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   Drool.

   

   Jon Acheson, Jun 16th, 1999 @ 12:16pm

   
   

   Have you seen the screens on the new Palms? NICE. Lots better than the screen on my Palm III.
   
   I'm not sure whether I wouldn't want the PalmIIIx instead, but for $199 it's a no-brainer.
   
   I love my Pilot.
   
   Jon

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   Niceness of new Palms

   

   Mike (profile), Jun 16th, 1999 @ 1:14pm

   
   

   I actually have not seen the screen on the new palms, or if I did, I don't recall anything in particular. I do know that my Palm Professional has seen better days (which is why I told someone this morning who's going to JavaOne to see if he could pick me up one of those PalmV's). However, my issue with the PalmV is that (I believe) it has a different interface for syncing and such, which would make my lovely GoType keyboard useless. That thing has given renewed life to my Pilot and let me use the damn thing anywhere for much more than I ever did before. The best world would be the Palm VII with the Palm V form factor, but I doubt I'd want to foot the bill for that one. Sometimes I wish Techdirt would get big enough that I could score free samples. :)

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   Re: Niceness of new Palms

   

   Jon Acheson, Jun 16th, 1999 @ 2:45pm

   
   

   If you want the old-style connector with the new screen, get the Palm IIIx. It's basically the Palm III with the new screen and software updates.
   
   No rechargeables, but that may not be so bad: what happens when the rechargeables die? Also, you can get AAA's anywhere, so there's no danger of the gadget just dying on you.
   
   The Palm VII will easily shrink to fit the form factor of the V in the next few years. Look at cellphones. Speaking of which, I'd like to see a cellphone in the footprint of the Palm IIIx.
   
   Jon

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   Re: Niceness of new Palms

   

   Vincent W. Yin, Jun 17th, 1999 @ 4:28am

   
   

   I do know that my Palm Professional has seen better days (which is why I told someone this morning who's going to JavaOne to see if he could pick me up one of those PalmV's). However, my issue with the PalmV is that (I believe) it has a different interface for syncing and such, which would make my lovely GoType keyboard useless. That thing has given renewed life to my Pilot and let me use the damn thing anywhere for much more than I ever did before.

   Yeah, my PilotPro is dying too :( I needed a keyboard too, but decided against the GoType because it's just too big. If you travel with it, you may as well get an HP Jornada 820 or something similar. I picked up a Psion Series 5 and can type on it fast enough to take notes in class.

   I'm not certain how much point there is to Java on the Pilot though. Is this meant to provide byte code which runs on a JVM in the Pilot? If so, wouldn't it be better to compile to machine code given the space constraints on Palm devices? If the ultimate aim is to provide portable bytecode that runs on a variety of different handhelds I'd be more excited... (apparently the new Psions also come with Java in them but I haven't looked into it yet).

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