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Palm OS vs. Windows Mobile: The Debate Continues
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* Treo 700w: Send, center, type "doug," up, center, press and hold the down button until it scrolls to the end of the list.
* Treo 650: Send, center, center, type "doug," center, down.
It's a tie, 5 to 5.
Fifth test: Add the name name of a restaurant to my "restaurants to try out" note.
* Treo 700w: Windows-icon, center, press the "p" key, press the "n" key, center (here I waited for the Notes program to launch), press the "r" key, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, center, press and hold the down button until I scroll to the end of the note, type "Acadiana," OK.
* Treo 650: Send, center, home, press the "m" key, center, center, down, down, down, down, center, up, center, press and hold the down button until I scroll to the end of the note, type "Acadiana."
By the numbers, this was close: 14 for the 650, 17 for the 700w. But if you factor in time -- and time perceived to be doing nothing while you wait for the device to catch up -- the Palm OS just killed Windows Mobile in this category. Somebody needs to rewrite the Notes program for Windows Mobile, pronto.
So if any of you were wondering where my value judgments come from, now you know. And if you wondered just what the glamorous life of a tech columnist is like, now you know that too.
More From Sunday's Paper
Elsewhere in Sunday's personal-tech coverage, Leslie Walker's Web Watch takes a look at the blossoming universe of blogs as we near the end of voting for the annual "Bloggie" awards. Daniel Greenberg tries out a couple of all-in-one surround-sound home-theater units that do away with the need to set up speakers at the far corners of your living room. And in Help File, I discuss disk formats, and how picking one over another can either solve a storage problem or create a file-transfer obstacle.
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