Palm TX Handheld | Best of the Palm Series!

Palm TX Handheld | A great gadget for grown ups

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Palm TX Handheld

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Best of the Palm Series!

I've been a Palm user since 1997. I never thought I would upgrade from my trusty and reliable Tungsten T3 until I got the TX. It works great. It's got plenty of speed, more than enough for what I need it for, and plays videos smoothly using the TCPMP freeware player.

The Pros:
- lots of memory (100MB available to user)
- memory is non-volitile flash memory, so when the battery runs down, you don't lose anything (I had to charge my T3 daily because of this)
- bright screen
- wifi
- bluetooth
- Docs to Go v7

The Cons:
- it comes with a plastic digitizer, which if you don't use screen protectors, will wear out very very quickly. Once my warranty with Palm expires, I'm going to replace it with a glass digitizer. (This IS the solution to digitizer drift for the TX)
- the hotsync and charger cables are completely separate (unlike the old Tungsten TE which had a split cable for syncing and charging via usb, but you can find a combo charger/sync cable easily)

Soft Resets: Okay, I've only had this happen once since I've had the unit. The reason was because I had a piece of 3rd party software that was totally incompatible with the new Palm OS and NVFS. Once I got rid of that one piece of 3rd party software, no more crashes. (Mind you, I have 127 software programs installed on my TX or memory card and they all work well without crashing the unit.) If your TX soft resets on you, it's guaranteed that it's some piece of software that is incompatible. Most likely, it's the one piece of software you were using just before the crash.

Final Thoughts: I still like my T3, but my TX can do much much more and I can go hours on a single charge. The most I've had it on constantly was 4 hrs 2 min. I could have gone much longer, perhaps up to 5 hours. Your mileage will vary based on what you're doing. Docs To Go plus mp3 playing will get you 4 to 5 hours. You can watch 2.5 - 3 hrs of video on a single charge.

If you need the speed and power of a unit like this, plus wifi, it's highly recommended. The Palm OS may be old, but it's way more stable than Windows PCs.

I actually choose to bring this with me on trips (along with my folding IR keyboard) because it's move convenient than bringing my laptop. I can read eBooks, watch videos, listen to mp3s, edit Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents, and use the wifi feature to download, read, and respond to email. It doesn't get any better than this!

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A great gadget for grown ups

Bought this for my husband. In a word he loves it. Is it the lastest in technology? No, but personally we don't need or want an expensive smart phone contract.
This is a gadget for professionals. He needed something to take information in Office formats from the house in his travels. He also needed something to access the web. The editing option if fantastic. Saves the day many times.
We have Vista. Downloaded the patch from Microsoft and the two have had no problems playing nicely. Forget the old reviews about this topic. It is fixed. Just get the patch.
This is a great grown-up toy. Does it play games and music? Yes, but that is not his thrust of interest. It is a great tool.

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Palm TX

I bought this Palm TX to replace my old Tungsten E2 and I am pleasantly pleased and very satisfied. So far, so good. The price was an excellent value as well. Thank you.

Don't be fooled!

Update: I've since changed my mind about the TX since I wrote the review below. After having used the TX for more than two months, I feel quite differently about. I would've changed the rating to 2.5 stars if I could.

1. The Garnet OS is very unstable. It has a tendency to freeze up or reset without notice.
2. The Blazer browser seems to be causing most of the problems. If I view a large website, the unit may freeze and I have to manually reset. Also, Blazer causes the system to crash every time I try to save or access a bookmark.
3. Palm's built-in MultiMedia player will only play Mpeg files and view photos. It will not play AVI, WMV, or other file formats. When viewing photos in slideshow mode, it's set to rotate pix automatically, but it doesn't.
4. Bluetooth doesn't work. I tried to connect my generic bluetooth keyboard to the TX. While it recognized it, it would not connect. I replaced it with a Palm keyboard, and the TX will not recognize it at all. While the TX also recognized my laptop, I cannot connect to it either.

The things that are good about the unit are:

1. memory size
2. Standard PDA functions,
3. Versamail
4. WiFi does work (blazer browser is trash), but if all you're doing is reading and sending e-mail, it's fine for that.
5. I downloaded Googlemaps--AWESOME!

Below is my earlier post
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Wow, can't believe I've settled on other Palms til now. I began my love affair with Palm Pilots beginning with the Handspring Visor, then the Visor Deluxe, since then, I've owned the Palm M500, Zire 72, and now the TX.

1. WiFi - Awesome! I've been connecting everywhere I go. granted, sometimes it's hard to find a hotspot, but after only three weeks of use, I've been able to connect at shopping malls, coffee shops, and two airports. Think of it, you're traveling and you need to get that e-mail off right away. What better way to do than with this device. I was very pleased with the speed of connection and ease of use.
2. Bluetooth - I haven't had an opportunity to use the bluetooth feature, my generic bluetooth keyboard which worked with my Zire 72 would not work with this device. It took a bit of messing around to get the bluetooth to work. I decided to replace my generic keyboard with a palm keyboard. Hope that works.
3. Screen - Wow! 480x340 bright color screen! How awesome is that! Also, the ability to flip the screen is awesome for photos and videos. I haven't tried watching a movie on the device yet, but am hopeful. (Would be nice if Palm would include an app in its software bundle to resize and/or covert movies. Oh well, finding a freeware should be no biggie.)
4. One of my favorite uses of the palm is that I can take all my earthcomber maps with me. Though the amount of memory is nice, I was a bit frustrated that my maps seemed to get hung up more on the TX than it did on my Zire 72.
5. Favorites - it's a cool looking splash screen, but in my opinion, it's a bit redundant. I'd rather eliminate the favorites and go directly to my apps. SIMPLICITY IS ALWAYS BETTER, GUYS!

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Good but not great

Nice screen, good size, effective PDA. The PalmOS is good, but crashes too much for my liking. Don't ever let the battery run out ... you will think you lost the device for good. The wireless transfer, VersaMail, and web browser are very nice to have. Having a 2GB SD card really helps.

PC software is clunky, but effective. Seems like the "good enough" attitude prevaled over the "seek perfection" zeal I would have wanted. Stops short on so many fronts. Why can't you duplicate an appointment?

Overall, I use it for my church related volunteer work because I can keep so much on it (tons of books, spreadsheets, contact lists, etc.) but I wish it were faster and the software designs were more flexible.

PDAs are going out of style ... I wish my work BlackBerry had some of the features of the T/X and my church T/X had the intuative design chracterisitics of the BlackBerry.

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