Pocket PC Reliable?

[webagogue]

webagogue,

I disagree, I don't think the PocketPC OS is unstable. I have never really had a problem with it and I have been using a PocketPC PDA for 3 years. What types of things are "unstable"?

You're arguing with the wrong person. I like the PPC OS (not a raving fan, it just works for me so far). Testeq believes it is unstable, not me.

 

[Anonymous]

I use a Tungsten T3 right now but had used the PPC for years. It has improved considerably and should be no problem for those wishing to implement GTD.

 

[TesTeq]

Symbian is not a smaller screen footprint operating system.

I must agree though, I like the Symbian platform too. It has some great potential. There are some draw backs, but in the end, if you can deal with an even smaller screen footprint than a PDA, then Symbian would be a great choice.

Symbian is not a smaller screen footprint operating system. There are 4 different Symbian platforms with different screen footprint:
Series 90 - 640x320 screen resolution + touch screen;
Series 80 - 640x200 screen resolution + QWERTY keyboard (Nokia Communicator);
Series 60 - 176x208 screen resolution + telephone keypad + QWERTY Bluetooth keyboard;
Series 40 - 176x208 screen resolution + telephone keypad.
TesTeq

 

[Mike Ferguson]

I'm set up like webagogue, iPAQ with Agenda Fusion. I'm not having any problems and enjoy the iPAQ very much. But this is my first palm sized PDA, so I have nothing to compare it to.

There was that time I deleted all my tasks, but that was user error.

 

[mobilejarhead]

Re: Symbian is not a smaller screen footprint operating syst

Sorry webagogue, my fault...

Symbian is not a smaller screen footprint operating system. There are 4 different Symbian platforms with different screen footprint:
Series 90 - 640x320 screen resolution + touch screen;
Series 80 - 640x200 screen resolution + QWERTY keyboard (Nokia Communicator);
Series 60 - 176x208 screen resolution + telephone keypad + QWERTY Bluetooth keyboard;
Series 40 - 176x208 screen resolution + telephone keypad.
TesTeq

Your right TesTeq, there are many resolutions for the Symbian OS. But I would argue the most commonly used version would be Series 60 in mobile handsets. Therefore, the screen is smaller than a typical PocketPC PDA, and in my opinion, too small for most applications.

Even SmartPhones using Windows Mobile have a screen size that isn't all that desirable. I guess depending on your needs you could get away with a total mobile handset solution.

Still, I don't see the PocketPC platform being any more unstable than any other mobile OS on the market. We both could probably post a laundry list of pros and cons. Everyone has their own feelings. A lot of people in these forums purchase the Palm PDA because David suggests it, without even knowing or caring about other options.

 

[Paul@Pittsburgh]

I will throw in another endorsement for the Pocket PC platform being stable. I am on my second Ipaq now and have been using PPC since Jan 2002. I have to do soft re-sets now and again - mostly when I am doing web surfing at home using a Wirless CF card. Never had any real issues with Activesync either.

Paul

 

[TesTeq]

Re: Symbian is not a smaller screen footprint operating syst

Your right TesTeq, there are many resolutions for the Symbian OS. But I would argue the most commonly used version would be Series 60 in mobile handsets. Therefore, the screen is smaller than a typical PocketPC PDA, and in my opinion, too small for most applications.

As far as I know the scalable user interface was announced for Symbian Series 60 platform with different screen resolutions.
Correction:
Series 40b - 128x128 screen resolution + telephone keypad.
Up to version 3.5 PalmOS was extraordinarily stable. But growing complexity, new functionality (connectivity and multimedia) and short development schedules influence the software quality .
TesTeq