Palm VS PocketPC

[needmoretoys]

Palms have trouble with their snyce thing. And ppc has a way better speed and storage.

Actually, I have not had any problems syncing either the Palm Tungsten E or the X30H. They both work fine. Backups to the SD card are also easy with both.

a few days ago i went to Circuit City and Best Buy and played with some palms and it felt like i was using a toy. i like pocket pc better becuase i can do a ton of thing and to me it seems like there are more applications of what i need then they have for palm.

a few days ago i went to Circuit City and Best Buy and played with some palms and it felt like i was using a toy. i like pocket pc better becuase i can do a ton of thing and to me it seems like there are more applications of what i need then they have for palm.

Agree 100% when i pick one up now i just wanna find the start button and tap IE but those POS dont have anything to brag about. All palm is now is a 350 dollar Address book to me.

[flowery]

Have also made the switch from long-time Palm user to PPC (Axim 30H)- I like the Axim much better (especially wifi!!!) but have to admit that Pocket Word and Excel have been a major disappointment...the PIM tools on the Palm are definitely better than those on the PPC - though the differences are not all that valuable to me (not true for many users!).

I had planned to get the Palmone T5 and waited several through several months of eager anticipation - was more than a little disappointed when the T5 finally emerged (candidly it's more of an E2 than a T5 in my estimation!), but lack of built-in wifi was the gamebreaker. I'm very pleased with the Axim and have had no trouble with the differences in either the software of hardware platforms relative to the Palm product...

Agree 100% when i pick one up now i just wanna find the start button and tap IE but those POS dont have anything to brag about. All palm is now is a 350 dollar Address book to me.

Now that's not a fair judgement of a palm. It may seem that way at first, but if you use it and install some third-party apps you'll see the Pocket PC and Palm OS isn't all that different, mind you there are obvious aesthetic differences, along with different capabilities, but they both, when you get down to it, do the same thing. It's a matter of personal choice, and no matter how much you argue, no one will win this argument. I do believe that the company has made some wrong moves, i.e. the T|5 without OS6, but the software itself is stable and of good merit.
J-Shep

[Crypty]

A pocket PC is a small computer, a palm is an organizer.

Oh and to me the biggest differences of all is that a pocket PC has a real file system and can multitask like crazy while palm has a McFilesystem and can't multitask.

[sportster44]

After a Sharp Zaurus 5800, and two Palms, I've converted to PPC this past summer. The biggest difference to me is the native integration of my data: I use alot of Excel spreadhsheets and all my contact data is in Outlook, so I love the fact that I don't have to buy a third party software, convert the data to another format in order to view it on my Palm. As for contact and PIM info, I like Agendus version 8 for the Palm but again, another third party piece of software for the Palm and the desktop in order to get into a format I liked.

Stick with the Axim, it will blow away a Palm! :approve:

[Frenchy]

OS is mainly the difference. I use both and I was very please with the PPC purchase. It is more fun to use even if Palm is still a very good unit.

[robitaille93]

i do agree with jshep2k5. they both have good things and bad things about them. but still think pocket pc is better.

robitaille93

[Pingmeister]

Palm is a fantastic, low-overhead, easy-to-use PDA with great integration between its apps.

PPC is far more open-ended and powerful.

I am thoroughly enjoying my PPC but mainly from a geek's point of view.

For soemone who was just looking for a Address Book and Note-taker I'd have no problem recommending a low-end Palm.

I am now a proud owner of both an Axim X30 and a Palm T|3. I now have the best of both worlds :)
J-Shep

good to hear you can be satisfied with both. I couldnt do that. JDH

[ValkyrieRider]

i do agree with jshep2k5. they both have good things and bad things about them. but still think pocket pc is better.

robitaille93

Every person I know that has switched from Palm to PPC (9 so far) has said they'd never go back. On the other hand, 2 people I know that switched to Palm have sold them and bought PPCs again.

Actions speak louder than words :)

good sourceful info there

[Choirguy]

There is one application where I think the Palm has an advantage. If you use Excel a lot, the full version of "Documents to Go" has much more capability than Pocket Excel. Basically, I think that the Palm has a slight advantage as a business tool and the Pocket PC is a better all-around computer.

Here's the flaw here, to my knowledge. "Documents to Go" used to be an additional piece of software that was NOT included with the Palm device, or at least on Handspring devices (and we know what happened there). There are additional software packages for the PPC that will give you full functionality of word processing and spreadsheets if you need them, otherwise, Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, and PIE are FAR improvements over the applications that come with the Palm.

Palm does come with a better Personal Information Manager system, but the average user won't need that...and if they do, there are secondary programs as well.

Now, Palm kicks butt in terms of number of programs available, and applications for both education (of all kinds, from students to teachers to all subject areas, and attendance software for the PPC is a JOKE) and medical professions.

If the PPC continues to sell better than the Palm, and I feel it will, the developers will come to the dark side of the force. They follow the money, just like Jerry Macguire.