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Colin Dunstan · 06-05-2005, 07:06 AM

One of the most unappreciated features of the new PalmOne LifeDrive is the slow startup times of its internal harddrive. LudusTech's SharkCache now comes to the rescue and claims to load applications up to 600% faster. It is some kind of software memory manager that allows you to select the applications you always want to have ready in SharkCache. You have three options:

Nothing: Nothing does, well, nothing;
LockCache: The application is always locked into cache on a reset. The effect is similar to having an app stored in RAM on an older Palm device (like a Tungsten T5). You only have up to 4MB of memory in which to store LockCached apps, so it's likely you run out of RAM fast using this method;
TempCache: TempCache is the same as LockCache except that it doesn't lock the app in RAM and therefore doesn't permanently eat up LockCache's 4MB. The trade-off is that although the app is loaded at startup, it can be kicked out of RAM if the system sees fit.

Not an ideal solution but probably better than to stick to the long loading times.

[via PDA247 and PalmAddicts]

06-05-2005, 07:06 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	SharkCache reduces startup times on PalmOne LifeDrive One of the most unappreciated features of the new PalmOne LifeDrive is the slow startup times of its internal harddrive. LudusTech's SharkCache now comes to the rescue and claims to load applications up to 600% faster. It is some kind of software memory manager that allows you to select the applications you always want to have ready in SharkCache. You have three options: Nothing: Nothing does, well, nothing; LockCache: The application is always locked into cache on a reset. The effect is similar to having an app stored in RAM on an older Palm device (like a Tungsten T5). You only have up to 4MB of memory in which to store LockCached apps, so it's likely you run out of RAM fast using this method; TempCache: TempCache is the same as LockCache except that it doesn't lock the app in RAM and therefore doesn't permanently eat up LockCache's 4MB. The trade-off is that although the app is loaded at startup, it can be kicked out of RAM if the system sees fit. Not an ideal solution but probably better than to stick to the long loading times. [via PDA247 and PalmAddicts]