On Thursday, Apr 22, 2004, at 13:16 US/Pacific, John Pearson wrote:

> I needed to decide which platform to go with for a handhelp
> application, Palm or Pocket PC.
>
> I downloaded the PalmOS Developers Suite from Palm. It installed
> flawlessly and works great.
>
> The Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools 3.0 however, does not install on
> my computer.

That's about the way my decision process went a couple years ago.
PALMOS: developement suite, including simulator, freely downloadable
for windos and macos.  Lots of online documentation.
WinCE (2.0 at the time.) minimum developement kit something like $600.

No contest.  Sounds like pocketpc has improved, but not enough :-)

I also tend to believe that palmos was designed from the start for
handhelds, while pocketpc is a misguided attempt to make your palmtop
look like your windows desktop.  *I* don't want my palmtop to look and
work like a windows desktop.  (Of course, you might, in which case...)

BillW

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