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Paul C.

Really.

Here are some other interesting facts:
(1) al Qaeda is a charter member of the UN.
(2) Benjamin Netan-yahu is a member of Hamas.
(3) Microsoft promotes ethical captialism.
(4) Paris is the capital of Belgium.

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Good.

Now wasn't that easier than listing off a bunch of stoopid "interesting facts" just to be a jerk about something so trivial?

10 programs that run in hi-res? Uncross your eyes and that number should look more like over 100. Your eyes must have been straining on that 160x160 screen for too long.

How ignorant can you be to think that hi-res doesn't serve any practical purpose? If you think higher resolutions (on a handheld or otherwise) is just for kids, and you being the "adult" that you are, do us all a favor and go to "Display Properties" in Windows and just knock that resolution slider down to 640x480 or better yet, how about 320x200? Yeah, I thought so idiot...

I cant believe anyone actually buys Palm m515s anymore...those 160x160 screens are not pleasent to look at...not pleasent at all.

for eg. one function of PDA is e-book and reading documents where good screen is important. Even if average user only use PDA to read a full page document, a high quality screen is still desirable.

With higher and higher quality screen more applications becomes possible in PDA. Anything from viewing detail pictures, finely illustrated documents, even moving pictures and actions games.

If palm is stuck in the era of "connected" organizer mind set where it insist all people need in PDA is to look up few address, than Palm will extinct.

And what about DISPLAY of said INFORMATION? If you can't easily scan/read/assimilate the information then it doesn't matter how fast you can retrieve it, you create a new bottleneck at the interpretion of the information making for a POOR information device.

Most people can retrieve a phone number from your basic $20 Casio organizer with the 10x2 character display quicker than from a Palm PDA, so you're trying to tell me that the Casio is the better information device?

All other things being equal, a hi-res Palm is a better INFORMATION device than a low-res one, period.

This "Zen of Palm" BS needs to stop. Palm themselves stopped believing that garbage years ago, I think it's time for you to let it go also. The moment the first person used their Palm to do something more than what the built-in apps provided is the day the Zen died. Color screens, 33MHz Dragonballs, expansion slots, keyboards/thumboards, communicators and smartphones don't agree with the "Zen principles" because all of these either decrease battery life, increase form factor, promote longer "sessions" and/or decrease the ease of use.

Just because Palm is inevitably becoming the "PC in your Pocket" (oh no, did I say a bad word?) and departing from the "Zen" that you hold so near and dear, it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Don't be scared of the future, embrace it (or stick with your IIIx if it makes you sleep better at night).

ssummer

While we're at it, what's with this "Zen of Palm" crap. The purpose of a handheld is whatever the user wants it to be. You can easily figure out what users want by watching handheld sales. SONY is growing steadily in this area and certainly appears to have the largest percentage of sales growth of PalmOS handheld manufacturer. I'm not a big fan of the large corporations continuing to dominate markets (ie mega-SONY) but when they are clearly producing a better mouse-trap... they're catch more mice.

If users decide that mp3 playback is important, they will buy handhelds which have this function. The real "children" on this forum are the narrow-minded goobers who insist that handhelds serve "a purpose". This reality is different for each individual and the variety to choose between different handhelds (different purposes?) can only increase competition, while offering consumers more choices, and ultimately improve the market.