"Campbell, Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let me ask a more specific question. A client says the inside of an
> auto's trunk in the summer exceeds 140 degrees F, and the passenger
> compartment exceeds 160 degrees F.
>
> Has anyone heard of a Palm dying inside a car parked all day in the heat?
I think you missed my point. It really doesn't matter whether or not
anybody has heard of a Palm dying inside a car parked all day in the
heat. Suppose fifty people reply to you, stating that they have used
their devices at 160 degrees F with no problems at all. (Rugged and
strong individuals, these are!) If the specified upper limit on
operating temperature is less than 160, there is still no guarantee
that YOUR device will perform at 160.
If you want to use a particular unit outside the specified operating
temperature range, you are just going to have to try it for yourself.
That's what specifications are, after all; a guarantee of what ANY unit
of a particular product will be able to do. Doubtless there will be
SOME units that perform beyond the specs. If you get one of these,
you're lucky. But you can't count on it.
BTW, has anybody been able to find published specs for Palm handhelds?
I've searched in vain. I did find a Palm III "datasheet", but what a
joke! It's more like an advertising brochure.
--
Roger Chaplin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
