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User Submitted PalmOne Tungsten T3 Handheld Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-04-28 Awesome PDA! I just love this PDA. It's the only fast model from PAlm to feature voice recorder, which is fundamental for me cause I tape my classes at the uni. The mic is just good enough for that and voice memos. The palm is fast enough to be able to play crystal-clear mp3s and also movies (if you care to recompress and watch it a tiny screen). I also bought a GPS for less than 90 U$S and now mount the PDA in my car for GPS navigation. I just saved $200~400 on a GPS! :D You can also load it with games and lots of interesting software, and the accessories are inexpensive to boot. The only things that I don't like are: Collapsible design (seems floppy) Screen brightness (can't see much in direct sunlight) Battery autonomy (not enough) Luckily you can remedy the battery thing by buying a car adapter and/or the Power-To-Go, a sleek external battery that works like a charm :D If you see one of these cheap, grab it! Date: 2007-02-12 More than 3 years of faithful service! All, This it the more reliable PDA I've ever owned and I've owned many starting with a Pilot. I've owned everything from HP iPAQs and Jornada 728s and this is the one I kept, while selling the rest. 'Nuff said! Bill Date: 2006-04-26 Mine Died My Tungsten T# just died. It is in a forzen state. It will not reboot or even turn off. It is just over a year old and I am now looking for a new PDA. Date: 2006-01-23 Palm T3 disaster I was about to write my miserable experience in agonizing detail, until I found that others have traveled the same path. It is a pity that a product that has come so far was (in my case, also) mercilessly deserted by its maker in the clinches - in this case a hotsync failure that eventually destroyed not only the data stored in the handheld but also the backups of those data that were religiously placed on the "official" Secure File PDA Backkup SD card. I am now laboriously retrieving my "essential" passwords (and from now forward keeping copies on the old reliable - PAPER!) It may interest others that I tried the path of logging my problem with an internet chat-group hosted by Google that is focussed on T3 hotsync problems, where I found lots of company, but no answers after waiting several weeks. The best information I have found by far is that in the group in which I am now participating. What a pity! I do not have a beef with the product - even a Rolls has been known to miss a beat occasionally. I do have a serious beef with the maker. But, heck - even GM can screw up, so why not Palm? Where do I go from here? My T3 makes a rather mediocre paper-weight. Date: 2005-12-20 Still a great PDA in (almost) 2006 If you're in the market for a PDA designed with the businessperson in mind, here are some reasons why you may still want to consider the T3 as we approach 2006: - The T3 is easily and inexpensively accessorized with the large variety of add-ons that use the "old" universal connector (same as m100/m125/m130/m500/m505/m515/etc.) - You can wirelessly browse the Internet for HOURS using the slim and convenient snap-on Power-To-Go external battery packs (again, only available AFAIK in a universal connector version). I've yet to locate a battery sled for the newer Palm devices that use the "multi" connector, and virtually every Wifi enabled device needs large battery capacity unless you want to be limited to less than an hour of wireless use between charges - The T3 comes with the charge and sync cradle - Really compact in size--easily fits in my suit coat pocket when it is not extended - Has the 480 x 320 hi-res screen--once you try it, you'll never go back to 320 x 320 (or 160 x 160). Also, landscape mode is so much better when web-browsing some sites and trying to work your way around a spreadsheet. Having said that, battery life on probably all large screen PDAs is too short, but at least you have the universal connector battery sled option with the T3 - Speed of the T3 is very "snappy" - Built-in voice recording - Sounds great--comparable to my Sony minidisc players - Uses the traditional RAM instead of Flash RAM (the benefits of Palm's implementation of Flash RAM are, IMO, still sketchy) In summary, buy a keyboard, wifi adapter, a couple 1GB SD cards, an external battery sled or two, upgrade to Docs-To-Go Premium v8, and you can probably sell your notebook computer I could probably think of more reasons why the T3 is still a Palm PDA that should be in your consideration set, but the points I listed above are a good start. I won't be upgrading until Palm releases a 480x320 screen PDA phone with a huge, replaceable battery (or nicely designed external battery packs). ____________________________________ P.S. As a side note, Documents-To-Go Premium Version 8 is the most impressive mobile office suite I've seen. I am able to seamlessly open and edit native Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files with no loss in formatting or graphics. It reads Acrobat files, views photographs, etc. No more working with a desktop file and a separate mobile version of the same file and trying to sync back and forth. I simply copied every important office file on my PC to a SD card and work with the same file whether parked in front of my desktop or working on a plane. Compared with the latest QuickOffice Premier v7.6, which I also own, Docs-To-Go v8 is the hands-down winner. To be fair, QuickSheet is a really well-designed program.
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