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You may have a bit of difficulty shoehorning a Zod HVGA into a flip phone. The point is that the smaller a screen gets, the density and effective clarity should improve. I personally cannot make the leap to the Treo (or this) because I covet my T3s HVGA real estate to much. That said, this little 320x320 should have significantly better screen density than your Zod and approaching that of the Dell or Fuj VGAs

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Do yourself a favour and buy the Loox 720 (with free upgrade to Mageneto in a few months), and forget forever about the POS devices. (thats Pile Of ...)

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Surur

ack --> R u drunk?! VGA in an SSS (Small Square Screen)?

And nobody is holding a gun to consumer's heads you know? Believe it or not, people are actually buying Pocket PCs of their own accord. Aside from irate PalmOS fans and the usual partisan politics, I rarely hear such slander being flung by PPC owners in the general public. In fact, most folks I know that actually use such a device are quite happy with their choice. A recent study by Handango showed WM users having the most "satisfaction" with their device. Guess all those HotSync issues and Fatal Exception errors are starting to take their toll on PalmOS's once vaunted, and now mythical, rock solid reliability.

Until recently I owned an Aximx X50v, which I quite happily carried alongside my T5 and Zodiac. Some days I loved it, other days I wanted to toss it off a bridge (not the same bridge referenced by RhinoSteve of course). However, that pretty much mirrors my experience with the T5 and Zodiac. In fact, to be completely honest with you...I have had FAR MORE problems in recent years with my POS devices than I have with WinMob. The Treo 650 I was testing crashed if I so much as looked at it funny. VersaMail constantly reset the damn thing, and I spent more time staring at the boot up screen than my Address book! Often right in the middle of an important email, or document I was working on, the stupid thing would lock. Forcing me to reset and start over. HotSync crashes, Fata Exceptions errors, incompatible apps, file conversion hell, the list goes on.

POS still gets the gold star as my platform of choice, it's what I use every day. But I'm not blind to the fact that this platform is an old draft horse that's long in the tooth and being passed by other thoroughbreds on the track.

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Few people would disagree with you about most things you said.

Having said that, at least one of the reasons for the delay of this ppcphone is to get the new OS, which carry a host of ppcphone based improvements, such as one handed navigation. Previously HP was planning to release it with wm2003se, which would have been a disaster. The new OS will put it on a more equal footing with the Treo 650.

240x240 IS a poor resolution, and there is a lot of gnashing of teeth at HP's stupidity over at PPCthoughts. Having said that, most software except games should be functional at that resolution (with some scrolling possibly) since this is as much as it would normally lose with the on screen keyboard, which this device clearly does not need.

I like the form factor of this device, and as I used to have a HP 568 , so I clearly have nothing against HP's industrial design. I hated the Compaq's curves, and returned the one I tried the day after I bought it. Give me a HP 568 with a proper flip cover and dual slots any day over a flashy Compaq with only one slot. Of course its well know that shiny things sell over function, which may be HP's downfall :( My current PPC also has very conservative styling vs the Dell X50v's quirky design.

Regarding third party software. Its true that many people don't add third party software, but I hazard to say that on the ppc platform most people install added software, and the recent Handango survey found ppc users were very happy with the software and devices. Its quite possible that the people who are inclined to add software gravitate over to PPC, while the more timid users buy a Palm.

The HP 6300 series was a disaster with an underpowered processor, ugly add on keyboard, antenna, and an OS a generation behind the competition. This device will be a much better competitor.

Surur

What? They aren't all rah-rah-ing over how it's better than 160x160? And it'd be like them to blame *hp* -- when it's *MS* that permits that screen res. PPCT's motto: Don't Bite the Same Ass You Kiss.

The only really exciting PPC was the original hp 19xx (1910?). Then those dopes at hp screwed up that gorgeous precedent-setting screen with the yellow-tinged sequels.

Don't make fun of PPC when PalmOS looking a hell of a lot worse.

P.S. : hackbod has left the building. You heard it here first. Tough TTs. Sucker.

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Returning to the original topic, Samsung can release a phone, except in the UK and US. Palm's not the only smartphone to have a rough time over this - the D700 series was a great line of Symbian smartphones promised by Samsung but failed to appear.

VoR, where are you getting those numbers? I don't recall having seen any sales data for Tapwave.

Hey, I like that name. It has marketing synergy with the upcoming Star Wars film. By God there's a revenue opportunity in there somewhere.

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LifeSaber.

meh, QVGA seems to be the set standard for PPC as far as ppl are concerned

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by VoR
Pulled 'em outta my a$$. That and what a friend working for one of Tapwave's suppliers told me. Sales at CompUSA have been beyond pathetic and a local manager told me they're going to be cleared out pretty soon. Once the Zodiac 2 reaches $199 I'll definitely pick one up as a souvenir. The Zodiacs were great hardware for the price - better than ANYTHING Palm is selling now - inluding the DeathDrive. If Tapwave had just put out the same Zod 2 specs in a Tungsten E form factor they would have done OK. Peng just wouldn't listen. Oh well.

Out of curiosity, when do you suppose that will be? Last i checked, the zod1 is alr $200. Zod2 at $265.

As far as putting a zod in a T|E form factor, NO NO NO! NO! The zods are supposed to be mobile gaming machines as well. That's how they can get their landscape orientation. Granted their gaming scenario isn't too good, and some people may have been turned off by how it looks like a GBA, but truly, the fact that their distribution/marketing channels sucked is what killed them. They could go under, show up on the news, and no1 still would ever heard of them :(

There's also the res of the characters. If you have hi-res, use the hi-res characters that'll look MUCH sharper. And then some ppl elect to have Simplified and Traditional. I use hi-res traditional and the pdb for that eats up 1.65MB. Adding simplified may eat up another 1.5MB or so.

Perhaps Samsung is doing other things with it we don't kno of.