> >I recall postings by David Fedor that the cpu speeds are generally not
> >advertised and that we shouldn't assume certain models will always have the
> >same cpu or run at the same speed. Unlike desktop PCs, It isn't a selling
> >point.
>
> Actually it's an ANTI-selling point for Palm, since WINCE devices run at
> MUCH higher speeds. Palm is obviously (and quite rightly) trying to
> deemphasize processor speed since the real measure on any computer (and
> especially on a handheld) is USER speed, that is, how long it takes to
> accomplish a certain task (just like the real measure of memory is not
> how much you have, but how much data or how many programs you can store
> in that memory with a given OS).
i would tend to disagree with you there.. :)) take your standard
Casio 105 or other latest model CE device out there and put it along
side a Palm V or Vx.
now reset those machines. try search for a number, also look for
an appointment you have scheduled. which one comes out with the answer
you are looking for first?
99% of the time, the Palm.
since when does processor speed have to do with the device? now, if
microsoft had decided to be like palm in their operating system
approach, CE would dominate the market if they maintained a NON
windows look and feel.
i am actually contracting for a company called CitiKey, based in
sweden. i have started a palm port of their CE software. when you
run the two systems side by side, the palm finds the address you
are looking for at about the same time the CE takes.
so much for processor speed? but of course a 66Mhz PalmOS unit would
be very hot property :P - and it would squash any hopes microsoft
has :P
cheers.
az.
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