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2021-04-14
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Originally Posted by levone1
I have added WM6, I had forgotten the main PalmOS competitor!
I would go with Symbian from that list. I always knew that PalmOS needed a ways to go to really be a contender, so I didn't waste any time going to WebOS as soon as it came out, but that was 2009, so wouldn't make your list. Never much of a Blackberry fan... If Windows Mobile was on your list, I would say that. I think at least WM6 was out by then. I still remember my HTC Apache and Touch Pro...
I have an HTC HD2 with WM6.5 and it worked quite well (I don't remember the phone freezing often). However, I think PalmOS had a bigger community and more apps, right? In fact, PalmOS still has a community (PalmDB) and WM does not.
PalmOS seems to be remembered more fondly.
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2021-04-19
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I don't believe I ever had a Symbian device . . . I used a couple Sony Ericsson phones with what I believe to be a proprietary OS. In 2006, I think it was a K510. You could run Java apps on them, but I only installed one ever (a streaming music player).
I stuck with Palm until my Handspring Visor Prism died of a broken port. I had to back up my data as quickly as possible before the battery died and took the volatile bits along with it. Fortunately, my second S-E, a K550 had an IRDA port and a removable memory stick, and my computer had a memory stick reader.
For a guy who needed a calendar, a contact list, check register and grocery list, the PalmOS was perfect. I doubt I'd installed more than 3 or 4 apps beside the built-in ones.
Handspring's custom version of the calendar app had the neat feature of being able to look up sunrise and sunset times on an arbitrary date. More useful than it sounds when planning events held outside or with older folks attending that don't drive after dark.
I never knew any Blackberrry users who didn't get the phone issued by an employer. It seems like an business executive thing. The keyboard was handy for texting in meetings when they got bored. And the security (or at least perceived security) was its big selling point.
I stuck with Palm until my Handspring Visor Prism died of a broken port. I had to back up my data as quickly as possible before the battery died and took the volatile bits along with it. Fortunately, my second S-E, a K550 had an IRDA port and a removable memory stick, and my computer had a memory stick reader.
For a guy who needed a calendar, a contact list, check register and grocery list, the PalmOS was perfect. I doubt I'd installed more than 3 or 4 apps beside the built-in ones.
Handspring's custom version of the calendar app had the neat feature of being able to look up sunrise and sunset times on an arbitrary date. More useful than it sounds when planning events held outside or with older folks attending that don't drive after dark.
I never knew any Blackberrry users who didn't get the phone issued by an employer. It seems like an business executive thing. The keyboard was handy for texting in meetings when they got bored. And the security (or at least perceived security) was its big selling point.
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2021-04-25
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Originally Posted by robthebold
that plus a music player and a phone is all I'd want.
For a guy who needed a calendar, a contact list, check register and grocery list,
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2021-05-01
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Nice to read here. I still have a TX fully functional. I have to charge it every 4-6 weeks. Since it is not the main device it does not need to be backed up for years. But it is always alive - wonderful hardware and software.
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