PDA review

Prologue: I need a PDA. A lovely Personal Digital Assistant to help me sort out my day. No I don't mean some virtual reality 3D hologram of a fine female secretary (although that would be nice *hint hint*), but one of those pocket sized little buggers that can be carried around and used to sort out all your stuff for you, no paper involved. So I left my love nest and made my way to the local retail park.

Legend. Nah I'm not talking about me, but this thin silvery device with the big touch screen and a lovely stylus to touch it up with. Who would of thought Palm would release something so cool yet so cheap.

I'm not going to overload you with the technical details, because let's face it half of us don't really give a toss. It's really the guys that really want to know and since there's more women than men in the world I should keep the majority happy! Guys, just click on the Product Infomration tab for it's specs :D. It's fast, but not as fast as other palmtop devices, but it can hold it's own and editing documents is a breeze. There is 32MB RAM available for you to store your stuff, according to Palm that is enough to store 18,000 extra programs onto it. Not enough? Well there's a Secure Digital memory card slot to add extra memory if you wish. Nuff said. The screen is large and clear with loads of colours so you can view your lovely photos on it, images move smoothly with no blurring and the touch screen is so sensitive it's like we're running our fingers along it's armpit. Minus smell. Since there isn't a keyboard you need to write freehand with the stylus. But the graffiti (the method of writing) writing thing this Palm uses it so easy to pick up you'll learn it within 5 minutes of switching it on. It's basically the way we write but just slightly altered for those hard to reach places.

So flaws aside what can this piece of technology do? Well you can view your pictures with it, you can edit your Office Word/Excel/Powerpoint files on it, listen to MP3s, watch videos, take quick notes, organise your day, surf the internet (when it has internet access) and read ebooks with it. All this straight out of the box without purchasing extra software. There are also games on the device and emulators that let you play console games i.e. Gameboy Advance, so that's very tempting (you must own game to be legally allowed to play it on the Palm) but they will need downloading or purchasing. This device really is a mini box of tricks, I actually wrote this review on my Tungsten E before uploading it here. Not to shabby don't you think? The organiser is also very easy to use, just go to Calendar, select a date on the calendar and enter what you're doing that day at the time you wish for it to go off. Activate the alarm then when the time comes... BEEEEEEP!!!! MOVE YOUR BATTY!

Epilogue: 1 year warantee, comes with one USB cable, one screen cover, whole bunch of manuals, two CD drivers and utlities, registration card and a receipt. Well you need the receipt just in case right?