Manufacturer: PalmOne Model#: 3C8060 Weight: .43lbs Height: .67"     Width: 3.17" Length: 5.06" Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars	Retail Price: $299.99 Online Sale Price:
Features: 8 MB RAM stores thousands of addresses, to-do items, memos, and more Beautiful high-contrast TFT color display; includes extensive suite of color-enhanced applications Long-life rechargeable lithium-ion battery Easily transfer data from your handheld to your PC or Macintosh What's in the box: Palm IIIc, lithium battery, synchronizing HotSync cradle, protective flip lid, battery charger, metal stylus, organizer software, handbook, Palm's Getting Started guide, and a DB-25 adapter

User Submitted PalmOne IIIc Personal Handheld Organizer Reviews (cont...)

I also recommend getting this version because it has a rechargeable battery. Since I sync it every day, I let it sit in the cradle when I work and I go home with a full charge. I do try to have the brightness of the display in a low setting since that drains the battery fairly quickly. But there has only been one time when the batteries were low, and that was only before I bought the travel charger.

It really has organized my life. The standard programs that come with it are good enough, and yet there is a ton of stuff out there that squeezes out every bit of functionality out of the thing. I recommend getting Avantgo. If you do, you'll never run out of reading material.

If you are curious about what the palm does but don't want to plunk down the serious money, this is the one to get.

Date: 2001-10-24
Some comments on the battery
I just had a comment to make about the internal lithium-ion battery.

I've had my IIIc for almost 18 months, which I've heard is about the life expectancy of the battery. Since it costs 1/4 to 1/3 of the purchase price of the unit to get the battery replaced, you need to factor that in to the long-term costs for the device.

I still prefer the internal battery on the IIIc and the Vx to the replaceable AA batteries on the Handspring. Two other people I know have them, and at least once they've forgotten to change the batteries on their Handsprings, and they lost all their data and had to do a Hot Sync to restore it all.

With the IIIc, I usually just charge it up every night so I've never lost any data. Also, a couple of times I tried running the battery all the way down until the unit won't even power on at all, to see if it would preserve the information in RAM even if there wasn't enough power to turn on the screen.

That's exactly what happened. After the IIIc had recharged for about 20 minutes in the cradle, I could then turn it on, and all the data was still there. So even if it goes totally dead, if you get it on recharge right away, you should be okay. I don't know how much time you get, but I think mine was dead for at least several hours before I noticed it and stuck it in the cradle.

So far my battery still works okay but it is showing some signs of aging, and I may need to replace it soon. After recharging it a few times, it refuses to charge past 65% of full, and to fix this I have to discharge it all the way, usually a couple of times, to get it to back up to 100% again.

I've read that the best way to handle the battery recharges is to not discharge it completely all the time, as that is hard on the battery. You should just charge it up every day, and then about once a month discharge it all the way. Otherwise you start having the recharge problem I mentioned earlier. Still, I figure mine is still usable for another 6 months the way it is, even if it doesn't recharge all the way.

Date: 2001-10-18
Wonderful Toy!
The Palm IIIC is a wonderful toy! I call it a toy because I am a gadget lover and my Palm is lots of fun and it keeps me on top of things. When making the decision to purchase, I immediately fell in love with the vibrant colors this Palm offers--in fact, that was the final decision maker after I was already convinced with the 8 megs. It holds the entire Holy Bible, family photos, downloaded email, spreadsheets, dictionary, and mobile web--which includes news, stock info, etc. The many games available for the color Palm also make it a great way to quiet a busy 5 year old in church. The only reason I did not give it a perfect score is because I would love it if I could add e-books to it now! Overall...You'll surely step into the future with this one!

Date: 2001-10-06
Color is wonderful!
I had no idea how great this screen could look and what a difference color would make. I just want to turn it on all the time just to look at it. The main drawbacks are relatively slow processor (though much improved with Quickbits and FastCPU), can't expand the RAM, and 8 bit rather than 16 bit color. Pictures aren't great at that low resolution, but games look beautiful. My grayscale visor platinum looks quite utilitarian in comparison now. Have to admit that now with the price drop on the Visor Prism, that's a much better deal. But if you don't need the extra expandability and want an upgradeable OS, go for the IIIc. I love mine!

doesn't get 5 stars because of the limitations and my first one was DOA but Palm replaced it in 2 days at no shipping cost to me as any company that likes staying in business would do.