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Brian · 10-12-2004, 07:18 PM

As a longtime dedicated Palm OS user, my only personalexperience with PPC was a "Juniper " device, an IBM WorkPad z50 clamshell running CE 2.11 that I bought for a song when they were being discontinued. I wasn't impressed and since then I have made an attempt to keep up-to-date on Microsoft's latest handheld OS incarnations and OEM designs by spending the occasional 10-20 minutes with the latest PPC offerings at the local CompUSA or Circuit City.

While I still think trying to scale down the conventions and GUI of a desktop OS onto a handheld is madness, I do want to expand my PDA experience and knowledge by obtaining a WM2003SE device at some point in the future. Besides a personal interest (obsession) in the evolution of PDAs and personal technology, due to my job responsibilities, more knowledge of different devices and operating systems is a good thing. I seriously doubt any device other than one running Palm OS would become my primary PDA, but I am open minded. However, the "Zen of Palm" is currently the closest to my personal PDA philosophy. My Zodiac 2 fulfills all of my current handheld needs, and any other PDA at this point would merely be yet another exercise in "PDA awareness".

I'm most interested in HP's hx4700. Its form factor and layout remind me a lot of my Newton MessagePad 2100. At $150 more than Dell's new X50v, it would be a tough choice, but I find the powder coated magnesium alloy body and a full 4 inch VGA screen with dual expansion slots and dual wireless very hard to resist.

Brian

10-12-2004, 07:18 PM	#15
Brian MobileRead Editor Posts: 447 Karma: 84 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts Device: Treo 700p, Zodiac2	As a longtime dedicated Palm OS user, my only personalexperience with PPC was a "Juniper " device, an IBM WorkPad z50 clamshell running CE 2.11 that I bought for a song when they were being discontinued. I wasn't impressed and since then I have made an attempt to keep up-to-date on Microsoft's latest handheld OS incarnations and OEM designs by spending the occasional 10-20 minutes with the latest PPC offerings at the local CompUSA or Circuit City. While I still think trying to scale down the conventions and GUI of a desktop OS onto a handheld is madness, I do want to expand my PDA experience and knowledge by obtaining a WM2003SE device at some point in the future. Besides a personal interest (obsession) in the evolution of PDAs and personal technology, due to my job responsibilities, more knowledge of different devices and operating systems is a good thing. I seriously doubt any device other than one running Palm OS would become my primary PDA, but I am open minded. However, the "Zen of Palm" is currently the closest to my personal PDA philosophy. My Zodiac 2 fulfills all of my current handheld needs, and any other PDA at this point would merely be yet another exercise in "PDA awareness". I'm most interested in HP's hx4700. Its form factor and layout remind me a lot of my Newton MessagePad 2100. At $150 more than Dell's new X50v, it would be a tough choice, but I find the powder coated magnesium alloy body and a full 4 inch VGA screen with dual expansion slots and dual wireless very hard to resist. Brian Last edited by ballistic; 10-12-2004 at 07:23 PM.