[ipaq_wannabe]

Originally Posted by Terry

I have a LifeDrive now, and it's an excellent device. The built-in browser is better at rendering non-mobile sites than Pocket IE. I can actually use Outlook Web Access on the Life Drive, where it's a total pain on Pocket IE. I went this way because I'm tired of HP not upgrading the OS on their devices, switching from the Jornada to the iPaq, discontinuing iPaq sleeve models, etc.

Syncing is much better with the LD, and it support Wi-Fi file access (don't know about Wi-Fi sync).

The OS has some bugs and the LD reboots from time-to-time (more than my iPaq 4155) and it takes much longer to restart after a reboot. I turned file encryption on, and it took 3 minutes to start after a power off (encryption is now off). It should have a mini-USB port instead of the Palm cable, but at least it's the same cable as all the other Palms. The headphone jack is on the bottom, which is dumb, but no dumber than Pocket PCs that do the same thing.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I'll haven't decided which device I will stick with.

The agument over which is better is identical to the Windows vs. Apple argument. The answer is both and neither.

Terry, now that you have a LifeDrive - is it true that during a "hard reset," even the 4GB HDD gets erased?