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View Poll Results: Do you use Palm, Pocket PC, both, or neither? | |||
Palm |
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18 | 69.23% |
Pocket PC |
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2 | 7.69% |
Both |
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4 | 15.38% |
Neither |
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2 | 7.69% |
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mechanoholic
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sarasota, FL
Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G
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Do you use Pocket PC, Palm, both, or neither?
I'm in the process of converting from Palm to Pocket PC, and it got me wondering what the spread is here. It's plain that the majority here are Palm users, but it seems that that may be changing. So let us know: what do you use?
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Fully Converged
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Switzerland
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Still Palm, but I am seriously considering buying a PPC as my next PDA.
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Enthusiast
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: France
Device: al
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P800, the top for mobility.
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just kinda geeky
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Oakland, California
Device: iPhone
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For the time being...
I am a die-hard Palm guy, but if they don't get their act together in their next line of PDA's (I'd like for them to embrace dual wireless), I may consider switching to the dark side.
Although, thanks to the wonderful lead with GuineaPig, I may go over to Zodiac and experience Sega Genesis goodness with true game controllers. POL9A |
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Device: Palm Zire 71
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4 more users for palm here. Myself, my wife, father, and amazingly enough my non-techie mother are now hooked on Palm.
No plans for any of us to move to pocket pc. |
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Aficionado
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch
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I recently bought a PalmOS PDA. So let's see what happens during next year and see if I'll switch to the dark side.
I don't want PalmOS to die, but apparently PalmOne is not taking the right steps. ![]() Still, I'm very curious about what happens in your case, Ignatz. I'd like you to post the advantages... and the problems, too. Last edited by Francesco; 09-10-2004 at 01:35 PM. |
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Addict
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Asia
Device: Tungsten T5
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While Pocket PC is said to be more robust than Palm OS5 (debatable), most of those advantages like better integration with corporate detabases, better encryption and Point-to-point connections, 99% of those feature I don't use. So as it is, Palm is still my main platform. I do own a Pocket PC (ipaq 2210) and I should say PPC has come a long way baby (from WinCE 2.0 days) but Palm is still more elegant albiet with some limitations like file format for in-RAM files but if you use Palm for awhile, they are non-issues. Maybe its the same for Pocket PC less intuitive interface but being a long-time Palm user, I find it not necessary to switch. The NX80 still fits my needs.
Currently it seems there are more developers doing good games for the Pocket Pc but personally, I had outgrown games for my PDA. It's now mainly for business/educational (datebook, lite-office doc editing, offline website reading, ebooks) use. So I don't need a PPC. In fact, I am less enamored with my PDA now than I am with my new iPod.... Last edited by gadgetguru; 09-10-2004 at 02:48 PM. |
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MobileRead Editor
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Device: Treo 700p, Zodiac2
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Palm OS all the way, and I'm I big fan of the "Zen of Palm" philosophy. I'm also holding out hope for the return of the Newton OS, and the first World Wide Newton Conference and Einstein Project are encouraging signs. My avatar might actually become a reality
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Aficionado
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch
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That Zen of Palm link is very interesting, Ballistic.
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mechanoholic
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Location: Sarasota, FL
Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G
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Well this is shaping up just as I expected. Morpheus, I didn't know that you had a PPC. What is it?
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Connoisseur
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Karma: 84
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Spain
Device: Sony prs-650, iPod, BEBOOK Mini, Nokia n810, iPaq
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I am retired now (early) but when I worked: Palm as the main PDA (the one following me everywhere: datebook, calculator, e-books etc) and PPC for other things: Wifi, presenter-to-go (didn't exist for Palm when I bought it), .LIT e-books. I never found a datebook or calculator I liked for PPC's.
Today: mostly PPC because of the Wifi. I read a lot so either Palm or PPC suits me. Jorgen |
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Apple and Sony zealot
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Device: TH55
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Palm OS user but the Pocket PCs with VGA screens and WiFi are very tempting.
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Device: iPaq 4150 / SE T610
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Hi, this will be my first post in this community.
I first started using Palm (III if my memory doesn't fail me) in 96 and it never became anything else than a substitute for my Filofax and something to play backgammon on when I was stuck somewhere. A couple of years later I bought myself a Palm V and hoped that this would be _it_, but it wasn't. It has recided in a drawer for a couple of years now. A month ago I bought myself a iPaq 4150 and I must say that I'm head over heals in love with this little gadget. I have it with me all the time and I seldom bring my laptop with me anymore. There isn't much I can't do on this little gadget but what I use it for most of the time is actually for fun. With an extra 512 Mb storage use it as a videoplayer when I'm bored on the subway and a Mp3-player when my girlfriend ste^H^H^Hborows my iPod. ![]() I already had a Haicom GPS that I bought for my laptop when we where traveling parts of Europe this summer and i just needed a cheap converter and Tomtom 3 to turn it in to a awesome navigator. Finaly I must say that this seams to be the best PDA-forum there is and I found it very usefeul. I look forward to bother you with all my stupid ideas and setup problems. ![]() |
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MR prodigal son
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo Aura H2O
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As my sig says, I have an HP ipaq h1930 and Sony Clie T615C. I used the Clie for abotu 12 months before I had the opporunity to try out a PPC (another 1930) at work. I fell in love with the form factor (if you've seen a 1930 you'll know what I mean), speed (even though it's a slower model), O/S (I _like_ windows mobile) and the huge amount of things I can do on it (see my other post in these forums to see what I have installed on it
![]() I rarely use the Clie now, but keep it in my bag (just in case). There were some things I liked about palm os; it's pim features are better than the PPC alternatives, out of the box. Still, I love my PPC and can't ever see myself going back. Craig. |
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Connoisseur
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Device: hp iPAQ 1910, Dell X30H
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I started out years ago with a Handspring Visor that I bought myself as a college graduation present. I got hooked enough with having a PDA that I wept bitter tears when my Visor met an untimely death in my icy apartment parking lot...then a friend, to cheer me up, sent me a Casio EM-500 he was no longer using. Color, you say? With a metric ton of programs to install? I can read BOOKS? Watch video? Play NINTENDO? I was hooked from the get go. When I saw the hp 1900 series come out, I fell in love with them too, and snatched up a 1910 when I could afford it. I wish it had wifi/bluetooth (or at least an SDIO compatible SD slot so I could get a wifi card), but other than that it is invaluable to me. I do have my eyes on a new Dell, though, so we'll see...
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