This is a cool machine (Palm IIIxe)

Member Name: NcNyc

Product:	Palm IIIxe
Date:	09/08/01 (373 review reads)
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Advantages: Storage , upgradeable OS, Avantgo

Disadvantages: Purchase modem

I received a Palm IIIxe as a Christmas Gift. Boy was I surprised

The Palm IIIxe is the best in it class even though there is a Palm VII. Considering the Palm IIIxe only cost $250.00(Staples price.

Storage: 400 E-mails, 8 years of appointments, 300 to do items, 1000 memos and much more.

E-mail - your can E-mail if your are using outlook express of lotus, if not you will need a modem to e-mail and to receive e-mail.

Memory: The Palm IIIxe has 8 megabytes of Ram which is more than enough since most programs are not more than 50 bytes. The only program that is more than that is Avantgo but I will tell you more about that later on. You can also buy separate flash memory cards that are each 2 megabytes.

Operating System: The Palm IIIxe comes with the most recent Operation System (3.5). The Operating System in the Palm IIIxe is the only one right know that is upgradeable...Cool. The processor, yes is has a processor, is a Motorola 68ez328.

Power Source: 2 AAA alkaline batteries which will last 2 months(no) or 6 hours in a row. It does have a battery indicator and a warning beep but I would advise downloading Silver Screen. Since I have had the Palm III I have gone through 3 pairs of batteries in a week.

Add ons: You can add on a modem. The Palm IIIxe is not Wireless. You need a modem in order to hook up to the internet. Know if you buy the modem it will still not be wireless it comes with a ten foot cord and he modem will run you $99.99 on Palm.com. You can also add a printer($99.99) a GPS system($200-$300 not sure) and other stuff at Palm.com.

Hot Sync: Hot sync is putting programs or information into your Palm. When you download of buy the programs you have to sync them into your palm in order to use them. You put the palm in the cradle and attached it to the back of the computer. The cradle and the cable come with the palm. You can also use the IR(infered) port to beam the programs or information i
nto your Palm, but your computer must have a IR port. When you sync which ever way all information is saved and the Palm over rules the computer.

Avantgo: Avantgo is a web browsing program. When you hot Sync and you are connected to the internet(Aol, Msn, etc.) the pages will be updated. You go to Advantgo.com and pick from 1,000's of webpages from news, stocks, education and many others. Here are some examples - Expedia.com, Fool.com - Quotes and news, Yahoo.com, PdaBuzz.com. The is pretty good considering it is FREE of charge.

Insurance: There is insurance for our palm at http://www.palmslostorstolen.com/. It will cost you $3.99 a month for a Palm under $300.00 and $4.99 a month for a Palm over $300.00. This insurance covers anything from dropped off the Empire State Building to going into th bottom of the ocean. There is a $35 deductible which is not bad. You just charge it to your credit card every month and that it for peace of mind.

Know the Palm VII is the same as the Palm IIIxe except that it has a wireless modem BUT with this wireless modem you can only hook up to palm.net and nothing else. You can not add on a separate modem. Know Palm.net only has access to 22 web pages where you can only download "CLIPPINGS" and all this will cost you $29.99 a month minimum and $150.00 more for the Palm itself. Worth it I think not.

So in closing i advise buying the PalmIIIxe with insurance and have fun

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