Palm OS vs Windows for handhelds?

[Deighve]

I am thinking of a treo. I use entourage on a mac for GTD. Entourage syncs pretty well with palm devices through missing sync, but not perfectly. For example limited number of tasks. I was wondering if the windows operating system on a treo would do a better job? or maybe even a blackberry perhaps?

[fokke.kooistra]

Hi,

I use a combination of a Treo 680 and Entourage. I don't use Missing Sync, just the plain old Palm Hotsync together with the Entourage Conduit. I don't know of the limit on the number of tasks but I haven't had big problems with this combo.

In fact for me it is a GTD system I trust and rely on. If you need any info feel free to ask.

[Deighve]

Thanks for your reply. Do you think there is much diff among the diff treo models? I am thinking of picking up one used as they are pretty expensive without signing a contract.

[fokke.kooistra]

I only think you should be careful with models like the Treo 600 and lower.

The Treo 650 and newer models should be OK. What model are you thinking of?

Fokke

[Deighve]

I was thinking the 650. My contract is up in may so if I like it I could get the newest model then. Alternatively I could just sign now with the new carrier and count the next for months for a loss.

[Jay Levitt]

At this point in the game, I wouldn't recommend a Palm for anyone if you plan to install and depend on third-party applications. Or maybe even syncing.

I've owned a PalmOS device of some sort since 1996. I'm big fans of the company, their developers, their founders, everyone. But they're circling the drain and have been for years. Very few people are still developing or updating their apps for it. Even Palm doesn't develop on Palm anymore. Sooner than later, things will start breaking from bit rot.

As much as Windows Mobile gets it wrong, and in exactly the same way PalmOS got it right, it's the only semi-stable choice for the present. Again - even Palm is developing on it!

iPhone and Google Android are changing the game, but it may be a year or two before we see some real, high-quality app choices for them.