need help deciding on a palm

[kamel]

i know this may seem a little weird, but i am comming here in request of help with a decision of a palm. i have done countless searches for palms and learning about the numbers and quirks and what kind of performance to expect from them etc etc... but i still can't figure out for the life of me where a good community is that can explain these things.

i've got my eyes on the palm t|x right now. it's looking really good, and decently priced at that. is there a catch with the t|x, does it have lower memory, or is the processor slow? maybe people find the placement of the buttons particularly annoying? (well, i am speaking to people who use their pda's for video games lol)...

this whole world of palm and pocket pc's just really confuses me. i really hope that someone will help me .

anyway, if there's any device better suited in speed, or screen resolution, or memory, or whatever, let me know what these things are. thanks a lot, i'm looking forward to finally figuring this stuff out.

oh, btw, i read somewhere that the t|x is having problems with UDMH -- can anyone confirm or deny that? will i need the UDMH to play snes chrono trigger on the PDA with ljp?

lol, sorry for all of the questions . i'm a total palm/pocketpc newb. i don't even know what to call the things

[mello_newf]

If you want a palm for gaming you should get a zodiac 2

It has 2 SD slots, A joystick, And alot of buttons for gaming.

You can only buy them online now because they went out of business try ebay if your going to get one you can get them for about $200 U.S.D

[semi]

Hmm... maybe it's not a very good idea to get a PDA that's out of business already.. after all.. if they are out of business, it is only a matter of time before the future softwares don't support them... just my point of view.. that's all.

I have SONY's Clie NX80V, I only want to take photos, listen to mp3, watch video, play games with LJP, take some memos etc.. that's about it, so I am happy with it.

Anyway, the point is, PalmOne is still in business and most likely for our life time, so I'd go with PlamOne's PDA if I were you, but yeah, picking one that's good for gaming is hard, not to mention the cost..

Personally I'd get a Treo650 myself, but my NX80V is doing pretty good for me except the fact that I only have 16MB that's avaliable, which is rather small.. I wanted to try Super Robot Wars J on FireStorm and I couldn't, because it needs 16MB+ of RAM...

[mixvio]

I have a treo 650. I haven't had really any difficulties playing any games on it, though I would be far happier if LJP supported the treo keyboard.

I know they're expensive as all hell to get, though. but if you can wing it it's worth it. they're really amazing emulation aside and I'm very happy with mine.

[mikelx215]

Go for the Tungsten T3. It's a powerhouse. It's fast and has a large heap of dynamic ram. They are hard to find though. I'd avoid the TX because it is slower than the older models.

[angel]

I'm very happy of the T5 after an adaptation time. If i had to do it again, i'll take it even with its load of defaults. But you have to buy UDMH (and MemoryJack dont works on NVFS devices).

TX Would be perfect with a faster cpu (the same as the T5) because its communication capabilities, but it still under NVFS... so need UDMH too.

Lifedrive seem cool, but for me its more like a brick in the pocket than a palm.

[Tinnus]

angel said:

TX Would be perfect with a faster cpu (the same as the T5) because its communication capabilities, but it still under NVFS... so need UDMH too.

AFAIK it's the same CPU as the T5, but natively underclocked. Take a look at the specifications sheet for each one.

[angel]

Yes but i dont like overclocking.

I know processor are nearly all the sames, and the speed it "written on" only if it pass the speed test.

So basically a 400 processor is exactly the same than the 200, the only difference is the 400 was tested and certified for 400 and the 200 for 200 (with no test on 400).

But i dont like overclocking anyway, in my mind, if the TX was build for a 200 Mhz processor, the bus and all the motherboard is also build to follow this speed, and overclocking will only harm the components, even if the 200mhz processor can run 400 and more...

It may look stupid but its how i work

[Tinnus]

Hmm actually you're not 100% right.

Overclocking only messes with the CPU. If you don't go above what it was made to, which is ALWAYS greater than what Palm clocks it to, you're safe because all the other stuff are certified to work at this speed and below.

Regarding the T5 and the T|X...

The internals are almost the same. Just less memory and wi-fi. The CPU, and all the stuff is the same. Which means you can "overclock" (not the right word since it's still underclocked from the "real" speed which is around 500) safely.

The only downside to "overclocking", or better, "raising original clock speed towards the speed it was made to work in" is that the battery will last less; that's actually the reason Palm underclocks its devices: to market them as having more battery life.

[wantan]

Well... like angel I suggest that you can use any palmOne device, for me the T5 (aside the little dynamic memory) is the best device... longest battery times and it's perfectly good to play any game in hires+ mode. I tested LJP, zDoom, ZQuake, zHexen and Duke3D and they run perfectly. Also I test other games like scummVM and so.

[veggie]

i hav a lifedrive and im happy with it however the hardrive isn't fully compatible and therefore it's sometimes difficult to install new software.

if i were you i'g get a gp2x or psp. however if you want more of a pda than a gaming device i would suggest looking into the pocket pc's since they're more powerful.

Btw im curious as to what i should overclock my LD to. every time i overclock it (even if it's just by a little bit) it runs slower and there's scrren wine.

[takashi]

PocketPC emulators aren't as good. They don't have LJP for a start . The closest thing is Morphgear, which only supports 3 or 4 consoles and you have to pay for each one. Plus, the only Emulator I actually ever got to work was PocketNES. Everything else just locks up.
If you want a PDA for emulation and other PDA stuff like web-browsing and media playing and note taking, get a Zodiac 2. It's a very slick machine.
If you're focused on emulation and don't care about having a large touch screen, get a GP2X.

[Sen]

Any opinions on the following options:

1) Zodiac 2. More memory, built in gamepad, etc. - but can't really overclock. Will it be too slow for SNES games in general?

2) Clie NX80V with GC10 gamepad. Can overclock CPU to 400Mhz. Is this fast enough for SNES games in general? Limited memory.

3) GP2X. Has S-Video out for games, movies, pictures. Lower resolution LCD screen.

Cost being equal - not really, since I wouldn't sell my NX70V if I got a GP2X - what do you think. Any other suggestions, or comments?

Thanks.