Palm OS vs Windows Mobile

This is actually not fully Windows Mobile Tip, but if you are Windows Mobile user, and you need to use Palm OS, here is what to take care of:

• In Palm OS there is just one way to do things, best example is starting programs - while Windows Mobile has several ways to do this (Home, Start menu, Programs application, Windows Explorer) on Palm OS there is just one way to do the thing - just Home application. First you will fell you miss something, after a time you will get used to.
• Palm OS is more gadget oriented, it doesn't look like full blown OS as Windows Mobile is. So, you should not think in terms of files, but rather in accessing some application and using it. In some way it is limiting for power users, but for every day tasks it could be even better than full OS.
• Palm OS can't multitask, but in most cases, it won't be a big deal - you can listen to the background music, and other than that, you will rarely need to mulittask, anyway.
• Though Palm OS applications are very quick in terms of what one should do to complete the task, they have their own logic, and you should follow the manual to learn it. It is not as logical as Windows is, but once you learn it it is pretty good.
• Palm OS comes more or less ready out of the box with most features you might need installed, so you don't need to spend too much time installing applications. Windows Mobile seems more crippled in basic addition, but it should make you search for necessary add-ons and after their installation, it will definitely be very powerful.

I was a bit confused when using Palm OS for the first time, so I hope that this helps.