Windows mobile vs. palm os

[papped]

Originally Posted by jaak

You're right, that is misinformation. The Palm OS hasn't seen ANY development.

Yeah, Versamail 4.0.1 did not just release and 1.0.7 ROM for 755p. But feel free to continue talking like you know what you're saying.

[jph8tr]

I'm not going to bash on the Palm, my wife much prefers it to WM. She started out with a Centro, but swapped it for a 755P. The Centro was cute BUT the key pad was cramped and battery life was very poor. She loves her 755p.

[yakky]

Originally Posted by papped

Yeah, Versamail 4.0.1 did not just release and 1.0.7 ROM for 755p. But feel free to continue talking like you know what you're saying.

Thanks for bringing up Versamail. That is the reason I left palm. That POS never worked right with Exchange. After using Palm since the mid 90's I was done with constant crashes because of that app. There was nothing like the sound of mystery reboots to brighten my day. I really loved the Treo form factor and the keyboard was awesome, but Sprint has no newer Palms with windows mobile. The best way for me to look at the pros is by putting together a list of what I miss about palm OS.

* The sms chat program
* VolumeCare
* Battery life

It has been about a year since I jumped ship, first to a Dash, then a Wing, now the Mogul. I'm not looking back BUT if I was shopping for a smartphone for mom or dad, the Centro would be high on the list because it is much easier to use than WM.

[monkey]

Originally Posted by papped

Yeah, Versamail 4.0.1 did not just release and 1.0.7 ROM for 755p. But feel free to continue talking like you know what you're saying.

Please tell me that it displays email in html form.

[blasphemous_prime]

the palm is also almost as good as the blackberry when it comes to emails... probably up to 6 accounts, but it's a horrible multitasker as mentioned in previous posts... like when it comes to a new task being opened up, the previous one closes, but i think the best idea is to have some kind of task makager for every multitasker in the world.

[papped]

Originally Posted by yakky

Thanks for bringing up Versamail. That is the reason I left palm. That POS never worked right with Exchange.

Yeah I dislike VM, but VM appears to be very YMMV. Many users at TreoCentral use VM + EAS with no problems. Me on the other hand I have problems with it so I use Chatteremail.

There's also Sprint Mobile Email, which is free and uses a "push" email cheat. Their server sends your phone a sms when you get a new email, telling it to pull your email. So you get sudo push without having to even be connected to vision.

VM has html display option for all IMAP and POP accounts, even as far back as 3.5.4. EAS is the kicker though I think. Might need chatteremail for that, but I can't really say as I don't use my EAS anymore unless I'm doing a restore of my contacts.

[yakky]

Originally Posted by papped

Yeah I dislike VM, but VM appears to be very YMMV. Many users at TreoCentral use VM + EAS with no problems. Me on the other hand I have problems with it so I use Chatteremail.

There's also Sprint Mobile Email, which is free and uses a "push" email cheat. Their server sends your phone a sms when you get a new email, telling it to pull your email. So you get sudo push without having to even be connected to vision.

VM has html display option for all IMAP and POP accounts, even as far back as 3.5.4. EAS is the kicker though I think. Might need chatteremail for that, but I can't really say as I don't use my EAS anymore unless I'm doing a restore of my contacts.

Yeah, I know there are alternatives, but of all the crap wrong with the WM phones, Outlook is pretty damn bulletproof when it comes to corp mail (Exchange). Having to install another program might fix one thing and break something else. I really like to keep it simple (reliable).

[papped]

Like always, it's a tradeoff depending on what you want.

Outlook > VM. But Palm has multiple free IM clients that work better than WM's paid IM clients...

Palm has native threaded sms (portable to WM I know, but you get the point). I can go back and forth about which is better at what all day.

People having issues from actually having a used a product is totally valid, compared to regurgitating stuff they read online. I haven't had any instability at all so far with Chatteremail. But that's why I have NVBackup just incase.