Once the budget is determined, the consumer needs to investigate the features available through the different handheld units. If one has not already seen what these handheld can do, actually there is not much that these handheld cannot do. However, it does not stop there. Table 1 shows a basic breakdown of each unit by price, memory, display, and battery power, but then in table 2 shows some basic programming and extra features between the two types of handheld. Any consumer can continue to determine what the different features are and what they are looking for.
Simplicity is the name of the game.
Palm has built their devices around simplicity. Instead of forcing many features into a small space, Palm has simply put all prominent features up front. Phil Lacefield of a popular handheld web-site ZD Net wrote about the Palm OS, that basic applications like address Palm 5 book, memo pad, date book, and a to do list was just a starting point, and that as useful as those were they soon proved inadequate for the true power user. YES Functionality One of the benefits to the Palm OS is in its ease in using the device. One can maneuver around the different functions with just one touch.