RAM vs. Flash
I think RAM and Flash are both important, and I want plenty of both. I still use an iPAQ 5555 despite the fact that its stuck at WM2003--its 128MB RAM/48 MB Flash is a big reason I have kept it.
I want RAM for program storage/execution and data storage space. RAM may take battery to refresh, but its fast! I want Flash for program and data storage. Currently I backup to a 512 MB SD card. It would be nice to have 128 or 256 MB RAM (yes, with a BIG battery) and 512+ MB flash on a device--that way it could "mirror" the system RAM to Flash while the PocketPC is "idle". That way a backup to SD card would be: wait for RAM to flash sync, and then simply copy to SD card.
Many devices have slow built-in ROM--they could spend a bit more and put faster Flash in, and maybe oem's will start to do that, but they haven't in the past. With fast flash and RAM memory we will start to take advantage of these fast processors.
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