Windows mobile vs. palm os

[Lowie]

i'm about to get the new pink treo centro and right now i have the 6800. does anyone have experience with both types of phones and can give me pros and cons? i don't have to give up my 6800 (which i like but not love) until i know if the new one is better or worse.

[Pibe38]

Don't really know too much about the Palm OS, I do know that you cannot have more than 1 program open on Palm OS though, which you can on WM.

[vaxick]

You like multitasking? If so, avoid Palm OS like a plague.

[Lowie]

really, like i can't open my calendar while on the phone? or get a call while i'm playing sudoku? or is it more important things?
thanks in advance.

[Pibe38]

Originally Posted by Lowie

really, like i can't open my calendar while on the phone? or get a call while i'm playing sudoku? or is it more important things?
thanks in advance.

I'll assume phone overrides anything that's open... but you won't be able to browse the web and have a game open for example. You'd have to close the browser and open the game, or vice versa.

[drunken_monky]

the treo centro, is very cumbersome to use. its a very large downgrade from the mogul... I would recomend playing with it first before decideing..

one of my co-workers has 1. and would never recomend it. Me and another co-worker where trying to give her some ringtones that i created and sent via bluetooth and took us an hour to find the files, then the phone doesnt take mp3 format only aac and another format cant remeber which.

i was planning to get this phone for my wife, decided I wouldnt do that to her

[vaxick]

Originally Posted by Lowie

really, like i can't open my calendar while on the phone? or get a call while i'm playing sudoku? or is it more important things?
thanks in advance.

"Some" programs can run at the same time, but the list is super small. The calendar program is one of them and the only other off the top of my head I can think of is PTunes.

A great example of a major downside to the Palm OS is when you are download a file from a website. The browser that comes with it, Blazer is really good and quite quick at loading pages, but the second you close it the program is completely closed. You have to keep that download window open and do nothing else on your phone until that download is done. Even if you get a phone call it will kill the browser if you choose to accept the call.

Ironicly, Palm was the first mobile phone OS that had a program that was able to play videos off YouTube and it is still the best damned player out there. I wish they would make a Windows Mobile release of that program.

http://www.kinoma.com/

[hytek369]

palm is faster, but windows is better for multi-tasking.

[derrickmd18]

well I have 700wx and the mogul. I used the mougal today and I perfer the 700wx over teh mogul. its easier to use and treo setup the mogul right because everything is laied out and easy to use on it. I'm just getting used to teh mogul and its gets anoying sometimes.

[Pibe38]

Originally Posted by derrickmd18

well I have 700wx and the mogul. I used the mougal today and I perfer the 700wx over teh mogul. its easier to use and treo setup the mogul right because everything is laied out and easy to use on it. I'm just getting used to teh mogul and its gets anoying sometimes.

Yes, but the 700wx has Windows Mobile, the original poster is comparing a Centro that has the Palm Operating System against the Mogul with Windows Mobile.