Operating System: Palm vs. Pocket PC
Choose a Palm OS 4.0/4.1 based device if you would like a simple, easy-to-use electronic organizer that will enjoy significant compatibility with other medical professionals and has a very broad repertoire of software available. These devices also have great battery life and are very friendly to the budget.
Choose a Palm OS 5.0 based device if you want to be on the cutting edge of the Palm community as far as new technologies and more features that will be enabled because of the new ARM-based processors used in these devices. Beware though, they are slightly more $$ than Palm OS 4.0/4.1 devices. They retain much of the simple easy-to-use Palm interface. Also, not all Palm OS 4.0/4.1 applications will run on OS 5.0.
Pocket PC has lots of powerful features beyond a simple personal information manager. A Win32 based operating system, PPC is designed to work only with MS Windows based computers. There is no native Mac support (You can run Microsoft active sync under the Virtual PC program though). The operating system is designed to take advantage of the many connectivity options that are available for the platform. A specific example of the powerful networking features built into the operating system: The ability to access your personal folder on the doctrina server at school through a wireless networking connection to the WUSM wireless network. If you like Microsoft Windows, would like to have Microsoft networking access, are interested in wireless networking, or would like to take advantage of the constantly emerging repertoire of powerful software for the PPC platform then you will find a PPC device to be a good fit.
If you are not sure which type of operating system you would like I would encourage you to go to one of the retail establishments here in town, either Best Buy or CompUSA, and play around with the different devices and see which operating system that you like. Both of the stores that I mentioned have a pretty decent selection of PDAs in stock and available for customers to play around with.
Wireless technologies
Choose a Palm OS 4.0/4.1 based device if you would like a simple, easy-to-use electronic organizer that will enjoy significant compatibility with other medical professionals and has a very broad repertoire of software available. These devices also have great battery life and are very friendly to the budget.
Choose a Palm OS 5.0 based device if you want to be on the cutting edge of the Palm community as far as new technologies and more features that will be enabled because of the new ARM-based processors used in these devices. Beware though, they are slightly more $$ than Palm OS 4.0/4.1 devices. They retain much of the simple easy-to-use Palm interface. Also, not all Palm OS 4.0/4.1 applications will run on OS 5.0.
Pocket PC has lots of powerful features beyond a simple personal information manager. A Win32 based operating system, PPC is designed to work only with MS Windows based computers. There is no native Mac support (You can run Microsoft active sync under the Virtual PC program though). The operating system is designed to take advantage of the many connectivity options that are available for the platform. A specific example of the powerful networking features built into the operating system: The ability to access your personal folder on the doctrina server at school through a wireless networking connection to the WUSM wireless network. If you like Microsoft Windows, would like to have Microsoft networking access, are interested in wireless networking, or would like to take advantage of the constantly emerging repertoire of powerful software for the PPC platform then you will find a PPC device to be a good fit.
If you are not sure which type of operating system you would like I would encourage you to go to one of the retail establishments here in town, either Best Buy or CompUSA, and play around with the different devices and see which operating system that you like. Both of the stores that I mentioned have a pretty decent selection of PDAs in stock and available for customers to play around with.
Wireless technologies
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