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I've always been a Palm user. I like the simplicity of the interface, plus I have boatloads of software I've bought over the years. I bought my first PPC a couple of years ago because I had clients getting them and wanting me to fix their problems. Kind of hard to do if you don't know what they're talking about. While I'm still not a die-hard PPC user, I do find myself using my (newer) iPAQ more and more because of features like builtin wifi (WPA capable also) and the today screen (thank goodness for PocketBreeze). I still prefer Palm for basic PIM functions (I really like DateBk more than anything on the PPC platform - this is just a personal preference so please no flames), but the T5 is really a disappointment. It's slower than the iPAQ (which is really sad when you consider that Palm apps are supposed to be execute in place), and for the price, the features are lame. I can only imagine the latency we'll see when you factor in a hard drive. Palm can say all they want about people not wanting certain features (like wifi, multi-tasking, etc.), but when the devices cost as much or more than devices in the PPC camp that offer those features, they're going to lose.
I really want Palm to do well (even from a PPC perspective, competition is good), but without competition in the PalmOS arena, I feel they'll be playing catch-up for quite some time (assuming they continue to play).
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