PocketPC phone or Smart Phone

[urologyhealth]

What are the differences between these or are they the same?

Can you download ebooks to these units much like I do with my PPC?

What memory cards are supported and what are internet connection speeds?

Are these ready for prime-time or are they works in progress?

Thank you

[bdegroodt]

What are the differences between these or are they the same?

Can you download ebooks to these units much like I do with my PPC?

What memory cards are supported and what are internet connection speeds?

Are these ready for prime-time or are they works in progress?

Thank you

I should probably leave this to the MVPs, but what the heck...

Smart Phone=More cell phone than PDA.

Pocket PC Phone=More data centric (PDA like) with phone functions.

In the U.S. I'm unaware of any Smart Phones being available unless you import them from outside the U.S.

I don't believe you can use ebooks on the Smart Phones. Besides, reading on a SP screen would be pretty painful.

Data speeds vary by carrier. GPRS for me has been in the range of mid 20KB/s. With proxy servers and the limitations of the hardware itself, it's been fast enough. Certainly not WiFi, but it pulls email and loads a simple web page fast enough to be reliable and novel. SD cards are supported on both platforms.

Both are first generation (PPC PE being closer to second generation). MSFT and first generation have always been for those that understand the implication of first generation devices (Stability, features etc.).

There is a lot of specific MSFT information available at:

PPC PE- http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/default.asp

and

Smart Phone- http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/smartphone/default.asp

[dMores]

don't forget the "mother of all smartphones", the nokia communicator.

you get these in the US now (nokia 9290i), and i'm almost positive that there is an ebook reader for the symbian os it's using.

[bdegroodt]

don't forget the "mother of all smartphones", the nokia communicator.

you get these in the US now (nokia 9290i), and i'm almost positive that there is an ebook reader for the symbian os it's using.

Speaking of which, is Smart Phone a trademarked name for MSFT?

[brntcrsp]

I believe microsoft grabbed the "Smartphone" trade name, but there exists a plethora of smart phones. Those cunning MS marketing monkeys.

[Janak Parekh]

don't forget the "mother of all smartphones", the nokia communicator.
Only if you don't want to do a lot of data. The 9290 doesn't support GPRS, so you can only use it as a dial-up (e.g., 9600 baud) modem. Add the fact that it doesn't vibrate, and in my opinion it's a non-choice out of the gate.

--janak

[dMores]

yep, that's true. while the 9000 and 9100 were pretty far ahead, the 92xx phones were released withoug gprs. that´'s a major flaw and i think this pretty much killed it.

i don't care about vibraacall that much, personally.