Dude, your comparison is so way off...
PalmOS 3.0 was launched in 1998. You're comparing 1998 tech with 2003 tech ?
As a matter of fact, OS5.x ARM based Palms emulate the old 68K Dragonball hardware to stay compatible with older software.
Also, you obviously haven't checked/. for the last couple of years... To recap: 3Com hasn't owned Palm for god knows how many years. PalmSource (maker of PalmOS) spun off from Palm and is now a seperate company. Handspring has merged with Palm to become PalmOne. The higher-end palms run on a 400Mhz XScale. Their screens have two times the resolution of a PocketPC. Yes, they play MP3, yes they play DivX, and yes they emulate yer favourite 80's homecomputer.
It's like saying "I can't believe ppl stil buy from IBM... Dell machines are much faster and they never suffer from burnt-through tubes !"
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Dude, your comparison is so way off... PalmOS 3.0 was launched in 1998. You're comparing 1998 tech with 2003 tech ? As a matter of fact, OS5.x ARM based Palms emulate the old 68K Dragonball hardware to stay compatible with older software. Also, you obviously haven't checked /. for the last couple of years... To recap: 3Com hasn't owned Palm for god knows how many years. PalmSource (maker of PalmOS) spun off from Palm and is now a seperate company. Handspring has merged with Palm to become PalmOne. The higher-end palms run on a 400Mhz XScale. Their screens have two times the resolution of a PocketPC. Yes, they play MP3, yes they play DivX, and yes they emulate yer favourite 80's homecomputer.
It's like saying "I can't believe ppl stil buy from IBM... Dell machines are much faster and they never suffer from burnt-through tubes !"