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Jason and Dave,
Enjoyed your Thoughtcast Parts 1 and 2 on this device. Looking forward to Part 3.
In Part 2, there was some question of how much free RAM there was after a reset of the Treo 700w. I have a Treo 700w and can confirm that indeed you were correct: there only remains about 15 MB after a reset. That is a severe memory environment. I have run into "out of memory" errors when using pocket IE. Eventually, the memory is consumed and I have to perform a reset. I have also run out of memory when streaming videos from the web using Windows Media player.
This is one area where Palm could have improved the Treo 700w and should have stuffed at least an additional 16 MB of RAM onto the device. Doing so would have made the web browsing and video media experiences so much better. By contrast, your review indicated the HP 6900 still had 31.44 MB available to users after a reset. This is a much better situation!
Also, I like the idea that the HP 6900 wi-fi capability is built into the device, rather than being available only via a wi-fi card (per the Treo 700w). With the HP approach, I am not forced to choose between using the wi-fi capability (which allows much faster connections) and having an SD card to use.
Any chance that HP is working on a CDMA version of this device for Verizon networks?
Thanks,
Twain
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