Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] Psion - was "The worst insult..."
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Thu Nov 23 23:54:23 2006
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Hi Rob and Didier,
I have the treo 650 and had a 180 before that, I found it easier than  
carrying a Palm (or the previous Psion) and a phone. We used Hewlett  
Packard PDAs at work but they were slow and battery eaters despite  
having fast processors and loads of ram, inefficient software and  
loads of screencandy I was told.
I will probably buy the last of the Palm Treos if Palm OS ceases to  
be, then when that dies back to just a phone.
I prefer simplicity and expect intuitive software. In fact poor  
software is my pet hate, it is so unnecessary.
Frank

On 23 Nov, 2006, at 14:29, Rob McClure wrote:

> Hi Didier,
>
> Palm recently released the Treo 700 with a choice of Palm or  
> Windows software.  It is slightly thinner than previous  
> generations, but uses the same accessories, batteries, etc. as the  
> 600 and 650 (which I own).  My understanding is that the Palm  
> software is being phased-out;  this may be its last gasp.   
> Apparently it is a victim of corporate Info Tech people who have  
> declared Microsoft to be  the Holy Grail for business use.  I find  
> the Palm software works just fine, synching with my MS Outlook at  
> work and able to pull down Word documents.  It also navigates  
> easier and is more intuitive.
>
> Rob McClure
>
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote:
>
>> Palm indeed has plans to implement MS Pocket PC in their  
>> smartphones, als alternative to the Palm OS. I have a Treo600  
>> since 3 years and except the lack of the UMTS protocol it has  
>> everything I need (and will need for the next years). Palm &  
>> Eudora are my companions since they exist, and I'll prefer to buy  
>> a Mac before I switch to MS Outlook.
>> Didier
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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