"The 320x320 screen shows more than the Moguls screen. "
This is absolutely false! Yes, it has a higher resolution (vs the Mogul's 320x240) screen but it actually fits less information. I can fit 13 items/lines on my Mogul's today screen. On the 800w, its only about 8 or 9. Just take a look at the photos of the Today Screen in the above review and see for yourself. The screen is also significantly dimmer than the Mogul's. Many complaints of it over at Treocentral.
Also, the slower 333mhz processor that Palm chose to use in this device may be adequate out of the box since they've tweaked the OS but what's going to happen when you start adding 3rd party apps? Its going to slow down. There is no substitute for raw horsepower but Palm sure keeps trying!
Finally, the ridiculously small battery (its the same as the Centro, I'm guessing they are trying to save some money here) and lack of a flash for the camera (useful as a flashlight among other things) and combine it with the stuff I listed above and it just seems to me Palm is again up to its old tricks and trying to cut corners.
Palm's form factor and the WM OS tweaks they've done are nice but I just wish for once, they'd just combine their expertise in those areas and match it up with some decent internal hardware. 800w would appeal to a lot more people if they just stopped trying to cut corners. The Mogul is far from perfect but the 800w sure has at least its own fair share of problems also.
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"The 320x320 screen shows more than the Moguls screen. "
This is absolutely false! Yes, it has a higher resolution (vs the Mogul's 320x240) screen but it actually fits less information. I can fit 13 items/lines on my Mogul's today screen. On the 800w, its only about 8 or 9. Just take a look at the photos of the Today Screen in the above review and see for yourself. The screen is also significantly dimmer than the Mogul's. Many complaints of it over at Treocentral.
Also, the slower 333mhz processor that Palm chose to use in this device may be adequate out of the box since they've tweaked the OS but what's going to happen when you start adding 3rd party apps? Its going to slow down. There is no substitute for raw horsepower but Palm sure keeps trying!
Finally, the ridiculously small battery (its the same as the Centro, I'm guessing they are trying to save some money here) and lack of a flash for the camera (useful as a flashlight among other things) and combine it with the stuff I listed above and it just seems to me Palm is again up to its old tricks and trying to cut corners.
Palm's form factor and the WM OS tweaks they've done are nice but I just wish for once, they'd just combine their expertise in those areas and match it up with some decent internal hardware. 800w would appeal to a lot more people if they just stopped trying to cut corners. The Mogul is far from perfect but the 800w sure has at least its own fair share of problems also.