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Pocket PC 2002

Posted by michael on from the things-to-break dept.

Microsoft is holding some sort of launch event today for a pile of new Pocket PC devices. Pocket PC Thoughts has a bunch of news items; PDA Buzz has a report and pretty comparison chart looking at the different models, and I'm sure people will post more links in the comments. So, is this the mighty Palm-killer?

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  1. Palm is just not exciting anymore by reaper20 · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Unfortunately, Palms do their jobs too well. They just work. I have no need to upgrade my HS Visor Deluxe anytime soon. It's a PDA that synchs between all my boxen, keeps my calendar, and keeps notes for me.

    Someone mentioned that PocketPCs are pushing 200-300mhz ... because they NEED to to do all that crap that they're pushing. Only an MS designed POCKET ORGANIZER would need 200mhz and 64MB of RAM.

    Right now, Palm is the Unix of PDAs, works, doesn't look sexy, just works. If I want an MP3 player, I'll buy one, I don't need a PDA/phone/mp3 player/tricorder/geiger counter with battery life measured in hours.

    On the other hand, that doesn't give Palm/Handspring an excuse to sit around and not innovate ... I mean come on, anyone else think that since the M* series that Palm has lost it?