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From: "Peggy Baldwin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMGv6.X & hand held mini PC devises
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:26:52 -0800
References: <200512010514.jB15E5HM008822@mail.rootsweb.com>


I pretty much know all of that and am not partially to either the Palm or
Pocket PC.
They were neck in neck for sales in 2004. I'll find the table of info that I
use in my PDA
classes if you would like to see the statistics. The fact is, there are
still numerically more programs for the Palm. That may very well may reverse
in the future and then I'll
be going Pocket PC.

Peggy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin R. Phillips" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:13 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] TMGv6.X & hand held mini PC devises


> Peggy,
>
> PocketPC sales passed Palm some time ago in the America's (3rd or 4th
> quarter 2004 I believe) That's been the case in the European market for
> a
> lot longer. (I don't think Palm ever got much of a foothold over
> there)I've
> stopped watching the percentages after PocketPC passed Palm but last I
> remember Palm was about 30% of the market. (That's down from about 80%
> 4-5
> years ago) In my opinion (and we all have them), if they didn't have such
> good success with their Treo (Phone/PDA), they would have been out of
> business by now. Incidentally, Palm did announce that they were coming
> out
> with a Windows Mobile version of their Treo, 1st Quarter 2006 I believe.
> (Lot's of Palm fanatics screaming over that one!)
>
> One indication that they are in a world of hurt is the new $99 Palm. It
> is
> a very basic unit BUT, even at that, they are certainly making no money on
> it. (it has to be a very slim profit margin) You can believe that if
> they
> didn't need to do something about their market share, they wouldn't be
> offering that model, there's just no money to be made. (Kind of like the
> joke about selling below cost but making it up in volume!)
>
> Incidentally, and I think most consumers don't realize this, Palm actually
> split into two companys a year or two back. There's the "PalmOne" company
> which is hardware and the "PalmSource" company which is software. (The
> operating system) They are two totally independent companies. PalmOne
> recently purchased the name "Palm" back from PalmSource which was in the
> nick of time... PalmSource was purchased by a company called "Access".
> (Which is a web browser company I believe) It's interesting to note that
> the Palm Operating system is now totally out of Palm's control now.
> (which
> technically was true the moment the company split)
>
> There's NO lack of software for PocketPC's... Thousands of programs out
> there, just go look on Handango or PocketGear to get an idea. Just about
> anything you could want for either platform should be available.
>
> Kevin
>
> (For full disclosure, I am the developer of Pocket Genealogist for the
> PocketPC. When I first wrote Pocket Genealogist in 1999/2000, I saw where
> things were going (it's hard to beat Microsoft) and decided to go the
> PocketPC route instead of Palm)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peggy Baldwin [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:54 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [TMG] TMGv6.X & hand held mini PC devises
>
> There is a misconception out there that you can't sync the Palm with
> Windows
> software, and that is not correct. The only difference is that you need to
> buy the software for the Palm so that you can sync with Windows. I use
> WordSmith to sync with Word and QuickSheets to sync with Excel. Both
> programs are very power and sync beautifully.
> And, there are more programs for the Palm at this point in time. I
> understand the the sales of PocketPCs and Palms were about the same in
> 2004,
> so that may change with time.
>
> Peggy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lloyd Gledhill" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [TMG] TMGv6.X & hand held mini PC devises
>
>
>>I much prefer the Pocket Windows devices to the Palm because I think
>>there's a real advantage staying in the Windows environment. For example,
>>you can synchronise .doc and .xls files on your PC and iPAQ.
>> The folding keyboard works very well with the iPAQ but I think it would
>> be
>
>> too cumbersome for entering much data in your Pocket Genealogist.
>> The big advantage of Pocket Genealogist would be in having your database
>> with you for reference (as well as your MS Word and Excel files).
>> A laptop computer would give you everything if you're prepared to put up
>> with lugging it about.
>> If you want the best of both worlds, consider the new Toshiba Libretto,
>> which is a very small notebook computer, though its keyboard is a little
>> too small for volume data entry - even smaller than the folding keyboard
>> of the iPAQ.
>> - Lloyd
>
>
>
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