Palm vs. Pocket PC

[Santos007]

What are the differences?

[The Love Bunny]

pocket PC runs on windows software

it also has a more windows like environment where as palm only has just a list of icons that you touch to get to things

i really dont know what else

they alldo the same things after that - besides the different programs that you can put on it

[GenoG]

its really preference! I want my Clie NX60 and I thought the OS5 looks like a big improvement for palm to keep up with pocket pc.

[mozilla4]

I use an iPaq which is a PocketPC and love it. If you are really geeky with money to burn go with the PocketPC. Although, I heard Toshiba will be introducing a $199 PocketPC in the next couple of months. The PocketPCs have Windows like programs built in ie. Word, Excel, Windows Media Player, and IE. So basically, if you just want a day planner with a contact list, go with the Palm. If you want to have all that and some cool extra things, go with the PocketPC. PocketPC Passion (http://www.pocketpcpassion.com) is a good place to go look at the news surrounding PocketPCs.

[he_is_tom]

Palm is ***, I rather go for a Pocket PC.

[coolqf]

Almost any PocketPC PDA can be found that does the same as a PALM OS PDA.

I decided on the Palm Tungsten T. These are the reasons why, in which it does better than a PPC PDA at a similar price range:
TT:
Longer bater life. You do the identical tass that both products can do, and the TT outlasts the PPC PDAs.
It's smaller. I LOVE the size, so easy to carry.
PALM OS is more stable than PPC.
320*320 resolution.
It's lighter.
More usefull FREE software exists for the PALM OS than for the PPC.
intergrated bluetooth.
Only $399 retail price. It can be found for around $340 after shipping online.

[SkyDog]

As a network administrator, I've found Pocket PC's to be more useful than Palm OS PDA's. With a wireless network card, I can use MiniStumbler (http://www.netstumbler.com) to locate wireless access points and assess signal strength, I can administer Windows 2000 servers via terminal services, and I can attach to network shares, map drives, and transfer files. For my job, Pocket PC's just seem to be more versatile on a Windows network than the Palm OS PDA's I've used.

Like mentioned above, Palms do tend to have better battery life and they're often smaller. (I wouldn't agree that they're more stable, though -- my iPaq has been rock solid.)

If there's a price difference between platforms, it's pretty negligible nowadays. You can get a baseline Dell Axim (300 MHz & 32 MB RAM) running Pocket PC 2002 for around $199 (after $50 rebate). The 400 MHz / 64 MB version doesn't cost all that much more.

If you're looking for basic PDA functionality and don't have specialized needs like the ones I mentioned above, then either a Palm or Pocket PC would do you just fine. If you have specific needs or wants, one might suit you better than the other.