Manufacturer: Palm Model#: P1082.8U Weight: lbs Height: "     Width: " Length: " Average Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars	Retail Price: $29.99 Online Sale Price:
Features: Quickly synchronizes information in your handheld to your desktop computer One-touch HotSync button performs synchronization For PC or Macintosh with serial port Compatible with Palm m125, m130, i705, and m500 series handhelds

User Submitted PalmOne HotSync Serial Cradle (m125, m130, i705, Tungsten & m500 series) Reviews (cont...)

NT is fairly happy with it, aside from the SLOW sync rate which makes sync happy web clippings crawl, but it does its job to the best of its ability.

Date: 2001-08-30
works with linux
the title of the review just about sums it up.
the serial cradle works with linux.
even though i manage to get my logitech usb mouse working under linux, no such luck with the usb cradle that came with my m500.
maybe someday - but until then, i'm quite pleased with the serial cradle.

Date: 2001-08-12
DIFICIL DE USAR!!!!
A diferencia de lo facil de colocar la Palm Vx en su base de transferencia de datos y carga de energia, esta Base para la serie Palm m500 es bastante dificil de colocar, ademas de lo dificil tambien de separar despues de su uso. Por que un sistema tan complicado para algo tan sencillo?

Antonio.

Date: 2001-05-15
Not your father's HotSync Cradle
With the introduction of the new Palm m50x series, Palm needed to make a whole different type of "universal connector." With this new "universal connector," we get a new fangled cradle.

Palm's explanation for a new cradle and a new connector was to give true USB support to the cradle. Let's not forget that we'll have to buy all new accessories to cater to the new "universal connector." The question I ask is "Is it new functionality, or new sales they're after?"

Enough about my rant on the universal connector. Let's get to the cradle itself. It's different that the Palm V cradle (I compare it to the Palm V cradle since the m50x series is just following in the footsteps of that series.). First, it isn't slide in and out, like the old cradle. To take the Palm out, you have to lift up, then pull vertically up. To put it in, you have to put it in vertically, fumble around a bit, then once you hear the Palm beep, you can nestle it back in the cradle.

For people who don't know about the above process, I'm guessing you're going to break your Palm, so be warned.

Once you get the process down, it actually becomes second nature. Granted, I think it's a cumbersome process, but the unit stays in the cradle securely.

One issue that made me knock this cradle down to three stars (and this could be in conjunction with the Palm itself) but sometimes the unit doesn't charge fully in the cradle. You place the Palm in the cradle, the Palm makes the beep, and you think you're charging, right? You take it out th enext morning, go to work, and then you notice that your battery indicator is still int he same position. What's up with that? I've discovered that for the unit to fully charge (and sometimes HotSync correctly), you have to make sure the connection to the cradle is flush.

The product does give USB support, so the cradle does have a functionality. For me, personally, I wish Palm didn't have to give us a new "universal connector" every couple of years...