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User Submitted PalmOne Tungsten T3 Handheld Reviews (cont...)Date: 2004-10-27 Great machine but why Bluetooth????? The software is great with documents to go and Kinoma. The hardware is great, thoughtfully designed and ergonomically sublime. The major drawback is Bluetooth. WHY? Who has a Bluetooth network in their house, everyone has 802.11b. They should have installed a built in 802.11b system and then offered a Bluetooth accessory to plug into the SD slot. I returned it and will buy the Tungsten C even though it is a year old. Date: 2004-10-17 Best Palm EVER yes better than the t5 I will post a second review in a few weeks after I recieve the product. I did tons of reasearch before choosing this item. Statistically this palm is WOW. So small when folded/unslided or what ever. Yet the second you slide it out it is the size of texas. the only thing is that it should have flash memory like the t5.PalmOne has really out done themselves I have a large knowledge of software and hardware. I have tried Pocket Pcs, Dells, Sonys, and I have also tried palms and statistically I would recomend this product to ANYONE. The only downsider is that in my opinion it is slightly overpriced for a handheld. Its price should be $280.00 at a maximum. But that didnt stop me fro buing one. Its 52 Mb user available internal memory isnt bad. I think the bluetooth is pretty handy to conect to other pdas and pcs. Date: 2004-10-12 Has worked well I've had mine for 3 months now. Haven't had any problems, found the battery life to be fairly good. Over all works as expected. Date: 2004-10-07 For the basic user, it's better than a Laptop! This is my fourth PDA in about eight years. I had the original Palm Pilot, then the Palm IIIxe, and then the Palm m515, and now the Tungsten T3. The previous three performed admirably until they were dropped, zapped by static electricity, etc. I've been using it for almost one year now and I have to say that the Tungsten T3 is exceptional. Gone is the silkscreen Graffiti surface and now you can expand the screen for an even wider view. It's great for working with documents and if your day planner is crazy like mine, you can see just how maddening your day will be. Great bundled software include: Documents To Go (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint -- PowerPoint is a viewer only, but the other two are fully functional), WebPro, VersaMail, Kinoma video player, Voice Recorder, and RealOne for listening to mp3s. It's also Bluetooth compatible and as of September 2004 it's WiFi capable thanks to the new PalmOne SDIO Wifi Card. Battery life is not entirely the best, averaging between two and five hours, depending upon what you're doing. Working with the base applications like Memopad or RealOne won't suck up battery life, but Documents To Go does use a lot of juice. There are a few shareware programs out there though where you can adjust the clock speed and save a little power. (For great freeware for the T3, check out www.freewarepalm.com. I've found neat little programs there for business use, education, entertainment, etc. All free!) Video and mp3 playback are extremely smooth thanks to the ARM processor. Pictures look very crisp and clear. I actually think this is better than a laptop at times. I have a folding keyboard (from my old m515) and I can sit on a plane and listen to mp3s and work on Documents To Go at the same time and still have a lot of room left on my seat tray for munchies and a drink, while the poor guy or gal next to me has a laptop that takes up the whole tray and has no room for anything. I have a small travel charger to take with me on business trips or short road trips. Also recommended are screen protectors (this is a must), some extra styli, LEXAR or Kingston SD cards (there are great deals now on 512 MB cards) and a good case like the Rhinoskin T3 aluminum case. Highly recommended. If I'm on travel for a week, I'll take this with me and can work on documents, listen to mp3s, and even surf the internet. I call it my secretary. Without it, I'd be totally lost and disorganized... Date: 2004-09-28 3 Stars is Fair As I read through these reviews they appear to be either people raving with 5 stars or people who have had nothing but trouble giving 1 stars. After using this device for the past 5 months and comparing it to the old Palm series and newer Pocket PC devices I feel it is truly middle of the road. The people giving 1 stars appear to have received a bad batch of devices and have had trouble with Palm support. After dealing with "Palm Support," (if you can really call it support) and knowing new owners most likely paid over $300 for the T3 it is hard to fault them for their harsh reviews and frustration. One of the major positives of the T3 includes the beautiful screen. More Palm devices need to have the extended high resolution screen and follow the trend of Pocket PC devices. It makes an incredible difference in viewing pictures, reading documents/ebooks, web browsing, etc. Looking at a photo while the device is in the 'normal,' mode and then extending the screen to see the full picture makes an incredible difference. Reading ebooks while the screen is extended is like reading a thin paperback, except you can store a few hundred epic books with an SD card. The sleek design, powerful processor, software, ease of use, sheer amount of Palm apps, and other factors are big positives for this device. One glaring negative is the battery life. Even with the backlight set to the lowest setting and just reading ebooks I get about 3-4 hours. If you use a media player for mp3, video, or other tasks that require processing the time can easily drop down to 2 hours. I don't have any charge problems and the unit charges fast and I can use it while it is charging. It appears the T3 is truly an interim device, almost like a test bed. They have some great and innovative features here, but it doesn't look like Palm has followed through and used some of the design and improvements on the T3 in future models. The Treo 600 and other telephone devices offer more functionality and the one thing the T3 has over these devices is a far better screen. You can also tell the device is made in China. My own T3 on the 'Made in China," label had the serial number of the device printed on the label, but after a few weeks of use the lettering has faded away. You should still be able to see the serial number in software, but it is sort of interesting to see the serial number wiped away when none of the other lettering has faded.
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