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The Pocket PC OS is also responsive and well thought out--a big improvement over earlier incarnations of WinCE. In addition to the suite of powerful pocket applications (Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, PIM and Scheduler), the Jornada can also serve as a digital voice recorder (to capture those spur-of-the-moment thoughts), an MP3 player, audible content player and even an e-books reader.
The standard 16MB memory is expandable using standard CompactFlash Type I cards, or you can opt for the HP Jornada 548 which ships with 32Mb of internal memory. The product is supplied with a synchronisation cradle (which supports USB or conventional serial interfaces), an extra sync cable (so you don't have to take the cradle everywhere), an AC power adapter and a set of earphones. A microphone and a small speaker are built in. For MP3 use, we recommend expanding your RAM to 64 MB with a CompactFlash card to provide an hour of near-CD-quality music.
Most Windows users should be able to run through the setup wizard and start using the Jornada and its applications without opening the manual. Learning to use handwriting recognition, which is integrated into all the applications, requires mastering a few special stylus strokes, but you should be writing smoothly within half an hour. In comparison with Palm's Graffiti system, the Pocket PC system is fully on par.
In our tests, setting up a connection to a desktop PC for synchronisation was simple. Within 20 minutes, the ActiveSync software was installed, the supplied cradle was hooked up to the AC adapter and a USB port on the PC, and a connection was established. If you have an older PC or laptop, you can also synchronise using a slower serial connection. Synchronisation is automatic and file transfer is simple using the Windows Explorer-like interface.
The only real caveat is that Pocket PC works best in a Windows-centric world. At launch, it appears that there is no support for synchronising with non-Microsoft e-mail and scheduling applications. (With an optional modem or network-interface card, you can send and receive Internet POP mail directly via your ISP.)
The choice between Pocket PC and Palm still comes down to trade-offs. Palms are still lighter, smaller and cheaper, and they do the basics beautifully. The Jornada 548 is slightly bigger, 5 ounces heavier, more expensive, but vastly more powerful and flexible. The choice all depends on what you expect your PDA to do. --Thomas Mace
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