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User Submitted PalmOne III Handheld Reviews (cont...)Date: 1999-06-15 nice, but a generally nice product, but let me take issue with one thing i've seen no one else mention: the software. it's economical and fast, but it just won't do a few things i need an organizer's software to do. i need to keep some long lists in my organizer -- of books to read, reference sources, etc. the palm's "memo" software doesn't allow notes to be that long. i also need to be able to put my contacts in a variety of categories. the palm doesn't permit that. if someone is a friend, who's a computer journalist who lives in california, i need to be able to categorize that person under all of these categories: "friend", "computers", "journalist" and "california." you can't do that with a palm, which permits only 15 categories to choose from (far from enough), and only one category to be assigned to each contact. to me, that's a significant design flaw, and enough to make me give up using the device. Date: 1999-06-07 Others' positive comments correct, but there are problems I have used the Palm III for 12 months now and I agree with the positive commentary others here have elaborated upon, however, I have encountered several negatives not mentioned. The screen is frequently not responsive to tapping and intermittently exhibits numerous quirks (e.g., only recognizes far right icons, only recognizes address icon). More than once, the screen has become completely unresponsive: to screen taps, to the graffiti icons, to graffiti scrawl and to the frame buttons. Strangely, the only solution to this situation has been to reset the machine (thus erasing all saved data) and then re-load the data from your PC via the hot sync, quite inconvenient. Also, tech support does not produce practical solutions for customers, so once you buy the machine, be prepared to do your own ad hoc computer tech (pack a paper clip in your wallet on the road!) The average user will benefit from buying the lower end models which have come down to commodity prices as the latest premium priced models have features only an enthusiast would love. Date: 1999-05-13 Goodbye Paper! Wow! I really debated whether to make the leap to a PDA. My Franklin planner has practically been attached to me for years. I took it everywhere. I determined that I was only going to replace it with a PDA if I could put everything into it that I was carrying in the Franklin. Even when I bought the Palm IIIx, I wasn't sure. I have had it for just one week and wow! It's fantastic. Everyday I discover something new it can do or some new piece of software available for download--and unlike my Franklin, no matter how much I add, it doesn't get fatter! Being able to access so much information without flipping pages is a dream. I use Outlook 98 and it synchs with it seamlessly. One push of a button and less than a minute later it's ready to go with both my PC and Palm updated. It does one more thing that my Franklin never did: it plays! There are tons of games out there that come in handy when waiting in line, traffic, etc. Of course entering data is almost a game in and of itself. I don't understand the reviewer who mentioned having trouble with the Graffiti software--in a very short time I was able to master all the letters--now I'm learning the symbols. It's easy and it's fun. The "Giraffe" game makes it fun to learn the letters too! My wife thinks I'm crazy and I have to wrestle it away from my teenagers who love the games. Put your planner on the shelf and get one of these! Contrary to other reviews I have read, which have verbally "bashed" the Palm III, I believe this machine to be the single greatest "electronic gizmo" on the market today. I have seen the Palm III lookalikes around and I must say that they don't even compare to the Palm III's quality, ease of use, and most of all s t y l e! If I had to sum it all up in one word I would say "AMAZING!" My advice: BUY THE PALM III ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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