At 27 Mar 2008 16:42:55 -0400 Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:

> But if the thing constantly falls down, it's hard to use those
> features.


True- but the misconception flown by the anti-MS crowd is that these
devices lock up hourly or so- that just isn't the case. Compared to a
Nokia 6030, or even an iPhone or Blackberry WinMo devices can be
"unstable," but it's not the handicap that's it often portrayed to be- (and
I'm again referring to the more robust touchscreen devices- my wife's T-
Mobile Dash- a non-touchscreen unit running very few 3rd party apps is as
rock-solid as any phone I've ever used- it runs for weeks without a hitch.)


> > My WinMo device handles memory rather poorly- the amount of available
RAM
> > decreases throught the day requiring the occasional nightly reboot to
> > reclaim it- that's a level of "instability" I'm more than willing to
put up
> > with in return for carrying a "laptop" in my pocket.
>
> Close your apps, don't just switch out of them.


I do that- I'm referring to "memory leaks"- memory loss caused by some 3rd
party apps that somehow refuse to relinquish memory back to the OS when
closed. QMail, the e-mail/NNTP client I'm typing this on now, for example,
robs a meg or two each time I close it. Open it/close it a half-dozen
times and I'm forced to reboot to get my "mising" 8-10 meg back. I'd get
rid of it, but it's a darn useful little app I haven't found a good
alternative for.