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Palm Tungsten E |
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05.05.08 (159 review reads) |
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Advantages: QUICK NOTE FACILITY WITH STYLUS USING "GRAFFITI" SIZE GOOD, LIMITED MEMORY.
Disadvantages: OCCASIONAL PROBLEM WITH STYLUS TOUCHPAD/SCREEN.
PALM TUNGSTEN E2 PDA. QUITE USEFUL!
Product Summary: The sales pitch:::
Sleek, powerful and affordably priced, (about £70.00 - £100.00).
The Palm Tungsten "E2" model handheld lets you create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint-compatible files and view them on a high-resolution color screen, even take your MP3s, video clips and photos with you, all with the ease of use you expect from Palm.
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My findings (Hi-Spec-Tek) :>)
I have found this to be quite a useful and almost problem free device. I am happy with the one I purchase about 18 months ago. I still use it and it still works well. I have had to get a replacement stylus for it but the price and availability is no problem at all. Anything other than a good stylus can be problematical. A worn stylus will cause miss-spelling or a hit-and-miss situation when prodding the icons etc.
This is not a Smart-Phone and has no camera facility. Although there is a telephone touchpad in the device but to my thinking, this is quite a waste of useful space given the small amount of software these and most PDA's have. The touch pad is OK if you have the PDA attached to the computer I guess, but why? Don't most of us have a mobile phone and a "Land-line at home or office/work too? Anyone reading this please feed back and inform me if they have found this useful and how!!!! Most PC's, if using a modem can dial out for a phone call or use Skype etc. Online. The Palm Tungsten E2 PDA is not a "Live" pocket item in this sense.
It uses Infrared. This is a pity, one almost has to touch the Palm sensor on the IR device that is plugged into the PC for a connection (unless it is a lap-top that has this already installed as part of the connection utilities). The Palm manufacturers might have perhaps considered Bluetooth to make it more universal! This is just one drawback I discovered since Infrared has a pretty slow data transfer rate compared to the more powerful Bluetooth.
Ease of use is very good, keeping notes, reminders, pictures and music to amuse you or whatever. The calendar is good and what I like above all and is most useful to me is the "Scribbling pad". Oh so useful for a fast note >> F>A>S>T when in a car, bus,
a meeting, having a meal etc. the list is endless. All of which record the time and date automatically when making and saving the note using the stylus that is nicely stored at the RH side of the unit. I speak here of the facility to use "joined up writing" LOL!
Some comments I have read in other reviews say that this model Palm Tungsten E PDA suffers from occasional inaccuracy when using the stylus, yes this can happen too but I have outlined my thoughts about using a worn out stylus, this could always be the problem or indeed the setting up facility that is in the "E" to correctly align the screen to stylus accuracy might have a slight problem. I don't think this issue was ever resolved.
I will give this product from Palm, 3 out of 5 now although in its day and new on the marketplace it would be worth 4 of 5 +.
Here below is a short list of the Specifications:
Manufacturer: Palm, Inc
Manufacturer Part Number: P80880US
Manufacturer Website Address: www.palm.com
Product Name: Tungsten E2 PDA
Product Type: PDA
Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP311 126MHz
Standard Memory: 32MB
Storage: 28.3MB Internal
Display Screen: Active Matrix TFT Color LCD
Color Support: 65536 Colors (16-bit)
Ports: 1 x IrDA Infrared
Operating System: Palm OS 5.2.1
Dimensions: 4.5" Height x 3.1" Width x 0.5" Depth
Weight: 4.6 oz - Including Stylus
Thank you for reading my review, I hope this has been useful to the reader/s. If I were to go back a couple of years, then I would still consider purchasing again.
Regards from Hi-Spec-Tek.
Summary: NOT A BAD DESIGN, SLEEK, USEFUL, OK IF IN A LOWER PRICE RANGE.
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