GP32
Emulators are free
Nice controls
No os slowing down
Linux soon (PDA functions)
Total cost: 170$
Clie
You pay for emulators
Shit controls
Os slowing down
PDA functions
Total cost: ~200$ (after emus and stuff)
When people ask honest questions, give honest answers
*duck*
(And don't get flamy and get me wrong; I like my GP32, but you have to giuve them the answer they need, not your biased one
GP32
- emus are free; many are very high quality.. many are not.
- Good controls, for sure -- no sore wrist
- OS slowing down? Palm OS is the fastest OS around and doesn't impact emu speed *At all*. Not one bit. ie: You made that up.
- Linux soon -- will not be a PDA. ie: No touchscreen for data entry, and using the modded chatboard isn't a great option for PDA -- two pieces flopping around does not a PDA make
- end of life device (ie: Lots of homebrew, but ... how much longer?)
Clie
- You pay for a couple of emus; by far most emus are free
- not as many emus as GP32, for sure, but all the big ones covered (ie: No Dragon, but you get Frodo, CaSTaway, TG16, Genesis, etc etc)
- Shit controls for sure (every PDA has crap controls except Zodiac)
- PDA
- Amusingly enough, also end of life -- Sony has abandoned the PDA market. However, being Palm OS, it can continue to use the thousands of Palm OS apps
Total cost is $170 versus $130 period. (Nice $70 inflation there -- why not count the SMC card thje GP32 will have to get too?
The only true answer is..
If you want it for games, get GP32 (duh, or Zodiac if you've got big money). If you want PDA, get the Clie or another Palm OS machine, not a gp32.
Thats it
If you want games, get a GP32; you can't beat the emu games cost there.
jeff