[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by motocrash

I would think this would better apply to multiple personality disorder (or dissociative identity disorder) then schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is simply a split from reality, but they are still one personality.

Not to pick nits, but the voices in my head tell me to do it.

That's a good nit to pick, though. You're right -- I mispoke by using schizophrenia instead of MPD. However, most people seem to equate the two, and I still seem to misuse schizophrenia occasionally.

I suppose I could rationalize that having a Palm is a break with reality, but I don't really have anything against Palms. :-D

Steve

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by motocrash

I would think this would better apply to multiple personality disorder (or dissociative identity disorder) then schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is simply a split from reality, but they are still one personality.

Not to pick nits, but the voices in my head tell me to do it.

That's a good nit to pick, though. You're right -- I mispoke by using schizophrenia instead of MPD. However, most people seem to equate the two, and I still seem to misuse schizophrenia occasionally.

I suppose I could rationalize that having a Palm is a break with reality, but I don't really have anything against Palms. :-D

Steve

[mboonyap]

My toshiba' e800 is a joke...switching apps makes this thing lag with that little rotating wheel icon...it almost switches apps as fast as the Tungsten W and its 33Mhz processor....that's almost laugable...this thing's going on ebay!
Oh wait a sec..it loaded half a sceen of mobipocket..then hung...while the Tungsten W (not even my T3) mnaged to switch from isilo to mobipocket.
why is that? what good is multitasking if it wither crashes the ppc or hangs it?
wifi..oh yeah...i have a computer at home and a treo 600 with a very capable browser for that. Don't think i've seen wifi antennas on the EL train in chicago quite yet...

mboonyap
Tungsten T3 rules

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by mboonyap

My toshiba' e800 is a joke...switching apps makes this thing lag with that little rotating wheel icon...it almost switches apps as fast as the Tungsten W and its 33Mhz processor....that's almost laugable...this thing's going on ebay!

I don't know what you're running on your e800, but my e805 switches applications near-instantaneously. And no crashes either.

--janak

[mboonyap]

Hmmm...I was trying to figure out why my e800 was lagging so much, then i decided to uninstall "Battery pack" and all of a sudden my PPC has redeemed itself. I'm not sure, but is the fact that I had the program refresh every 1 sec possbly related?

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by mboonyap

Hmmm...I was trying to figure out why my e800 was lagging so much, then i decided to uninstall "Battery pack" and all of a sudden my PPC has redeemed itself. I'm not sure, but is the fact that I had the program refresh every 1 sec possbly related?

Ummm, YES! Do you really need to-the-second battery or memory status?

Steve

[tanalasta]

I'm fairly sure you an change the refresh rate for Batterypack off the top of my head. I install batterypack for the task manager and the program bar and occasionally have a glance at my memory usage :P

As for what I don't like about PPC's - poor battery life, random hard-resets and the fact it is a pain to twiddle with settings in Activesync, Outlook, Connections.

But it looks a lot more familiar than Palm with the Windows OS/programs and I haven't bothered learning Grafitti as well as i should yet. Does anybody know how the character recognition is on the Palm at the moment?

Tungsten T3 rules

For some reason, all my colleagues are purchasing these left/right and centre. I even found myself agreeing to chip in to buy one for a friend's birthday prezzie ops: So there must be something going on for them... they appear to be horrendously popular among students/junior medical staff for some reason...

Almost tempted to buy one myself and see what the hype is all about 0X

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by tanalasta

As for what I don't like about PPC's - poor battery life

Mine (with an extended battery) gives quite a few hours of life;

random hard-resets

I never have these -- would suggest it's a hardware or subtle software interaction problem;

and the fact it is a pain to twiddle with settings in Activesync, Outlook, Connections.

No debate there.

For some reason, all my colleagues are purchasing these left/right and centre.

Weird! Not here. I don't see many T3s at all. If people go for Palms, they go for the Zires, mostly. Incidentally, you know that the T3 has very mediocre battery life, right?

they appear to be horrendously popular among students/junior medical staff for some reason...

Ah, that would explain things. There's a ton of medical software for Palms. Pocket PCs are catching up but are still somewhat behind.

--janak

[Maced]

Actually I had a Tungsten E a while back, and I never really seemed to get much battery life out of it... Seemed like 3-4 hours of mp3 mixed with some full use at school (I haven't had a chance to use my PPC yet - Just ordered a Dell Axim ... but my Palm was crap, I could hardly listen to an mp3 without it bogging down a game or writing of a paper in word.. I am hoping that this new dell will be better )

[BTS]

I own both platforms and use them daily. Oddly, I have found it more difficult to switch back to Palm after using the PPC. Palm's use of memory, without a third party addon, is definitely not as intuitive as PPC.

That being said, however, I can't say that I really dislike either machine. They both bring their strengths to the table.

[collegea]

I've owned an HPIPAQ 4155 for 6 months now. I like it. What I like most about it is the wifi signal strength. It is a real beautiful looking handheld too.

But I'm a Palm Boy. I love the simplicity and intuitiveness of the Palm OS. Windows mobile premium is inferior to Palm OS in that respect. The quicker I can get to my task at hand, the more I like my handheld.

Please don't tell me that Pocket PC is more functional than Palm OS because that is not true anymore except for connecting via wifi.

My Palm Zire 72, with a slightly slower chip destroys my Ipaq 4155 when it comes to connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth on my SE T610 phone, using T-Mobile's unlimited VPN Internet service.


I consider Datebook 5 and the native Palm Contact Program to be superior to Pocket Informant. Pocket Informant is a bloated program that is so complicated to use. Any handheld program that requires such a steep learning curve is almost useless to me. It took me months to learn how to really use Pocket Informant. It took me minutes to learn how to use Datebook 5, Supernames, and the native Palm Calendar and Contact Programs.

Moreover, Pocket Tunes is a tremendous Music Player for the Palm OS. It destroys the Windows Media Media Player or Pocket Music or Pocket Mind in terms of performance.

The only thing that is keeping me with Pocket PC is the Wifi. Once Palm gets its act together there or I can get a good SD card for my Palm Zire 72, my Ipaq 4155 is history.