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Re: PALM-SIZE PC'S FAILING TO IMPACT?

Nigel Ballard wrote:
> 
> http://www.mtnds.com/nb/CE_problems.htm
> 
> Nigel Ballard
> The Paperless Office Consultancy
> Email: nigel@joejava.com
> WWW: http://www.joejava.com

Good article, but I disagree with a couple of your points.  I think
windows CE is less popular then microsoft imagined it would be for a
couple of silly human reasons:

1) ergonomics - The Palm pilot just looks easy to use.  You don't have
to crack it open, their's no pen to drop and roll behind a couch, and it
doesn't try to cram a full sized qwerty keyboard into a space the size
of an index card.

2) price - its cheaper.

3) popular - its popular; there are almost as many palm pilots running
around as Macs (I guess this could be interpreted as a poke at Macs, but
its not, just an indication of just how many of these things are out
there)

I really don't think battery life, or the windows interface have had
anything to do with it.  If windows ce palmtops came out the same time
as the palmpilot I don't think there is any doubt 3com would be in for
one hell of a struggle to win market share.

just my 2c.

-Paul

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