Pilot: Yet again... Wring info about PIII in Sales & Field Force...

[Arno Butter <ab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heya!

Well, here is yet another example of wrong (Lack of) info in an article
named "Windows in your Pocket", placed in the magazine "Sales & Field
Automation", written by Lee Sherman...

Here are some quotes:

They start to talk about differences to start with and price, here's part of
it: "Batteries last for days instead of weeks, and the PPC os more
complicated to use. But it's a price you might be willing to pay if you've
been frustrated by the limitations of the Pilot" (Ok.. Besides voice/audio,
what does the PPC do that the PIII does NOT do?)

"Microsoft has gone the Pilot one better. While the infrared capability in
the Palm III can only be used to send data between two Palm IIIs, PPC's can
share data with eachother, syncronize via infrared with desktop and notebook
computers, and print to infrared printers."

"The palm-size PC matches the PIlot feature for feature; both act as
companion devices to your desktop."

(One for the laughs) "Best of all is the Active Desktop, which on the PPC is
a single customizable screen that lists all of the information users need to
get through the day"

Also, no mention of the MAJOR overhead the Pilot has in the market, sky high
above the WindoZe devices...(eehhm... Right??? :-))

To be fair: THe top of the article DOES say 'Out of the box', but that
doesn't mean anything in computer world.. When you buy a computer.. You add
software into it right? So why not mention it? Same thing... Except threre
is no add-on s/w for the PPC! (Not like the PIII anyway)...

And the battle goes on...
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Arno Butter
Network Administrator
Sonnax Industries, Inc.
P.O. Box 440
Bellows Falls, VT  05101
Phone:	(802) 463-9722
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