Regarding Denys' and Arthur Frank's postings,
I offer you the following tidbits of information.

1. We have a software offering that downloads and
   presents student information on a Palm. This
   application is a gret benefit to school administrators
   and for teachers that need to take attendance
   remotely from a formal classroom (pe teachers).

2. We use the appForge development environment
   which allows us to code in VB and run on the Palm.

3. We chose the Palm because our customers are choosing
   the Palm and it currently has ~ 70% market share.

4. However, some of our customers are evaluating pocketpc
   products like the iPaq. They especially like the iPaq
   and we will eventually be using the appForge tools
   to port our Palm solution to the iPaq and equivalent
   systems.

5. The data we download is hot-synched from the HP e3000
   via a PC connected cradle.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Frank [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: PocketPC vs Handheld PC (was Wildly OT: Simple
> math question)
>
>
> Palm devices "useless?"  I don't think so.  Personally, I
> don't see the big attraction to Pocket PC devices.  Do I
> really need my handheld to (awkwardly) edit documents or
> connect to my HP 3000?  No.  Do I really need to surf the web
> on a teeny tiny screen?  No.  If I want to do those things, I
> have a real computer.  I use my handheld for address, phone
> number, and calendaring.  That's it.  Not only do I not need
> any more, I don't WANT any more.  Additional functionality
> gets in the way and adds cost and complexity.
>
> Sure Pocket PC has a lot of gee-whiz bells-n-whistles, but,
> really, I haven't seen a single thing that a Pocket PC can do
> that I actually WANT on my Palm.
>
> And Denys, just out of curiosity, how long do your batteries last?
>
> My $0.02.
>
> Art Frank
> Manager of Information Systems
> OHSU Foundation
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> (503) 220-8320
>
> >>> Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> 10/02/01 04:09PM >>>
> <snip>
> Also, please note that I could never figure out the by
> attraction to the
> Palm Pilot either.  It think it's useless and I also think it
> is going to be
> the big loser with the HP/Compaq merger.
> </snip>
>
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