I think the pocketpc vs palm battle has reached a tipping point. At this stage people will start to think of buying into an OS with a future, which will lead to accelerating movement away from Palm OS. Think of Netscape VS IE. The remarkable think is that in this case it occurred without any underhanded tactics from MS, and even quite lacklustre support. The main advantage has been the assumption that hardware will catch up with OS demands, while Palm aways tried to live within hardware limitations, resulti
For one thing, PalmOS has got a much simpler and more elegant user interface than its rival (Why the hell would anyone think that a desktop metaphor is suitable for a PDA?) and for another it's far faster than it too.
When I'm looking up an address or want to enter a quick note then I don't want to have to navigate through a menu system to get there first and wait while everything happens.
The key advantage PocketPCs have over Palms is the Microsoft factor: ju
The key advantage PocketPCs have over Palms is the Microsoft backs it's OS with hundreds of millions in marketing dollars. Remember, 30% of Dells revenue comes directly from Microsoft in the way of marketing dollars. The market has been getting purchased by Microsoft since they came up with MS Windows CE some 8+ years ago. Remember, the original market choose PalmOS and it has cost Microsoft BILLIONS to get into the 40% quarterly sales level in a shrinking market. That is not something to be proud of IMO.
Do you think that Microsofts WinCE division would have been losing around $250 million per quarter( for the last 8+ years ) if Microsoft was not paying people/companies to use it? Unlikely.
You have got to be kidding. When was the last time you saw a TV or print advert for a pocketpc without a price attached. I still remember the Palm adverts with the couple on the two trains quite well. Didn't they have Claudia Schiffer in one of their campaigns. Palm also has enormous mindshare. Any handheld computer is still a Palm Pilot to the uninitiated.
I know you think MS is backing pocketpc's with billions, but remember they are part of the same devision as X-box, which is definitely making a los
Microsoft wins this one fair and square (Score:3, Interesting)
You've got to be kidding me... (Score:4, Insightful)
For one thing, PalmOS has got a much simpler and more elegant user interface than its rival (Why the hell would anyone think that a desktop metaphor is suitable for a PDA?) and for another it's far faster than it too.
When I'm looking up an address or want to enter a quick note then I don't want to have to navigate through a menu system to get there first and wait while everything happens.
The key advantage PocketPCs have over Palms is the Microsoft factor: ju
Re:You've got to be kidding me... (Score:4, Informative)
Do you think that Microsofts WinCE division would have been losing around $250 million per quarter( for the last 8+ years ) if Microsoft was not paying people/companies to use it? Unlikely.
LoB
You've got to be kidding me... (Score:1, Troll)
I know you think MS is backing pocketpc's with billions, but remember they are part of the same devision as X-box, which is definitely making a los
Re:You've got to be kidding me... (Score:2)
I'd rather have a device that works better rather than one that's marketed better.