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Palm Losing Market Share, Others Making Up Ground - User Opinions
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POCKET PC 2002 RULES
The Pocket PC 2002 is the best PDA on the market. I just bought a HP568. I LOVE IT. It's small and can fit in my pocket's. It's simple to use, and lots of software around for it. By fare it's a whole lot better than the Palm divice's. It's just a matter of time before the Pocket PC platform takes over. The HP568 fixed the battery life. It has a battery pack for it (regular and extended). If you switch from Palm, I would look at the HP568 PPC brand. IT'S THE BEST!!!!!! I use it everyday!!!!
Submitted by: D. Matthews
Email: Dwayne_Matthews@msn.com
Location: Grandview, MO
Date Added: 2002-03-09
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Sony Clie
I have been using my Sony Clie PEG760 for a couple months now and absolutely love it! I chose it because it looks so much better than the others currently on the market. I think that more and more people will accept and demand PDA's when they start to incorporate more style and become a 'must have' accessory. The Sony/Ericson P800 is moving in the right direction and products like this that incorporate other devices (i.e. mp3 player, digital camera) will become more popular and take away from Palm's market share...unless they change.
Submitted by: Rob D.
Location: LoCal
Date Added: 2002-03-06
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Incredibly biased reporting
1) The PalmOS market share (the sum of different numbers in this article) was 86% in 2000 and 79% in 2001. Nowhere in the article are these numbers mentioned, numbers which certainly demonstrate that PalmOS (if not Palm, Inc) still is by far the dominent force in this market.2) Sony's increase from 1% to 6% is described as a "slight increase," while Compaq's increase from 2% to 7% is described as a "sizeable jump". What does that tell us about the bias of the person who wrote this article?
Submitted by: Steven Patt
Email: StevenPatt@aol.com
Location: Cupertino, CA
Date Added: 2002-02-14
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Palm is Going Down Fast
I think it will only get worse. Palm seems to have a significant quality control issue going on at present with the M500 and M505. A substantial number of owners have been reporting problems with their Palms failing to hotsync. Palm's Customer Support Department does not appear to be responsive to the needs of these customers, making them wait for weeks on end for "refurbished" replacements which continue to fail. If Palm doesn't get a handle on this situation soon, you'll see another significant drop in market share. Since Handspring seems to be content to let the Visor series stand without improvements in order to concentrate on the Treo, you can expect to see them lose market share as well. Palm and Handspring are practically giving the market to Sony, which continues to bring customers the features they want at reasonable prices.
Submitted by: Palm Lawyer
Date Added: 2002-02-09
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I use my palm daily
my palm is used not only for appointments, to do's, e-mail and phone numbers, I use tinysheet for my stores books, I use tide tool for my oceanside photography, I use teal paint for sketching, and I have various games to keep my kids busy on long road trips. I often have "discussions" with people with other handhelds, or even laptops. my final line is," where is yours, mine is right here in my pocket......"
Submitted by: graphius
Email: home@shaw.ca
Location: bc
Date Added: 2002-02-09
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Why Palm is loosing per centage
The lousy brightness of the 505m on the Palm last year could be why. I now have a Clie in color so nice and bright. Few people regularly read their PDA in bright sunlight anyway (big selling point for Palm 505m).
Submitted by: Sandi
Email: Sandi42889@aol.com
Location: Chatham, IL
Date Added: 2002-02-07
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My thought on PDA's
There has been a lot of argument on the Internet about which operating system is better. They are all very biased, including the readers themselves. All are affected by the strong advertisement. Regarding the window format, the strong push is multimedia. Those people who enjoy the extra functions possibly don't know what they are talking about. The handheld device is not a replacement of a laptop computer. Pocket PC devices have the capacity but do not function well as a true voice recording machine or audio player. They cannot replace the functions of other devices because they are simply not good enough. Although the program is included, Pocket PC's are generally much more expansive than Palm OS. The other major draw back is battery life. Having all the multimedia features and color screen sucks up the battery life. Generally speaking, you have to go back to your office daily to synchronize it and to recharge it daily. This actually means that you should be able to do most of your work with your desktop computer instead of using the tiny Pocket PC. There are those who insisted that PDA should have rechargeable battery. The lithium battery life is indeed limited. If you don't feel that the battery life is long enough in the beginning, by the second year, it will be worse. Most of the device does not allow the end-user to change the battery once it is dead. So, if you use your Pocket PC extensively daily, it will only last about 2 years. Why do the manufacturers make it that way? The average life span of a PDA is about 3 years due to loss, theft, physical damage (i.e. dropping on the floor), etc. but not the device itself. Such explanation is ridiculous. Finally, there are those who enjoy playing games or watching movies on your Pocket PC's. I think that your mind is seriously deranged.
What is the future of PDA? Which OS will win? It is too early to make a comment. It is doubtful that Palm OS will remain the same if they want to stay in the market in the future. So, let us see what they will come up with the new Palm version 5.0 using the new processor. Window platform is not that secure either. Despite the increase in share of the market, over 80% of the PDA's are using Palm OS. That includes Sony, Handspring and Handra. Pocket PC manufacturers may pull the plug at any time if there is not enough profit. My prediction for future PDA's is actually a combo with cellular phone function. Palm OS will likely be chosen because it requires less sophisticated programs and less hardware requirement.
Submitted by: Jimmy
Email: jkwok@cadvision.com
Location: Canada
Date Added: 2002-02-07
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Linux is fastest growing on PDAs
Don't forget the fastest growing PDA platform is embedded Linux. The Sharp Zaurus will be out in stores in a month or two and I hear there are plenty more on the way from various manufacturers. Lineo puts the linux stack together.So why embedded Linux? Because it's the only PDA OS that's essentially the same in the desktop and server space as it is on PDAs. That means the hardware performance threshold has been met and Linux will only get more comfortable in the handheld space as Xscale hardware kicks in later this year. Sounds exciting to me.... Not just PDAs but handheld computers are on the way!
Submitted by: Garnet Brown
Email: garnetbrown@hotmail.com
Location: Seattle WA
Date Added: 2002-02-06
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