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Traecer Prime · 05-18-2005, 05:48 AM

I noticed BargainPDA's view is the most negative so far; they really talked about how slow it is. Most of the rest of the reviews are more positive and, while they mention it's a bit slower in places, they don't think it's a big deal.

What I noticed is that BargainPDA says their LifeDrive was using Garnet 5.4.0.something, while most everyone else says the OS version is 5.4.8. I wonder if BargainPDA's LD was loaded with older software, perhaps with debugging code enabled? I'm not sure (obviously; I don't have one!), but maybe that could account for some of the differing opinions on speed. Come to think of it, doesn't the T5 & Treo 650 come with 5.4.2? BargainPDA's device may have had a _very_ early beta OS on it.

05-18-2005, 05:48 AM	#7
Traecer Prime Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 27 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Time and Space, the perfect escape Device: Sony PRS-T2	Different OS versions I noticed BargainPDA's view is the most negative so far; they really talked about how slow it is. Most of the rest of the reviews are more positive and, while they mention it's a bit slower in places, they don't think it's a big deal. What I noticed is that BargainPDA says their LifeDrive was using Garnet 5.4.0.something, while most everyone else says the OS version is 5.4.8. I wonder if BargainPDA's LD was loaded with older software, perhaps with debugging code enabled? I'm not sure (obviously; I don't have one!), but maybe that could account for some of the differing opinions on speed. Come to think of it, doesn't the T5 & Treo 650 come with 5.4.2? BargainPDA's device may have had a _very_ early beta OS on it.