to "investigate" what all those die-hard Pocket PC fans could possibly like with their handhelds, by acquiring a HP iPaq 2215. It's been a "fun-filled" couple of months with this new PDA, and I now feel I know enough about it to give an honest, and more importantly, unbiased, comparison between the two handheld computer operating systems: Palm OS5 and Windows Mobile for Pocket PCs 2003 Premium Edition."
Thomas Kuglin has been a loyal Palm OS user but decided to see what it was like on the other side and acquired an iPAQ 2215.
"For just over two and a half years I'd been a loyal Palm OS user and fan. It started with the release of the Palm m100: a (relatively) cheap, basic handheld - perfect for me to use, to see if I liked the notion of a "PDA". (And I would like to just go off topic here, to point out how much of a difference there is in what you get for your money now, compared to three years ago!) Anyway, I kept that m100 for a full year, during which I think I learnt everything I knew about the Palm OS. And I loved it! But I needed more... more power! More memory! More gadgetry! The answer? Palm's m505 handheld - top of the range at the time. Again, I used that for a year - but then out came the first ever Palm OS5 must-have: the Palm Tungsten|T. Oh I couldn't resist. I was soon the happy owner of it I can tell you! Anyway, in August I decided to "investigate" what all those die-hard Pocket PC fans could possibly like with their handhelds, by acquiring a HP iPaq 2215. It's been a "fun-filled" couple of months with this new PDA, and I now feel I know enough about it to give an honest, and more importantly, unbiased, comparison between the two handheld computer operating systems: Palm OS5 and Windows Mobile for Pocket PCs 2003 Premium Edition."
