A Palm (I've got one) has no lithium battery to conserve Data, a Newton yes
(normally should save data during 5 years).
When you have a Palm you MUST always synch the data with your PC/Mac.
A Newton may live alone. As I read somewhere on the Net, the Palm is a
handheld ORGANIZER, the Newton is a handheld COMPUTER.
le 19/06/2000 20:20, Prentiss.Gray@gecits.ge.com à
Prentiss.Gray@gecits.ge.com a écrit :
> I got a free palm pilot for attending a "Palm Champions" event, which was
> cool. It's a nice machine, a IIIxe. Good amount of memory and a decent
> backlight. Well, everything was going along swimmingly until I missed the
> battery dying off. Nasty incoherent messages about system errors and very
> little else. Finally, utilizing my experience with ROM driven devices, I
> killed the little bugger by draining it completely. I pulled the batteries
> for an overnight, followed by 10 minutes of depressing the on button.
>
> That got it restarted, the new batteries helped too, and now we are back to
> being friends although not quite as trusting as before. The problem is that
> all, and I mean all, of my data was gone. Initial setup for any of these
> devices is very time consuming, all the numbers you gleefully put in, all
> the extras you add. I missed a final backup and lost about three days of
> input. Three days is a lot.
>
> For a while I had stopped using my Newton. The palm was smaller lighter and
> seemed to fit most of my needs. I was also part of a wider user community,
> happily beaming our business cards around. I even got a copy of Small Dogs
> backtalk (excellent product!) and was gradually moving things over.
>
> Now, things have changed. Even though I have some nasty dead battery
> problems with my Newton, I never lost data. You always could come right
> back to where you were with a hard reset and pcmcia cards. My Newton even
> got badly frozen one time winter camping and it came back. I guess I am
> spoiled by that quality, and the overall craftsmanship that makes the Newton
> what it is. I still carry the Palm in my pocket, but now it makes me
> nervous. I lost a couple of things that were irreplaceable, software
> registration numbers etc. I know the moral is backup frequently, but this
> is especially true if you have a palm.
>
> I will just add that I support the palm over just about any Win CE device.
> The Palm 7 is, while lacking in memory, one of the coolest tools on the
> planet. As I look for a platform to migrate to, I will lean toward palm,
> however nothing stands up to the Newton so far.
> ______________________
> Prentiss S. N. Gray
> Senior Systems Engineer
> GE Capital - Information Technology Solutions
>
> "No matter where you go, there you are"
> - Buckaroo Bonsai
>
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