In the things I considered when I purchased my Palm3, the first I had in mind was cost. I got mine for around $160 NIB. Just last month, I had it upgraded to an 8M chip for around $125. Altogether $285, for an 8M machine, $385 with the keyboard, that isn't 100% necessary. Additionally, there is a ton of 3rd party software already out there and a ton more being developed.
On the other hand, I see the Psion retailing for $470 from the same place I bought my palm, less than a full sized keyboard, and I'm unsure about capacity or 3rd party apps.
Personally, I like my palm, and If something happens and I break it, I'm out half the cash of the Psion.
After all, you're not writing a term paper on it or anything...
Ahh, but you see that's part of the point. You could carry this handy little bugger to class, take notes as the teacher is speaking at full typing speed (which for me is a lot faster than writing by hand, and a lot neater) and then use those notes directly in a later report, or use cut/paste/whatever to re-organize them without having to transcribe them to computer.
Additionally, you could carry this whole mess with you to the library and do the exaxt same thing and write notes while looking at the text you're referencing, without having to leave the libaray, and with a lot less bulk and cost than a full blown laptop.
There've been upgrades avaiable for the Palm III and the Palm V for a while. I'm just about to get my Palm III upgraded to 8M of memory, and you can get the same for the Palm V. The major caveat is that it does void your warranty by opening the case. I'm not going to mention where I've seen it, because I haven't personally seen his work, but the place I'm looking at has screenshots of a modified palm device that had 12M of total memory after an 8M upgrade and 4M flash upgrade, usable with FlashPro. I guess the major advantage is, the package is already integrated, and warratied, but for those of us who already have a palm device, the upgrades are there. On the flipside, the Visor with 8M built in and the expansion slot is cheaper, and looks cooler too.
I like the reference in the article to it as the 2000 challenge. I've gotten pretty dang sick of constantly hearing Y2K over the past months.
Personally, I'm going to Germany in October, and I'm not concerned about problems, because if there's one thing the Germans can do it's make the trains run on time (more or less)
Slashdot Mirror
In the things I considered when I purchased my Palm3, the first I had in mind was cost. I got mine for around $160 NIB. Just last month, I had it upgraded to an 8M chip for around $125. Altogether $285, for an 8M machine, $385 with the keyboard, that isn't 100% necessary. Additionally, there is a ton of 3rd party software already out there and a ton more being developed.
On the other hand, I see the Psion retailing for $470 from the same place I bought my palm, less than a full sized keyboard, and I'm unsure about capacity or 3rd party apps.
Personally, I like my palm, and If something happens and I break it, I'm out half the cash of the Psion.
After all, you're not writing a term paper on it or anything...
Ahh, but you see that's part of the point. You could carry this handy little bugger to class, take notes as the teacher is speaking at full typing speed (which for me is a lot faster than writing by hand, and a lot neater) and then use those notes directly in a later report, or use cut/paste/whatever to re-organize them without having to transcribe them to computer.
Additionally, you could carry this whole mess with you to the library and do the exaxt same thing and write notes while looking at the text you're referencing, without having to leave the libaray, and with a lot less bulk and cost than a full blown laptop.
There've been upgrades avaiable for the Palm III and the Palm V for a while. I'm just about to get my Palm III upgraded to 8M of memory, and you can get the same for the Palm V. The major caveat is that it does void your warranty by opening the case. I'm not going to mention where I've seen it, because I haven't personally seen his work, but the place I'm looking at has screenshots of a modified palm device that had 12M of total memory after an 8M upgrade and 4M flash upgrade, usable with FlashPro. I guess the major advantage is, the package is already integrated, and warratied, but for those of us who already have a palm device, the upgrades are there. On the flipside, the Visor with 8M built in and the expansion slot is cheaper, and looks cooler too.
I like the reference in the article to it as the 2000 challenge. I've gotten pretty dang sick of constantly hearing Y2K over the past months.
Personally, I'm going to Germany in October, and I'm not concerned about problems, because if there's one thing the Germans can do it's make the trains run on time (more or less)