[link|http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO68027,00.html| ComputerWorld article]

And here's a great MS quote for you:
Ed Suwanjindar, product manager of the Microsoft mobility group, said the Palm announcement "could be a case of too little, too late."

"Fact is, we built the Pocket PC to deliver more, and Palm is still stuck playing catch-up," said Suwanjindar. "We'll wait to reserve judgment until we see their new OS on devices. That said, it will be interesting to see if they can meet the customer experience bar we've set, since we're still at least 18 months ahead of them on the technology front with Pocket PC 2002."

Any comments from people who have used both products?

What I've heard is that the Palm OS is still much better for the basic PDA stuff, like appointments and address lists. I know I'm happy with my Visor. My friend who has a iPaq still kept his Pam M500 -- and uses it more than the iPaq.

Tony

w/o doing a MS-style hack job and without losing the current pluses...if they have a good software engineering team. Maybe the BeOS guys will help.

I frankly don't want a "PocketPC". I don't want to watch movies on my PDA. I don't want to pay $600 for my PDA. And so on. VisorCentral also thinks PocketPC 2002 s/w is pretty bad -- too many taps to do normal tasks.

However, I'm seriously considering getting the new Sony Clie T615 (I would keep my Visor). I'm not happy with Handspring's emphasis on Treo / de-emphasis on Springboard (although I understand it; the Treo has got rave reviews). The Sony screen is simply superb, even better than the N610C, the case is aluminum, and it does have much more of a quality feel than the Prism.

Fry's has refurbished Prisms at $199; new ones are about $300. But although the Prism screen is bright, it isn't even close to the Clie's 320x320 screen.

Tony