And for all the "Apple is slow" guys out here, my 667 TiBook running OS X totally runs circles around my old P-III/600 running either Linux or Win2K, and it's a lot easier to look at too.
I wish I could say the same. I'm typing this from my new iBook (600Mhz Combo drive). I was once part of the 'Apple is fast' crowd. but after using it for 3 days, and I've gone to the 'Apple is slow' crowd. Well, atleast for all the G3 macs.
I think I'll pulug in a 256MB stick and make my final desicion then. It's currently 128MB. And I've heard alot of people say that it's not enough. I think they are right.
The question is how much faster it will run after the RAM injection.
Hmmmm..... Back on topic again. I've always found that Apple are a bit slow when compared to the lastest PC standards, and it's quite annoying sometimes. But then, they are usaly ahead in other areas--like FireWire and USB for example.
Your not geographically ignorant. But if you look at those pics. there are no islands next to OZ.
Antartica seems to be cropped out to. Oh well, you get used to thing kinda thing after a while.
Maybe you shouldn't be using the scroll wheel so much. I've never had any problems with mine, and never know anyone else who has had any problems. I have it set to scroll 5 lines. I dosen't take much effort to scroll down a few comments.
If I really need to scroll far. I'll just use the scroll bar.
I find it no more unatural than moving the cursor over to the scroll bar, or uisng the page down key.
What kind of mouse did you have? The MS one I have, has a very easy to turn wheel. I have noticed that some are quite clicky/sticky/hard. And I could understand getting CTS if you were using one of them.
My only complaint about the MS Explorer mouse is that it's too damn bulky. It's not something I realised untill I started to use it. I never used to rest my hand on the mouse. Just grip it with my fingers. The ergonomics can get in the way some times because they must expect you to rest your whole hand on it.
No. How can you make a judgment on the resolution of all digital camarasm simply be using the results, or 2 old-tech digital cameras. Digitals camera vary wildly in the amount of detail they can capture. No where on that site did I read that he tested other digital cameras. It's silly an unfair comparason. Not tomnetion that the lens quality of a half decent 35mm SLR will capture alot more detail that the lens of an older model CoolPix.
I used a Nikon 950 2 MPixel camera. At different distances, the full image has varying total pixels (shall we say, virtual image size?). test areas 1 and 2 were done at 2 distances to give equivalent fields of view of about 1900 x 2470 (4.7 megapixel image) and 1000 x 1300 pixels (1.3 megapixel image).
??? Sorry. But the only way you really can compare digital to film, is to get a few DSLRs, that takes the same lenes as the 35mm SLR. And take the exact same photo (of course, you will have to take into account the focal length muliplyer. But tht shouldn't affect ot too much).
Think development platform while sitting on the back deck watching the sun go down on the other side of the valley.
Yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks like this. I don't want to get a laptop so I can work in a different office, or on the way to work. I want it so I can work outside, or at the park, maybe nice cafe if that's your style.
I'm a strong beliver in the mobile office. It would be great to have the entire office fit into a back-pac, and work from where-ever you damn well feel like working from.
Batteries are lasting longer, wireless is getting faster, and transflective LCDs are getting bigger. It won't be long...
Theoretically some cameras split light onto 3 CCDs so the RGB component on each CCD is spacially equivalent. Some projectors merge 3 CRT's so the image projection for each component is spacially equivalent. The problem is these mechanisms aren't very heavily marketed for consumers. Foveon is the first to sell to consumers.
They aren't heavily marketed for a reaosn. 3 CCDs for starters, cost more. Require more power, take up more space. And Then there is the whole alignment issuse. As the resultion increases. The alignmnet gets more critical. That all costs money.
The big thing isn't so much that there is no colour interepolation going on with this new chip. But that it does it all on one chip, without the complexities/costs/dissadvantages of a 3 CCD set-up.
Better compression? Holy cow, how many pictures do you need to store on that 256 MB card?
256 isn't that much.
I have a Fuji 6900, it does 2048x1354 images. I can fit 100 on my 128 card. That's only 4 rolls of film.
There are alot of cameras out there that will create far bigger images.
As much as I can see video being a more important feature in still digital cameras in the future, and see devices that do both well. They primarily are still cameras. And I think that they should be focasing on that more than doing video.
Not sure when that artical was written Or what he was on when he write it. He was using a Nikon Coolpix 950 2MP camera, and a HP C200 (1152x872). That should set off alarm bells to start. Then, using the results from those 2, old, low quality cameras, he simulates what the resolution would be for a higher MP camera by some fancy vapor-maths.
For a more un-biast and real-world comparison of film vs. digital, take a look at these:
This guy is a landscape photographer who works alot with film, in both 35mm, medium and large formats. It's worth a look round his site, he has some very nice images there, and plenty of other photography articals to if that's you cup of tea.
"You won't use geleting, but you will buy a camera put together by women and children making 10cents an hour, in sweat shops?"
But film cameras still have to be made aswell, they're in the same boat as digital. Unfortunatly you don't really have a choice weather your camera was made via slave labour or not. But you can choose between film and digital.
I know it's not the only thing that PPCs do. But anytime a Palm vs PPC discussion starts, PPC advocates tout that their device is superior because it can play MP3's, Mpegs, and Quake. And my response is typically "So? None of those things are usefull in a PDA, and you can do it better on other devices already out there". People argue that the PPC is a superior Palm because it does non PDA stuff. Whoopie do.
Yes. And I was never saying that a PPC is better than a Palm. I was saying that PPC has capabilities in a PDA that Palm doesn't. It shouldn't be assumed that I think PPC are better than Palm because I can play videos, just because a lot of others think so.
Which is great. What you're asking for is the video/image editing functionality found in a laptop, except smaller.
No. I'm asking for a PDA with image editing functionality. You need to stop assuming you know what I want, or what's best for me.
No, I'm saying that you really want a fruit coctail, but keep asking for the apple, and when you get the apple you insist that it's an orange too.:)
I really don't think that the fruit analogy really works. Especially when you consider that image editing SW is available for Palm anyway. Doesn't that make Palm just as bad as PPC?
It's perfectly possible to have a PDA that has some capabilities of a laptop, without compromising the PDA/PIM side of things. Both PPC and Palm have proved this. The reason I don't go with Palm is that PPC do the job better at the moment.
Mark my works. In 5 years time. We won't be having this argument, because all PDAs will have multimedia capabilities. It's just a normal part of technology evolving. Anyone who thinks that PDA's will stay PIM/PDA only, and never integrate laptop-like capabilities is just kidding themselves. It's all ready happened! But it's just the beginning, so everything is still a bit clunky.
I think for the capabilities people often use to say that PPC devices are superior to Palm devices, laptops are much better suited. I've never used a PPC myself; they look too computery for my tastes (if that makes any sense), but I don't mean to imply that they are useless for PDA tasks.
And I'm saying that laptops aren't always an option.
Watching a MPEG on a screen isn't an assisting function. It's cool, and all of your coworkers will nod their heads and say that's neat, but it doesn't do anything for you. Playing a short movie on a small screen doesn't help me do anything. Playing MP3s may be handy and entertaining, but it doesn't ASSIST me in doing anything.
Your right there, but never in my post did I mention MPEGS. That's not the only things PPCs can do.
Yes, laptops are big and heavy. They're about as hard to carry around as your backpack. But you know what? They're a hell of alot better at playing Q3a, watching dvd's and everything else people use to tout the supriority of WinCE devices over Palm devices. Hey, guess what, you're asking for a mini computer, not a PDA.
I don't need to play games. Never said I did.
The problems is. You seem to only see the extremes, if you like, of each device. Sure. I don't need to be able to play videos, or play 3d games. But I'm currently working on a big project. And I need the PDAs to have decent capabilities. They have to view/edit/crop images before that can upload them to a database. Sure, you could use laptops. But they're a pain in the ass where you're constantly on the go, walking around talking to clients while uploading the data. Plus I don't need the capabilities of a laptop. That's overkill for what I need. A PDA is also cheaper than a laptop. But I still need something more than what Palm offers.
PDA's are much more usefull than getting a just a phone number. That was just an example. I use mine to track time at work, manage my financial time at work, to schedule reminders of things I need to do, to store my grocery list, to track mileage on my vehicles and their maintenance schedules (among other things).
Yes. I know what you meant. I have a Vx myself. And use it all the time. But different applications call for different solutions. A Palm in not the answer I'm looking for for this particular project, but neither is laptop.
By your definition of a PDA, the GameBoy would qualify as one because it has a small screen and runs on batteries -- but it isn't! And I doubt anyone here would try to say it was.
No, because a Gameboy doesn't really assist you in getting a task done.;p
Quit trying to call an apple an orange.
You seem to be saying than apples are useless, and that I should get a watermelon.
My argument was never that Palm should follow PPC (I don't think they should either). But that you can't say that a laptop is a better alternative to PPC type PDAs. They all have their places.
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"With a 160 MHz StrongARM processor (this from a five-year-old device!) and the ability to use CompactFlash (thanks to the Newton ATA project), a 100dpi 480x320 4-bit depth display and wireless ethernet, I don't feel outdated at all."
Amen....If only it could fit into something the size of a Vx (well, who knows, it might be possable now).
"Newton's greatness was more than just NewtonScript, it was the design of the entire Newton OS. I've owned Palms and Windows CE devices and (in a desperate attempt to find a usable pen-based system) a Fujitsu Stylistic running Linux+KDE. I just couldn't satisfy my needs for an "information everything device"
I've only seen 3 small quicktime movies of a Newton. But just from that. I could tell that the Newton is by far.. better than PalmOS or PPC. It looked as if it has combines powerfull feature with the 'simplicty' concept of Palm.
The problem with Palm. Is that they have confused 'simplicity' of the OS, with the simplicity of the GUI.
A good example: When I had my Jornada 680 (WinCE). There was an option in the main apps. If you had an note, you could send it to e-mail, or make an appointment. You could turn a task into an apointment etc. Similar to what aussersterne talked about. But you can't do that on a Palm. You have to muck around cuting and pasting things. The WinCE way was simpler.
As for the problem of a cluttered GUI, that's a seperate issuse to be worked on.
I've mentioned the following many times before, simply 'cause I think it sums up what's wrong with Palm:
You still can't sort you contacts by their first name. (maybe this will be fixed in OS 5)
How is this simplicity in action? It isn't. The only thing remotly simple about this it the preferances panel where you choose what to sort by. But even then, it's possablt to create an easier to use interface, that's more powerfull that the preferaces panel that's there now.
It also shows Palm's lack of innovation. You can hardly call a company innovative when they still haven't changed a little thing like that since the OS was released a few years ago.
"...it's done better in a device you can purchase today than it could ever be done in a device that fits in your pocket. It's called a laptop.'
Complete and utter bullshit.
A PDA is a PDA, it can do what ever it wants if it means it's digital, and it's assisting you. Even then. We all know that computer terms and classifications can evolve from their origonal meaning.
Laptops are big, heavy, and you can't use one easly while standing up or hold it in your hand. They're a pain in the ass to carry around.
Just because you're so narrow minded and think that PDAs are, and will ever be only usefull for getting a phone number. Doesn't mean the same goes for everyone else.
This whole "a PDA should only be used for____" agument is so old and pathetic. Just imagene what computers, laptops, calculators, cars, cameras, etc would be like if they adopted that motto.
Yeah....Close, including it's pitfalls. I just looked at the Mozilla newreader, and just like the Outlook Express newsreader. I can't put my subscribed newsgroups into folders.
In Outlook Express/2000, and prolly Mozilla if I had a look. I can can create all sorts of folders for contacts, e-mail, etc. But still nothing for newsgroups. Why?
Guess I'm off to Mozilla.org to drop something in the suggestion box.
BTW. I'm posting this from the new build right now. It's great. Still not up to par with IE in some areas IMHO. But way better than IE in others. Keep the good work up!
Well. It might not work they way you were thinking (like a fuel cell). But there was an artical not too long ago about a micro gas turbine, which could be used to power stuff.
Not only could the methane be used as fuel. But the speed of the methane gas being driven into the turbine would help it spin even faster.
Being only 4mm wide. I'm sure that you could fit quite a few into the space of that certain....place (esspecialy if your anything like the goatse guy).
Hell, you might not even need to use an aircraft service anymore. Just bring alot of penuts with you....Wouldn't want to run out of penuts at 10,000'.
The no plug-in required 3D model is also cool. It actualy lets you spin it round in full 3D. Unlike some. Palm my not have there products together, but atleast they give people lots of info on their products.
Most scrollwheels that I know of have infinite ends. IE. you can keep on rolling it, and never find the start or end. You would have to know where it was before you scroll since you can't just scroll to the beginning, since there is no begining. Also, every click is the same as the other, it would be very easy to overrun by one click an not notice. It has not uniqueness whatsoever. Letters, keyboards, and voice do.
He never said anything about not looking at something for more than 2 mins. He just said that it relied on visual feedback. Which means you can't glance up to see what you might be copying down for a few seconds.
With handwriting recognition, you don't have to be looking at the screen to make sure that you are entering it, you just have to glace at the sceen once to confim you entered it properly.
It means you can act like a normal human, and glance at what you writing down, who your talking to, or make sure you aren't walking into a pole etc. while your jotting something down.
Just because you can't use handwritting recognition like a keyboard, and not need to look at it ever. Dosen't mean visual feedback isn't important.
Also, when I look at my Palm screen while wrtting. I look at the text that I'm writing, and not the graffiti pad. Which is similar to looking at the sceen while typing anyway.
I managed to write the whole alphabet wothout looking, and only get 3 letters wrong, and that's mostly cause of the recognition software. With better software, and practice. I'm sure I could easly get to point where I don't even need to look at the Palm.
A bit of a dissapointment after the CEOs' vow to be more innovative. But I guess that this producd was underway before he said that. Hopefully it will be last Palm with a 160x160 screen.
I, personally, don't want to bring my MP3 player to meetings nor do I want to bring my organizer when I go for a walk.
Well, first of all. I'm not supporting PocketPC (too big, not quite there yet).
But I'd want to bring an MP3 player to a meeting, and I always carry an orginiser when I go for a walk. Otherwise, it kinda defeats the perpous of having a PDA in the first place IMHO. If I taking my wallet and keys, my Vx comes with me to.
Also, I don't see why everyone is so against multimedia on a PDA. It doesn't have to make the OS or GUI bloated in anyway at all. The only thing that's holding it back is the size of the devices, and battery life etc....But this is the technology industry, so we all know things will get better.
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I wish I could say the same. I'm typing this from my new iBook (600Mhz Combo drive). I was once part of the 'Apple is fast' crowd. but after using it for 3 days, and I've gone to the 'Apple is slow' crowd. Well, atleast for all the G3 macs.
I think I'll pulug in a 256MB stick and make my final desicion then. It's currently 128MB. And I've heard alot of people say that it's not enough. I think they are right.
The question is how much faster it will run after the RAM injection.
Hmmmm..... Back on topic again. I've always found that Apple are a bit slow when compared to the lastest PC standards, and it's quite annoying sometimes. But then, they are usaly ahead in other areas--like FireWire and USB for example.
Your not geographically ignorant. But if you look at those pics. there are no islands next to OZ.
Antartica seems to be cropped out to. Oh well, you get used to thing kinda thing after a while.
Yes, not to mention that any designer that puts red text on a green background or visa versa shouldn't be designing anyway ;)
If I really need to scroll far. I'll just use the scroll bar.
I find it no more unatural than moving the cursor over to the scroll bar, or uisng the page down key.
What kind of mouse did you have? The MS one I have, has a very easy to turn wheel. I have noticed that some are quite clicky/sticky/hard. And I could understand getting CTS if you were using one of them.
My only complaint about the MS Explorer mouse is that it's too damn bulky. It's not something I realised untill I started to use it. I never used to rest my hand on the mouse. Just grip it with my fingers. The ergonomics can get in the way some times because they must expect you to rest your whole hand on it.
I used a Nikon 950 2 MPixel camera. At different distances, the full image has varying total pixels (shall we say, virtual image size?). test areas 1 and 2 were done at 2 distances to give equivalent fields of view of about 1900 x 2470 (4.7 megapixel image) and 1000 x 1300 pixels (1.3 megapixel image).
??? Sorry. But the only way you really can compare digital to film, is to get a few DSLRs, that takes the same lenes as the 35mm SLR. And take the exact same photo (of course, you will have to take into account the focal length muliplyer. But tht shouldn't affect ot too much).
Yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks like this. I don't want to get a laptop so I can work in a different office, or on the way to work. I want it so I can work outside, or at the park, maybe nice cafe if that's your style.
I'm a strong beliver in the mobile office. It would be great to have the entire office fit into a back-pac, and work from where-ever you damn well feel like working from.
Batteries are lasting longer, wireless is getting faster, and transflective LCDs are getting bigger. It won't be long...
No more pasty white skin for me!
They aren't heavily marketed for a reaosn. 3 CCDs for starters, cost more. Require more power, take up more space. And Then there is the whole alignment issuse. As the resultion increases. The alignmnet gets more critical. That all costs money.
The big thing isn't so much that there is no colour interepolation going on with this new chip. But that it does it all on one chip, without the complexities/costs/dissadvantages of a 3 CCD set-up.
256 isn't that much.
I have a Fuji 6900, it does 2048x1354 images. I can fit 100 on my 128 card. That's only 4 rolls of film.
There are alot of cameras out there that will create far bigger images.
As much as I can see video being a more important feature in still digital cameras in the future, and see devices that do both well. They primarily are still cameras. And I think that they should be focasing on that more than doing video.
"The Foveon X3 image sensor is the first image sensor designed and in production using standard 0.18-micron CMOS semiconductor production line."
He was using a Nikon Coolpix 950 2MP camera, and a HP C200 (1152x872). That should set off alarm bells to start. Then, using the results from those 2, old, low quality cameras, he simulates what the resolution would be for a higher MP camera by some fancy vapor-maths.
For a more un-biast and real-world comparison of film vs. digital, take a look at these:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/iso100-400.htm
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/d30_vs_film.htm
This guy is a landscape photographer who works alot with film, in both 35mm, medium and large formats. It's worth a look round his site, he has some very nice images there, and plenty of other photography articals to if that's you cup of tea.
But film cameras still have to be made aswell, they're in the same boat as digital. Unfortunatly you don't really have a choice weather your camera was made via slave labour or not. But you can choose between film and digital.
BZZT. If you had followed the link, you would have noticed the new Sigma camera with the cluster of other articals about the new sensor.
Yes. And I was never saying that a PPC is better than a Palm. I was saying that PPC has capabilities in a PDA that Palm doesn't. It shouldn't be assumed that I think PPC are better than Palm because I can play videos, just because a lot of others think so.
Which is great. What you're asking for is the video/image editing functionality found in a laptop, except smaller.
No. I'm asking for a PDA with image editing functionality. You need to stop assuming you know what I want, or what's best for me.
No, I'm saying that you really want a fruit coctail, but keep asking for the apple, and when you get the apple you insist that it's an orange too. :)
I really don't think that the fruit analogy really works. Especially when you consider that image editing SW is available for Palm anyway. Doesn't that make Palm just as bad as PPC?
It's perfectly possible to have a PDA that has some capabilities of a laptop, without compromising the PDA/PIM side of things. Both PPC and Palm have proved this. The reason I don't go with Palm is that PPC do the job better at the moment.
Mark my works. In 5 years time. We won't be having this argument, because all PDAs will have multimedia capabilities. It's just a normal part of technology evolving. Anyone who thinks that PDA's will stay PIM/PDA only, and never integrate laptop-like capabilities is just kidding themselves. It's all ready happened! But it's just the beginning, so everything is still a bit clunky.
I think for the capabilities people often use to say that PPC devices are superior to Palm devices, laptops are much better suited. I've never used a PPC myself; they look too computery for my tastes (if that makes any sense), but I don't mean to imply that they are useless for PDA tasks.
And I'm saying that laptops aren't always an option.
Your right there, but never in my post did I mention MPEGS. That's not the only things PPCs can do.
Yes, laptops are big and heavy. They're about as hard to carry around as your backpack. But you know what? They're a hell of alot better at playing Q3a, watching dvd's and everything else people use to tout the supriority of WinCE devices over Palm devices. Hey, guess what, you're asking for a mini computer, not a PDA.
I don't need to play games. Never said I did.
The problems is. You seem to only see the extremes, if you like, of each device. Sure. I don't need to be able to play videos, or play 3d games. But I'm currently working on a big project. And I need the PDAs to have decent capabilities. They have to view/edit/crop images before that can upload them to a database. Sure, you could use laptops. But they're a pain in the ass where you're constantly on the go, walking around talking to clients while uploading the data. Plus I don't need the capabilities of a laptop. That's overkill for what I need. A PDA is also cheaper than a laptop. But I still need something more than what Palm offers.
PDA's are much more usefull than getting a just a phone number. That was just an example. I use mine to track time at work, manage my financial time at work, to schedule reminders of things I need to do, to store my grocery list, to track mileage on my vehicles and their maintenance schedules (among other things).
Yes. I know what you meant. I have a Vx myself. And use it all the time. But different applications call for different solutions. A Palm in not the answer I'm looking for for this particular project, but neither is laptop.
By your definition of a PDA, the GameBoy would qualify as one because it has a small screen and runs on batteries -- but it isn't! And I doubt anyone here would try to say it was.
No, because a Gameboy doesn't really assist you in getting a task done. ;p
Quit trying to call an apple an orange.
You seem to be saying than apples are useless, and that I should get a watermelon.
My argument was never that Palm should follow PPC (I don't think they should either). But that you can't say that a laptop is a better alternative to PPC type PDAs. They all have their places.
Amen....If only it could fit into something the size of a Vx (well, who knows, it might be possable now).
"Newton's greatness was more than just NewtonScript, it was the design of the entire Newton OS. I've owned Palms and Windows CE devices and (in a desperate attempt to find a usable pen-based system) a Fujitsu Stylistic running Linux+KDE. I just couldn't satisfy my needs for an "information everything device"
I've only seen 3 small quicktime movies of a Newton. But just from that. I could tell that the Newton is by far.. better than PalmOS or PPC. It looked as if it has combines powerfull feature with the 'simplicty' concept of Palm.
The problem with Palm. Is that they have confused 'simplicity' of the OS, with the simplicity of the GUI.
A good example: When I had my Jornada 680 (WinCE). There was an option in the main apps. If you had an note, you could send it to e-mail, or make an appointment. You could turn a task into an apointment etc. Similar to what aussersterne talked about. But you can't do that on a Palm. You have to muck around cuting and pasting things. The WinCE way was simpler.
As for the problem of a cluttered GUI, that's a seperate issuse to be worked on.
I've mentioned the following many times before, simply 'cause I think it sums up what's wrong with Palm:
You still can't sort you contacts by their first name. (maybe this will be fixed in OS 5)
How is this simplicity in action? It isn't. The only thing remotly simple about this it the preferances panel where you choose what to sort by. But even then, it's possablt to create an easier to use interface, that's more powerfull that the preferaces panel that's there now.
It also shows Palm's lack of innovation. You can hardly call a company innovative when they still haven't changed a little thing like that since the OS was released a few years ago.
Complete and utter bullshit.
A PDA is a PDA, it can do what ever it wants if it means it's digital, and it's assisting you. Even then. We all know that computer terms and classifications can evolve from their origonal meaning.
Laptops are big, heavy, and you can't use one easly while standing up or hold it in your hand. They're a pain in the ass to carry around.
Just because you're so narrow minded and think that PDAs are, and will ever be only usefull for getting a phone number. Doesn't mean the same goes for everyone else.
This whole "a PDA should only be used for____" agument is so old and pathetic. Just imagene what computers, laptops, calculators, cars, cameras, etc would be like if they adopted that motto.
In Outlook Express/2000, and prolly Mozilla if I had a look. I can can create all sorts of folders for contacts, e-mail, etc. But still nothing for newsgroups. Why?
Guess I'm off to Mozilla.org to drop something in the suggestion box.
BTW. I'm posting this from the new build right now. It's great. Still not up to par with IE in some areas IMHO. But way better than IE in others.
Keep the good work up!
Well. It might not work they way you were thinking (like a fuel cell). But there was an artical not too long ago about a micro gas turbine, which could be used to power stuff.
Not only could the methane be used as fuel. But the speed of the methane gas being driven into the turbine would help it spin even faster.
Being only 4mm wide. I'm sure that you could fit quite a few into the space of that certain....place (esspecialy if your anything like the goatse guy).
Hell, you might not even need to use an aircraft service anymore. Just bring alot of penuts with you....Wouldn't want to run out of penuts at 10,000'.
The no plug-in required 3D model is also cool. It actualy lets you spin it round in full 3D. Unlike some. Palm my not have there products together, but atleast they give people lots of info on their products.
Don't forget, you can use PC RAM in a mac. That will bring down the price a bit.
Most scrollwheels that I know of have infinite ends. IE. you can keep on rolling it, and never find the start or end. You would have to know where it was before you scroll since you can't just scroll to the beginning, since there is no begining. Also, every click is the same as the other, it would be very easy to overrun by one click an not notice. It has not uniqueness whatsoever. Letters, keyboards, and voice do.
With handwriting recognition, you don't have to be looking at the screen to make sure that you are entering it, you just have to glace at the sceen once to confim you entered it properly.
It means you can act like a normal human, and glance at what you writing down, who your talking to, or make sure you aren't walking into a pole etc. while your jotting something down.
Just because you can't use handwritting recognition like a keyboard, and not need to look at it ever. Dosen't mean visual feedback isn't important.
Also, when I look at my Palm screen while wrtting. I look at the text that I'm writing, and not the graffiti pad. Which is similar to looking at the sceen while typing anyway.
I managed to write the whole alphabet wothout looking, and only get 3 letters wrong, and that's mostly cause of the recognition software. With better software, and practice. I'm sure I could easly get to point where I don't even need to look at the Palm.
Horray! Hopefully they'll both end up getting injured.
A bit of a dissapointment after the CEOs' vow to be more innovative. But I guess that this producd was underway before he said that. Hopefully it will be last Palm with a 160x160 screen.
Well, first of all. I'm not supporting PocketPC (too big, not quite there yet).
But I'd want to bring an MP3 player to a meeting, and I always carry an orginiser when I go for a walk. Otherwise, it kinda defeats the perpous of having a PDA in the first place IMHO. If I taking my wallet and keys, my Vx comes with me to.
Also, I don't see why everyone is so against multimedia on a PDA. It doesn't have to make the OS or GUI bloated in anyway at all. The only thing that's holding it back is the size of the devices, and battery life etc....But this is the technology industry, so we all know things will get better.