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To: matt fahy who wrote (24527)	11/14/1998 12:33:00 PM
From: Shroder Wertheim (Hijacked)	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

Palm rules – another testimony from InfomationWeek techweb.com Excerpt: Two more features both devices have in common: for a PIM, you see the hourglass cursor far too often, and the devices lock up every now and then. None of the devices is speedy; the palm-sized PCs are downright sluggish compared with the PalmPilot, while the handheld models perform comparably to today's notebook computers running the even-slower full-featured desktop implementation of Microsoft Office. As for lock-ups: Every Windows CE 2.x device I've worked with has crashed at least once; compare this with my PalmPilot, which has yet to crash after a full year of regular use. For Palm size device, PalmPilot wins for (1) long battery life. Months vs. WinCE's 1 week. (2) Simple, no features creeping, as WinCE. (3) Reliability. WinCE crashes often, Microsoft can get away with Windows crashes on PC, because there is no other choice. PalmPilot is so reliable, smart people will not go to WinCE until it improves the reliability issue. (4) Performance. Bloated WinCE code makes WinCE's device sluggish. Type in 20 addresses and you start to see the hourglass on WinCE device. PalmPilot III can store 6,000 addresses on 2M memory, WinCE will not even run with 2M system. Microsoft has a long long way to go for the embedded real-time OS market