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Pocket PC vs. Palm Showdown

Posted by timothy on from the but-but-but-zaurus dept.

Espectr0 writes "TuxTops has a small review comparing the Pocket PC handhelds against the Palm ones (no pun intended), with advantages and disadvantages of each. The conclusion? If you are after gaming, multimedia, good WiFi+Bluetooth support, a lot of accessories and versatility, go with Pocket PC. If you are after small and stylish devices with good battery life, simple interface and simple PIM apps, go with PalmOS."

3 of 295 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Try a Zodiac by nxtw · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pocket PCs have nearly all of those, AND you aren't stuck with one vendor...

  2. Re:Alternate conclusion by p!ngu · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't even consider my Pocket PC an organizer; I consider it a pocket computer.

    Wow, did the name "Pocket PC" put you off? Your powers of deduction amaze me, sherlock.

  3. Re:Outdated and Biased review by nxtw · · Score: 0, Troll
    Of course, the app has to be copied to RAM before executing, and this takes time, but the same is true on the PPC, too, no?

    It's not any different than running a program in another OS. There's no noticable difference in loading programs from the SD card. They can be launched from anywhere on the SD card. I remember seeing a progress bar on my Palm, while the program was copied to memory; and if the Palm crashed before the program was exited, the program would still be in memory, since programs executed "in place" from their position in memory. (I believe the newest Palms now have separate storage and program memory, so maybe things have changed.)