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Originally Posted by easyreader
Any thoughts on the Palm TX?
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I've used one form of Palm or another for 10+ years now (since the first week they were released as the "Pilot")
I'm currently using a Tungsten T3, after giving up on the LifeDrive (due to its slowness and disgusting battery life -- I ask you, why should it take 1.5 hours to drain and 3 to charge?). I have used three different Palm models a great deal for e-book reading, they work just fine if the screen size is acceptable to you.
I like the looks of the T|X a lot, and as far as I can see the only downside to it is that the screen isn't as bright as those of the previous device generation. I'm not sure why this is and Palm isn't commenting, perhaps they're hoping no one will notice.
If I were going to buy one today (work provides mine, so I take what I get), I'd probably go for the E2 rather than the T|X, mainly because the brighter screen and lower price are more important to me, personally, than the larger screen and bigger, flash-drive-emulating memory are.
As for the Palm vs. Pocket PC debate, the right answer for each person is the answer to what you want the device to do. Palms are primarily organizers, that's what they do and they do it extremely well (witness that a 200 MHz palm runs faster than a 450 MHz Pocket PC). They do a number of other things quite well too, e-reading is one of those.
In my opinion, Pocket PC's are hamstrung by their operating system. They're not PC's and they're not organizers, but they're trying to be both, and I think that hurts their ability to be either.
So, until the Enterprise beams me down one of those
PADD's, I'll stick with Palm ... and maybe one e-ink reader or another if anyone every releases one.
