I use a T|C, but haven't noticed anything especially slow about the browser.
Any delays, I attributed to the speed of the connection.  Anyone knows how
fast it's rated?  Wireless cards in notebook computers advertise 11Mbps, but
reality has it averaging 5Mbps.

As for stability, I doubt apps for PocketPC are any more complex than what's
available for the Palm.  That is, most PocketPC apps are probably simple
forms and simple games as well.  Given that constant, Palm has greater
stability.

Finally, I find debugging for Palm with it's simulator, emulator, and
gremlins excellent.  Yes, there are occasional lockups and resets, but I can
get my work done with those tools.  I haven't worked with PocketPC
devices... is debugging on it really that much easier?

--Mike Y.


"Loc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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You no longer need VC6.  You use Embedded VC++ (free download).  Reasonably
pretty good.  Compared to all the Palm development tools, it's miles away.
I prefer VC over Codewarrior.  Once you get used to Codewarrior, there's not
much difference until it's time to debug.

Palm devices WERE cheaper.  Usually, the enterprise is not too concerned
with an extra $100 if the tool does the job.  I have in my office, the Palm
Tungstens.  They're $500 with ARM processors.  Check the Tungsten C with
Wi-Fi (by far their best device) out and try to run a web browser on it.
This has a very fast ARM processor, yet the browser is dog slow.  If you've
done a lot of communication work and understand the Palm OS, you'll
immediately know why it's dog slow.

Somethings, Palm are decent for.  Somethings, they're a no-show.  As for
stability, I'd argue there are no stability advantages with Palm.  You don't
find many crashes on Palm simply because most Palm apps are simple games and
form applications.  It's easier to debug on WinCE.  Palm OS 6 is meant to
address the shortcomings in communication and programming model issues.




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