A sad, sad day... I had to recommend a Palm

[Dave Beauvais]

It took some soul searching and a few tears, but I had to actually recommend a Palm to a couple people last week. :mecry: A neighbor and her friend wanted to have access to some data which is available in iSilo format and also to use for addresses, appointments, and some simple games, but not much else.

Both of these people are not very computer savvy, and simple is always better. Having used both Pocket PCs and Palms extensively, I knew that for these folks, the Palm would be the better solution. As great as the are, Pocket PCs are not always the easiest things to deal with. Backing up and restoring data using HotSync is almost brain-dead simple, unlike an ActiveStink backup for a Pocket PC, which sometimes takes a little work. Knowing both of these people, I can tell you one thing for certain: both of them will let their batteries die at least a couple times. :lol:

Neither of them has owned a PDA of any kind before, so they didn't want to spend a lot of money on something that might turn out to not be as useful to them as they originally thought it would be. We've all had that happen -- we go buy something neat, use it for a month or so, and then find that it sits in a drawer once the novelty wears off.

It was painful to spread the Palm virus, but I think it was for the best in this case. Did I do the right thing? ;)

--Dave

[Duncan]

It was painful to spread the Palm virus, but I think it was for the best in this case. Did I do the right thing?

Maybe. I did something similar in that I bought a Palm for someone in the belief that it fitted their needs better. She found it difficult to get on with and asked me to get rid of it. Then she played with my Loox and was keen as mustard in no time. She now has an iPAQ 1910 and uses it constantly.

Oddly this played against my own expectations as to the strengths of each platform.

[Steven Cedrone]

You know, I really have nothing against Palm or the Palm devices. I started out with Palm (even before they were Palm) and stopped at the Palm V. That being said, the Pocket PC is a better solution for me, it does more of what I want a "pocketable device" to do...

Yes, I too have recommended Palm to people that I knew would use it for nothing more than a contacts database. I really don't see any harm in that...

Steve

[Jason Dunn]

I've recommended the cheap Zire to people in the past who needed an ultra-budget PIM device, so don't feel TOO bad. :wink:

[Xianfox]

I've recommended the cheap Zire to people in the past who needed an ultra-budget PIM device, so don't feel TOO bad. :wink:

As a stock holder in Palm, "Thank you."

My portfolio's down to WHAT??? 8O

Oh well, it's only money. :?

[Mitch D]

I've recommended the cheap Zire to people in the past who needed an ultra-budget PIM device, so don't feel TOO bad. :wink:

I unfortunately sell more than my share of Zire's to people every week, but it is a inexpensive PDA and is somewhat better than a piece of paper and a pen. Although I do show them all the neat features of a Pocket PC and with luck...

:way to go: