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A Palm or a Pocket PC What’s the Difference?

A Palm or a Pocket PC What’s the Difference?. NTRS 455 by Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. Early PDAs – Personal Digital Assistants.

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A Palm or a Pocket PC What’s the Difference?

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  1. A Palm or a Pocket PCWhat’s the Difference? NTRS 455 by Daniel Frankl, Ph.D.

  2. Early PDAs – Personal Digital Assistants • Handspring's Visor Deluxe has 8MB RAM, a monochrome screen, a 16Mhz Dragonball 68EZ328 processor, Palm OS 3.1h and, Handspring's Springboard unique expansion slot allows the addition of a wide variety of peripherals. Visor Deluxe Palm III http://pdas.home.attbi.com/pdas/reviews/visordeluxe.html

  3. The Palm OS powers PDAs by Palm Handspring Sony The Pocket PC is powered by MS Windows CE OS PDA with Linux OS, e.g., Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Selecting the Platform (OS)

  4. MS Windows CE OS • Unlike the Palm OS that focuses on usual everyday uses the Pocket PC 2002 with MS Win CE uses more colors and can dazzle you with voice recordings and full color video playbacks.

  5. MS Windows CE OS:Applications http://www.pocketpccity.com/ http://www.pdastreet.com

  6. Palm’s HotSync Software • Palm’s best feature is its interaction with a PC. All Palm applications are copied to the PC and allow for smooth updating from one system to the other. • The latest Palm 4.1 OS include WordToGO and SheetToGo which are fully compatible with MS Word and MS Excel.

  7. Palm's Wireless Device • The i705 has a built-in antenna, a universal connector for add-ons and syncing, and a postage stamp-size Secure Digital expansion slot. It also includes numerous features designed to provide efficient e-mail services. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-272263.html?legacy=cnet

  8. Pocket PC’s Active Sync • Pocket PC stores files and folders and can store Word and Excel file but it does not recreate the PDA on the desktop as the Palm does.

  9. Casio EM500 Cassiopeia Color Pocket PC $378.99 • Includes Microsoft Pocket Word, Excel, & Money 150MHz CPU with touch-sensitive 240x320 TFT Color LCD screen @ 65,536 colors 16MB of RAM and slot for optional MMC (Multimedia Memory Card) http://lycos.dealtime.com/CompareDeals/

  10. Casio EM500 Cassiopeia Color Pocket PC $363.99 • Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery lasts for up to 6 hours! (depending on usage) Includes a USB cable for PC hook-up & synchronization Also includes an AC adapter, WMA & MP3 Music player software Ports: Microphone, Speaker, IrDa wireless, & Headphone jack http://lycos.dealtime.com/CompareDeals/

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