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Article #303Re: Palm Pilot Pro vs Palm III? Cant decide, plz advise..
From: Jess Rudolph
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00
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try www.usedpalmpilots.com for an easy way to buy a palm at great prices! Jess acunet3278@my-deja.com wrote: > Thank U for Ur comments. > I am primary looking to use the Palm Pilot to sync with all my personal > data on my Yahoo address book & calendar. Add'l i work as asystem Admin > at work and have to keep track of a lot of userid & passwd logininfo. > > Could you also be kind enough 2 share Ur experience w/ me/ Are U aware > of a passwd program for the Palm that syncs up with a desktop PC? > > > 3. Pros (OS2) do not have infrared capabilities. You can however > > upgrade a Pro and in doing so "turn" it into a P3; memory,OS, and > > beaming included. > > Where is there more info on the net about upgrading a Pro to a P3? > > Plz advise. Thank U. > > In article <7j139v$9mk$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, > r. r. grissett <rrgrissett@my-deja.com> wrote: > > Dear Acunet3278, > > > > I apologize for the first post; for some reason the message didn't get > > through. > > > > I have both a Pro and a P3 now so maybe I can offer a worthwhile > > opinion. > > > > 1. OS3 is supposed to be a better system than OS2. I haven't exactly > > figured out why yet because they both run real well. They both run > > at the same speed. There have been documented fragmentation > problems > > with OS2 memory, but I have yet to encounter it. I am not sure why > > some units fragment and others don't; unless it has something to do > > with hacks which I have not been using. Maybe someone else can > offer > > an explanation to this. At any rate, if the OS2 fragments, it can > be > > easily fixed so I don't view this as a major concern. There are > some > > apps that will only run on OS3; but the numbers are not significant > > right now. Perhaps, as the Pros fade into the sunset, this will be > > more of a problem but I don't think so in the foreseeable future. > > > > 2. Both units seem to handle battery usage about the same; excellent. > > Assuming you would use either unit the same amount, in my opinion > > battery usage is determined by two factors: the type of batteries, > > and the amount of backlighting you use. In my usage with both > units, > > battery life has not been a concern. > > > > 3. Pros (OS2) do not have infrared capabilities. You can however > > upgrade a Pro and in doing so "turn" it into a P3; memory,OS, and > > beaming included. > > > > I hope this helps, in my view you should get the unit that does what > you > > need it to do. If you plan on running a lot of apps then the P3, with > > extra memory, may be for you. The Pro does all I need it to. I don't > use > > the beaming feature and the memory is sufficient. > > > > Not to advertise too much here, but if you decide on the P3, I have a > > very new one in excellent condition with a case. If interested, please > > e-mail > > > > In article <7iue25$i5n$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, > > acunet3278@my-deja.com wrote: > > > I am considering purchasing a Palm Pilot Professional or a Palm III. > > > > > > Could U kindly share Ur experience w/ me? > > > > > > 1. Palm pilot has OS v2 and Palm II has OS v3. What is the > advantage > > of > > > OSv3? Are there many 3rd party software that *only* work w/ Palm OS > > > version 3 ? > > > > > > 2. How does battery life on the Palm III compare to the Palm Pilot > > > Professional? Which has longer battery life? > > > > > > 3. Does the Palm Pilot Pro have the same the infra-red "beam" > > capability > > > as the Palm III ? > > > > > > Plz advise. Thank U. > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107a24,6bbc5069e1cc13bc X-Google-Attributes: gid107a24,public X-Google-Thread: 112073,6bbc5069e1cc13bc X-Google-Attributes: gid112073,public X-Google-Thread: 109e18,6bbc5069e1cc13bc X-Google-Attributes: gid109e18,public X-Google-Thread: 11219a,6bbc5069e1cc13bc X-Google-Attributes: gid11219a,public From: Jess Rudolph <jrudolph1@home.com> Subject: Re: Palm Pilot Pro vs Palm III? Cant decide, plz advise.. Date: 1999/06/08 Message-ID: <375D2DC3.BF8EB824@home.com> X-Deja-AN: 487089839 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7iue25$i5n$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7j139v$9mk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7ja4s8$ujc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news.rdc1.nj.home.com 928853368 24.228.41.6 (Tue, 08 Jun 1999 07:49:28 PDT) Organization: @Home Network MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: emmabaker@prodigy.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 07:49:28 PDT Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.sys.palmtops,fr.comp.sys.palm-pilot