cheap and packed with facilities (Palm M100)

Member Name: kxjan

Product:	Palm M100
Date:	29/08/03 (97 review reads)
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Advantages: versatile and flexible, great software, cheap

Disadvantages: battery sometimes falls out, weak plastic flap broke

the m100 is an extremely flexible and powerful pocket tool for organising information and even having fun

though it is bottom of the range of Palms, it still has all the benefits of Palm software just like the others

m100 has a black and white screen, others have colour

m100 has 2mb of memory, others have more -- but 2mb really isn't much of a limitation -- i have had my m100 for a couple of years and it has never lacked memory

other Palms may have a faster processor but the m100 is fast enough for most things (except the game of 'Go')

the plastic flap over cover will break about 2 weeks after you buy it -- but its not much of a loss

my m100 has had quite a rough life -- it just gets stuff in my pocket with keys and money -- the screen is a little scratched but still works fine

the battery is a bit prone to falling out -- so i can lose all my data sometimes -- which is ok if i'm not far from my pc to restore it all

Palm in general:

what characterises the Palm is the attention to detail in the software and mechanism --- that has been made to making it so highly customisable and flexible so you can almost always use the programs a variety of different ways to suit your needs

the software has been cleverly thought out to make it as useful as possible

typical uses:
* phone numbers, addresses etc. categorised by friends/business/or however you like
* takings notes e.g. work notes, personal notes, film reviews, cinema listings etc.
* calendar of events with alarm reminders
* tv listings service - available online shows the weeks tv schedule very neatly on your Palm
* backgammon - which i can beat only 50% of the time - and the 2 player option makes a good mobile board while travelling

the m100 hooks up to your PC so you can backup all your data -- edit on the PC, fetch information from the internet and copy it down to the Palm
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