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benjie · 09-10-2007, 12:42 PM

I started on the Palm OS with a Kyocera PDA a few years ago. I have tried Windows and just a couple of weeks ago spent bunches of hours with a Mogul trying to get to like it.

People say the Palm OS is crap, not able to do things, et cetera. Well, the Palm OS is able to do everything the Windows OS does with the exception of multi-tasking. Both systems have their pro's and con's. The Palm OS is definitely easier to get around. I had a Treo 700W for a while and never did get comfy with the OS. The learning curve is different. I frankly did not want to take the time to play with it, as the Palm OS is a "sit down and work with" device from the start. Too many steps to close an application and nothing in the Windows world matches ChatterEmail, TakePhone, 2Day and other applications.

So really, when it comes down to it, they both...

09-10-2007, 12:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
benjie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In the middle of nowhere. Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 3 Thanked 73 Times in 73 Posts	I started on the Palm OS with a Kyocera PDA a few years ago. I have tried Windows and just a couple of weeks ago spent bunches of hours with a Mogul trying to get to like it. People say the Palm OS is crap, not able to do things, et cetera. Well, the Palm OS is able to do everything the Windows OS does with the exception of multi-tasking. Both systems have their pro's and con's. The Palm OS is definitely easier to get around. I had a Treo 700W for a while and never did get comfy with the OS. The learning curve is different. I frankly did not want to take the time to play with it, as the Palm OS is a "sit down and work with" device from the start. Too many steps to close an application and nothing in the Windows world matches ChatterEmail, TakePhone, 2Day and other applications. So really, when it comes down to it, they both... __________________ Treo Centro - Honolulu - 2,500 miles west of somewhere in the middle of nowhere, the land of Shakes. Kyoceria 6135, Treo 300, 600, 650, 700p, 700w, Centro & 800W + 3 other WM phones...