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Originally Posted by elbowz
Comparing a Palm IIIc and an Axim X5 - thats like saying a 1980s Austin Metro doesn't have the same extras as an 05 BMW, a completely worthless comparison.
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It is a fair comparison, as both were marketed to the same market roughly around the same time. However I was not actually comparing them. What I said was this:
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
I won a Palm IIIc when I worked at 3Com and promptly passed it onto a friend and bought my Dell X5 Pocket PC.
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I.e. even when the almost-top-of-the-line Palm was free, I still prefered to buy a Pocket PC.
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Originally Posted by elbowz
... explain to me how a £70 Zire can fly through applications whilst an Axim X50v clunks along like a three-legged dog?
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I can't explain it, because they don't. :P Exactly which applications does the Zire beat the X50v on? My X50v is just spiffy thanks very much. :wink:
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Originally Posted by elbowz
... Taking endless potshots at the competition doesn't serve any purpose.
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So what was your post about then? :wink: On a serious note though, it is useful for new users to be able to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of each platform before buying, but just about every 'unbiased' comparison of the mobile platforms Ive seen has been heavily slanted one way or the other. In the end, people tend to prefer one platform over the other and become 'committed' to it. It's hard throwing away the investment in software, training and experience to switch to another platform. It also (perhaps incorrectly) implies you made a mistake in the first place of committing to that platform if you then change away from it.
I do like the ways that 'friendly' competition spurs on greater development on the mobile platforms, but it really does look like Palm is heading out of the game unless they seriously pull up their socks. :?