Dave Beauvais
11-19-2003, 08:21 PM
For anyone who subscribes to Maximum PC magazine, this month's Head–to–Head article compares Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC to Palm OS 5. WM2003 won, but just barely. (Palm: 8 out of 10, WM2003: 9 out of 10.)
Maximum PC is written by mostly PC hardware guys and gamers, so I take a lot of what they say with a grain or three of salt. They do make some good points, however, about ease of use and connectivity. Since this is the annual Gear of the Year edition of the magazine, it should also be noted that the iPAQ h5555 was chosen as their PDA of the year. Here's what they had to say:
Once an all–Palm OS shop, the Maximum PC Lab now has four editors who've made the switch to Pocket PC — and HP's decadent, featurific iPaq 5555 proved to be the deciding factor for more than one fence–hopper. With a user–replaceable battery, 400MHz XScale CPU, and onboard Wi–Fi and Bluetooth (that's right, both), this iPaq can't be beat for speed or features. And did we mention that the iPaq runs Windows Mobile 2003, and comes with a fingerprint scanner as well as a whopping 128MB of RAM? It's no wonder the 5555 is such a Pied Piper for the Pocket PC platform.
$650, www.hp.com
Nonetheless: Palm's Tungsten C has a bigger battery, so you can use its built–in Wi–Fi all day. The same can't be said for the iPaq.
Reprinted without permission from the December 2003 (Volume 8, Number 12) issue of Maximum PC (http://www.maximumpc.com) magazine, page 33.
Maximum PC is written by mostly PC hardware guys and gamers, so I take a lot of what they say with a grain or three of salt. They do make some good points, however, about ease of use and connectivity. Since this is the annual Gear of the Year edition of the magazine, it should also be noted that the iPAQ h5555 was chosen as their PDA of the year. Here's what they had to say:
Once an all–Palm OS shop, the Maximum PC Lab now has four editors who've made the switch to Pocket PC — and HP's decadent, featurific iPaq 5555 proved to be the deciding factor for more than one fence–hopper. With a user–replaceable battery, 400MHz XScale CPU, and onboard Wi–Fi and Bluetooth (that's right, both), this iPaq can't be beat for speed or features. And did we mention that the iPaq runs Windows Mobile 2003, and comes with a fingerprint scanner as well as a whopping 128MB of RAM? It's no wonder the 5555 is such a Pied Piper for the Pocket PC platform.
$650, www.hp.com
Nonetheless: Palm's Tungsten C has a bigger battery, so you can use its built–in Wi–Fi all day. The same can't be said for the iPaq.
Reprinted without permission from the December 2003 (Volume 8, Number 12) issue of Maximum PC (http://www.maximumpc.com) magazine, page 33.