Problems with the Treo 650s and T5s

sUnShInE · 11-21-2004, 01:56 PM

The Treo 650 and the Tungsten T5 use a new FAT based nonvolatile file system, which is causing big problems.

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Not only is the new system much slower, as the data has to be loaded into a SDRAM chip before running, but in this filesystem PalmOne switched from using directly addressable storage, to storage addressed in 512 Byte blocks. This has caused many files to swell in size - up to 500% in some cases (such as the address book).

Not good for products that only offer a mere 23Mb of memory to play with. These issues are causing many users to cancel their orders to wait until the memory problems are addressed. Given that most of the people who buy new toys as soon as they're released are tech phreaks and developers, this doesn't bode well for a company who has already seen their market share dip below that of the Windows CE market.

Via Slashdot

Alexander Turcic · 11-22-2004, 11:46 AM

I don't see how they could address the problem without completely redoing the architecture. Given how long it took palmOne to bring the two devices out on the market, it seems very unlikely that they will come up with a solution any time soon.

sUnShInE · 11-22-2004, 12:44 PM

Something tells me more will show up here soon.

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11-22-2004, 11:46 AM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	I don't see how they could address the problem without completely redoing the architecture. Given how long it took palmOne to bring the two devices out on the market, it seems very unlikely that they will come up with a solution any time soon.

11-22-2004, 12:44 PM	#3
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	Something tells me more will show up here soon.

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