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Francesco · 11-28-2004, 10:05 PM

Very nice article, Bob.
I find it funny, but it's hard for me to be impartial in such a discussion. I guess I'm too attached to my Palm, or is it just that I've spent a lot of time learning about PalmOS?
So far I'm still satisfied with PalmOS, but I can tell you my disatisfaction has been growing. Otherwise, why would I be reading a post named PalmOS to PocketPC?
I've owned three devices so far: a Vx, an SJ22 and a T3. If you ask me what are the main differences between them, among the top ten I would list the MTBR (mean time between resets... I just made it up). God Lord, PDAs DO a lot MORE now, but at the cost of a less stable performance.
Right now my T3 is as stable as my previous PDAs, but this has costed me a lot! I've had to find different ways and apps to go around Garnet shortcomings. For example, I was forced to use TealLock, because my PDA would never autolock at midnight. I realize, right now, that I would never bother to deal with PalmOne support! I've fixed everything through forums like this one! I guess I'm ready for Linux.
However, now that my PDA is running smoothly, I can only see the bright side: I think the T3 hardware is outstanding (I love the mic, the slider, even the voice memo button --so handy to scroll in iSilo--, etc.) and software can (almost) always be patched (LOL).
As for what you mention, from my point of view, syncing with nothing but Outlook is a big disadvantage, as I plainly hate it. That wouldn't be a nice surprise.
I'm looking forward the following parts of your review. I'd like to know about crashes (how often), time to recover from a reset (do resets exist in the dark side?), although this is much more device oriented. How about virus? (we're talking about MS here).

11-28-2004, 10:05 PM	#5
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	Very nice article, Bob. I find it funny, but it's hard for me to be impartial in such a discussion. I guess I'm too attached to my Palm, or is it just that I've spent a lot of time learning about PalmOS? So far I'm still satisfied with PalmOS, but I can tell you my disatisfaction has been growing. Otherwise, why would I be reading a post named PalmOS to PocketPC? I've owned three devices so far: a Vx, an SJ22 and a T3. If you ask me what are the main differences between them, among the top ten I would list the MTBR (mean time between resets... I just made it up). God Lord, PDAs DO a lot MORE now, but at the cost of a less stable performance. Right now my T3 is as stable as my previous PDAs, but this has costed me a lot! I've had to find different ways and apps to go around Garnet shortcomings. For example, I was forced to use TealLock, because my PDA would never autolock at midnight. I realize, right now, that I would never bother to deal with PalmOne support! I've fixed everything through forums like this one! I guess I'm ready for Linux. However, now that my PDA is running smoothly, I can only see the bright side: I think the T3 hardware is outstanding (I love the mic, the slider, even the voice memo button --so handy to scroll in iSilo--, etc.) and software can (almost) always be patched (LOL). As for what you mention, from my point of view, syncing with nothing but Outlook is a big disadvantage, as I plainly hate it. That wouldn't be a nice surprise. I'm looking forward the following parts of your review. I'd like to know about crashes (how often), time to recover from a reset (do resets exist in the dark side?), although this is much more device oriented. How about virus? (we're talking about MS here). Last edited by Francesco; 11-28-2004 at 10:11 PM.