junglemike

Ok, here's some misunderstanding here:
Any processor can access ONLY Dram (i.e SD ram) - which is equivalent of RAM on pc.
So NO pda can exist w/o RAM (random access memory) at all.
All palms from prior to T5 had only Dram memory, along with small amount of flash (or masked rom) for OS image. For example, TT3 has 64mb of SD-ram @100mhz, and also 16mb of Flash ( where os resides). These 64mb of ram are used as application storage (i.e like hard drive on pc) but that's not all 12mb of that 64mb are used as Dynamic Heap (equivalent of ram on pc) - which is used by programs while they work.
In T5, there is 2 128mb chips of Flash memory making it 256mb, which is used as :
1) program storage
2) contains compressed Os rom
3) contains Internal 160mb section - equivalent of sd card
But along with that it has 32mb Dram chip - which is used for
1) program heap (4mb in T5's case)
2)DB heap.
This 32mb dram chip is not accessible by user and all process is transparent for end user.
So when you launch any app on T5 or Treo650 - it is first coped to Dram chunk, and then launched.
Now with the lifedrive: nobody argues, that there is at lease _some_ Dram memory, because otherwice it coudn't work (i guessing that it is 32mb, like in T5's case)
But the question is: where is the program storage area?
There is 3 options:

1) it is in RAM - like on T3 and prior palms. - very unlikely. Dram is though fast, but very expensive, P1 stopped using it in app it's palms since T3 and TC. Hard to believe that they used expensive 64mb Dram chip, while they didn't even include a cradle.
But if that's the case - This is ideal situation. All apps will work instantaneously, no bugs whatsoever, and HDD will be off except when you play music/watch videos/ access large db's.
2)It is in Flash - like on T5. - This more believable than 1) . In this case operation will be equivalent to T5's. Hdd wll be off most of the time. Upon launching - apps will be copied to Dram chunk (just like on T5) .
3) It is on separate partition on Hdd. This is looks so from Bargain Pda review. If that's the case - hhd will spin every time you launch any app, than it will be transfered to Dram cnunk and launched. If that's the case - this would explain tremendous lags and unexusable battery time as stated in bargainpda review. But this is the cheapest solution for P1 :-)

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