I got my 3Com palm top about a year ago now and I'm not too sure how I'd survive without it. If you are sick of carrying a paper (yes paper, some people still use it you know) diary and then having to transfer all the data to your PC calender, or taking notes at a meeting then having to type them up then the Palm III might just be the tool you need. However, if you want the functionality of a laptop without the size then you're probably better off looking at a revo or maybe even the samsung izzipro, but if your primary use is going to be as a diary, contacts store and notepad then look to the PalmIII as a more affordable alternitive. There ...  Read the complete review

The little palm may not be able to compete with the pocket pcs in terms of features, but for simplicity used to perfection we have a winner. The best advantage of this palm is the cost. You should be able to pick it up for around about £100 and it looks better than the tacky IIIe. The palm OS is very simple and easy for a beginner like i was when i bought mine. The screen is monochrome with a powerful backlight. Who cares about colour, is it really essential to have colour to organise your life and play a few games? And it saves on battery life. However, i like to use the backlight all the time, and i don't get very much battery life with ...  Read the complete review

I've had my Palm for a a year and a hlaf now and I don't think I'd go back to paper organisers again. It provides me with my diary, my address book, the occasional game, I can download web pages too it, and probably most importantly I can store all my passwords on it. The Palm OS is easy to use an intuitive, learning to input text with the pen doesn't take long at all. The Palm's alphabet is similar enough to our own that it should really be a matter of minutes. Once you've got the hand of that, there are a number of standard applications preinstalled. So you can immeadiatly set up your address book and diary. There are hundreds of third ...  Read the complete review

I'm not going to write about the 'real' uses of my Palm III, the diary functions, memopad, todo list and address book have already been exhausted by people all over the WWW. What I'm going to write about is THE GAMES! Everyone knows that the only purpose of a computer whether it be hand-held, desktop size or even bigger, is to play games. Yeh, yeh, they're useful for spreadsheets, word-processing and other such mundane tasks, but you can only see a computer in its true light is to use it for a completely time-wasting (but ultimately enjoyable) game. The Palm III (and all the other Palm OS machines) is no different. I'm ...  Read the complete review

Where would I be without my Palm III? It's functionality and excellent adaptability make it one of the best lightweights on the market. For those who are concerned that software may be expensive you can download many free programs from the web. If necessary, it can be turned into a mini PC with mirror applications like Word and Excel, it makes great use of the HotSync funtction. For an extra price you can buy a modem and send e-mails and browse the internet on the go. Very handy. The only drawback of the three series is that the batteries can cause problems. For example, on mine, when I remove the batteries, sometimes it freezes when rebboting. ...  Read the complete review