Some
differences between Palm and Pocket PC PDAs
This chart should
help you with your Palm or Pocket PC platform decision. Information
on PDAs is subject to change, given the nature of the market. Please
bear in mind current PDA trends before deciding.
PDA chart keys:
Y= Yes N=
No O= Optional, or
maybe available as freeware.
PDA
Features |
Pocket
Pc 2002 |
Palm
OS 4.1 |
Palm
OS 5.0 |
| Address
Book |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Calendar |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| NotePad |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Email |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Task
List |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Calculator |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Onscreen
Keyboard |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Handwriting |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Syncs
with PC |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Syncs
with Mac |
N |
Y |
Y |
| Desktop
PIM Included |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Syncs
with Outlook |
Y |
O |
Y |
| Syncs
with Lotus Notes |
O |
O |
O |
| Microsoft
Word document support |
Y |
O |
Y |
| Microsoft
Excel document support |
Y |
O |
Y |
| Microsoft
PowerPoint support |
O |
O |
Y |
| Adobe
Acrobat Support |
O |
O |
O |
| Voice
recorder |
O |
N |
Y |
| HTML
browser |
Y |
O |
Y |
| WAP
browser |
Y |
O |
O |
| Offline
browsing |
Y |
O |
O |
| Instant
messenger client |
Y |
O |
Y |
| MP3
playback support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Video
playback |
Y |
O |
Y |
| E-book
reader |
Y |
O |
O |
| 16-bit
color support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|