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User Submitted PalmOne Tungsten T5 Handheld Reviews (cont...)Date: 2005-11-13 Very happy It has plenty of space and is working great. The battery life is more than I was expecting - quite good. I'm not a power user but it does everything I need it to do and is reliable. As other reviewers have mentioned, it doesn't come with a cradle or a case but neither is absolutely necessary. I was hesitant and debated before purchasing this one but it's everything I wanted - space, good screen, reliable, no thumb keyboard, easy to use. So after a month plus of use, I'm still quite happy. Date: 2005-10-18 Beware, this is the worst Palm so far... I received the Tungsten T5 Palm as a gift from my wife in September. Although I admit that the features advertised sound very nice, and that the graphics and media are cool, I have not been able to enjoy them, as the Palm has crashed almost every day, and there have been at least two periods in which I have not been able to turn it on for over one week! I have called "Palm Support Service", and the agree that they have experienced that problem with other customers, and they have tried to correct it, but so far I'm still experiencing this problem. Perhaps this handheld could be good, but since it barely works, my advice is to stay far away from it! Date: 2005-10-16 My question is the Multilingual...??? My question is the Handheld is Multilingual?. I can change to Spanish language.......???? Thanks by its time and I expect its quick answer. Thanks LEONARDO OLMOS BENAVIDES Date: 2005-10-10 The T5 works great in many ways I owned the original Palm Pilot and have been a Palm fan ever since. I've had the T5 for about 3 months, and per the recommendations of Brighthand forum members, I updated the firmware to Version 1.1 (found on the Palm site). So far, I can only say good things about the T5. The ability to load short movie clips on the device as well as share pictures from my laptop's photo library is simply cool. The unit works great with various aftermarket software, e.g., 3nity(password database), DateBk5 and Launcher X. I can also use the IR feature to wirelessly print memo's on my Canon i80 printer. The Best feature, IMO, is Bluetooth. The T5 Bluetooth works great with the MarkSpace/MissingSync application. I can easily share the internet through my computer's DSL (not necessary, but fun !) and to sync to my address book and calendar (one less cable is nice). Just recently, I started to use the device as a navigation system in my car, using a Bluetooth GPS receiver (Globalsat BT-338) and Mapopolis mapping software, it makes the T5 all the more valuable and it works flawlessly. Using Bluetooth and my Moto v551, the T5 can also be used to check e-mail. Since I can't access personal e-mail at my work, I can use the T5 to send and receive messages and, browse the internet anywhere I have my phone (no WiFi needed). It is RICH in features, the processing speed is great, and I'm just beginning to take advantage of the additional space. Palm still delivers in my book. Date: 2005-10-10 Don't buy this unless... Don't buy this unless you're like me and won't believe anything until you experience it for yourself. This PALM is DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN. I've used PALMs since 1999, starting with PALM VII. After purchasing this PALM (and I only wanted it as a PDA, no games or bluetooth telephone devices), I was disappointed. The biggest problem I had was the device not recognizing keystrokes. Either it didn't recognize them at all and the screen remained blank, or it printed weird characters instead of those you were actually writing. The flash drive concept is great, but unlike PALM states, the T5 is not recognized as a flash drive on all computers that have USB ports. (My PNY-USB flash drive works on both my home and work desktop, but the PALM T5 wouldn't work on my work desktop -- but are recent HP computers). I only had to reset the T5 once, and I think that was due to a conflict with 3rd party software I tried to install. I didn't try using it for games or with bluetooth, which is why I gave it a 2. The T5 has promise, but PALM should be ashamed for putting it on the market without fixing the bugs (or not pulling it from the market after hearing its loyal customers denounce it repeately for the same defects). On a brighter note, I purchased the TREO 650 as a replacement for the T5 and I think it's great, except you have to buy all new accessories (docking stations, cables, etc.) -- when it's time to upgrade my TREO 650, I'll look at other vendor products since PALM is starting to let its loyals down with poorly designed devices like the T5 and incompatible accessories. Good luck to all in your PDA search...
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