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by Rico Mossesgeld on April 14, 2007
According to him, the Palm OS does a better job of handling his thousands of contacts (around 4,000!). Before switching to the Dopod, a windows Mobile PDA phone, his TX did a great job. Despite the numerous entries, the PDA proved responsive when browsing through them.
Things are apparently different in Windows Mobile. Perhaps it's the way the OS handles contact info. Whatever the reason, looking through the contacts involved frequent slowdowns, resulting in a frustrating user experience. It felt like the OS couldn't handle the sheer number of contacts. And having quick and easy access to friends, family, and acquaintances is important to my friend, a social person who makes a living as a salesperson.
Maybe that's not the case with other Windows Mobile 5 products. Regardless, the problem was bad enough that my friend decided to sell his Dopod at a loss (to get rid of the gadget quickly), and return to familiarity of the Palm OS.
What are your experiences with the address books of Windows Mobile 5 and Palm OS devices?
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Rating: 6.00 out of 3 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Reggie
(04/18/07 12:32am)
actually, the unit he used was a second hand T-Mobile MDA, not a Dopod 838 (though they have the same specs). the no. of contacts he had is too much for an OMAP processor to handle. aside from the speed issue, i realized how Palm manages its PIM applications easier compared to its Windows Mobile counterpart. kinda disappointing, but i advised him that it's best that he stay with Palm. i'm still in the process of writing this on my own blog once i have the time. btw, he's not selling the unit at a loss. :)
Response from:
Rico
(04/19/07 9:08pm)
Thanks for the inside info Reg. Truth be told, Palm definitely has more experience with mobile organizer apps, so it's no surprise their gadgets do a better job of handling numerous items.
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