Me and my gadgets
I didn’t take the time to read this brilliant editorial by jenneth till now, and i honestly regret it. She definitely got a point there and made me wonder why i tend to argue about the pros and cons of various mobile device operating systems. I started out with a psion revo (symbian os) few years back, then switched to a palm m100 (palm os), followed by a handspring visor edge (palm os). Right now i use a nokia 7650 (symbian os/series60), that replaced both my visor and my old cellphone. Therefore i would say that i got some experience with palm os and symbian os, but never really gave ppc a chance, except for the rare moments i played around with my brothers dell axim. Even though i currently use a symbian os device, i consider palm os superior (at least when it comes to pda functionality, i’m not quite sure how well it performs as a phone-os) for a variety of reasons, above all it’s simplicity and sleek elegance. And though i never owned a ppc, i’m heavily biased towards its os, primarily because it just ‘feels’ wrong to me. In the short time i tried it i got the impression that it’s bloated, unreliable, easy to crash and hard to use compared to palm os, and from a consumer perspective i expect a device that is easy to use and reliable, rather than flexible and featureladden. However, i think it’s time to expand my horizon and give ppc a chance. Now i just have to figure out how to get the money together on a students tight budget…