The launch of Microsoft's Pocket PC OS in the spring of 2000 marks the retirement of Windows CE and the advent of a retooled, more powerful Windows handheld. The Palm OS not only appears on Palm's Connected Organizers but has also been licensed to third-party handheld manufacturers such as Handspring. Which platform is better for you depends on your needs. Devices based on the Palm OS tend to be smaller, significantly lighter, and less expensive than their Pocket PC counterparts. It's a minimalist approach of doing just a few tasks, but doing them really well.
Palms have a reputation for being easy to set up, learn, and use and have a long battery life.
If you like the Palm platform but want more choices in memory and case configuration, you might consider a product like the Visor from Handspring. The Visor, which is based on the Palm III design, licenses the popular Palm OS and is fully compatible with the thousands of Palm applications that are available from third parties. Products like the Visor often enhance the Palm OS with features such as advanced date books, calculators, world clocks, and support for built-in floating point math. There are Springboard modules for an MP3 player, pager, modem, GPS receiver, video games, and more, and each one transforms the Visor into an entirely new device. In general, devices based on Microsoft's Pocket PC OS have more memory and functions than Palms.