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...first such gizmo with global capability, working in most cities throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. The device comes with a GSM-based phone, Web browser, e-mail and a plethora of PDA features. Samsung's SPH-I300 ($500), also due out in August, sports a Palm OS with color screen and stylus. It's nearly as light as and more user-friendly than the Accompli, but its CDMA-based cell phone works only...
...Harder to dismiss is the long-awaited m505 ($449) from Palm. Unlike my increasingly wimpy Vx, this baby offers a full-color display. But when I downloaded a few older color applications from the Net, they wouldn't run on the m505; apparently, its new operating system, Palm OS 4, didn't recognize them. Major points off for that...
First the good news. Both systems are phenomenally stable and virtually crash free (say goodbye to the blue screen of death, PC users! No more freeze-ups for Mac fans!). They're also much nicer to look at than their predecessors. OS X wins the beauty contest with translucent menus and more gee-whiz effects than a Hollywood blockbuster, but the new Windows has its share of cool colors and eye-candy icons...
...better time with Mac OS X. But that's probably because I didn't have occasion to do any of the following: burn a CD, watch a DVD or use a service called AOL. (When each will work with OS X: later this month, this summer and later this summer, respectively.) My Mac headache--a doozy--came when I tried to set up a wireless Airport connection between my OS X machine and the other Macs I own, which run OS 9. You guessed it: more conference calls...
...truth, neither operating system is ready for prime time. My advice is to give even OS X a miss until a revamped version arrives later this year. Install it in the meantime, and you might face another tough choice: Advil or Tylenol...