Thursday, July 11, 2002
Consumers like Sony and Handspring devices
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52973-2002Jul11.html
Interesting article. They're saying that, of the people they surveyed, people felt that they had less reliability issues with Sony and Handspring devices over Pocket PCs. No details were given, but I'd be interested to know if the problems they had were related to the device itself, or desktop synchronization (our friend ActiveSync). I'm willing to bet it's the latter. It doesn't surprise me that a Linux-based handheld was the most confusing one.
"Among handhelds, users liked those running the Palm operating system better than machines loaded with Microsoft's more complex Pocket PC software, including the popular Compaq iPAQ. Interestingly, Palm clones Handspring and Sony were more appreciated than Palm's own handhelds. Users were most vexed with the Linux-fueled Sharp Zaurus and organizers made by Psion and Casio."
Interesting article. They're saying that, of the people they surveyed, people felt that they had less reliability issues with Sony and Handspring devices over Pocket PCs. No details were given, but I'd be interested to know if the problems they had were related to the device itself, or desktop synchronization (our friend ActiveSync). I'm willing to bet it's the latter. It doesn't surprise me that a Linux-based handheld was the most confusing one.
"Among handhelds, users liked those running the Palm operating system better than machines loaded with Microsoft's more complex Pocket PC software, including the popular Compaq iPAQ. Interestingly, Palm clones Handspring and Sony were more appreciated than Palm's own handhelds. Users were most vexed with the Linux-fueled Sharp Zaurus and organizers made by Psion and Casio."
