I did not go and buy the PalmOne Tungsten E specifiaclly for it's feauters, nor was I after a palm device at all. I was after a GPS for my car. It so happened that PCWorld had a bundle offer where you got the GPS software, receiver and the tungsten device for a mere £200 (that was in July 2004). As a GPS it works fine. Plug in the receiver, attach it to your dashboard and choose your destination and off it goes. There are too many wires though, i wish I bought the bluetooth version instead. The wire sometimes comes in the way of the stereo or gear stick (not clever)
But then this review is about the actual tungsten device.At about 150g or so it is very light and fits neatly into your pocker. Upon turning the device on you have to fill in your name, the date, time, timezone etc. After that you are greeted with a welcome screen and the opportunity for the tungsten to take yo trough the basic of using the stylus. In the package is also a thin film to put over the screen to prevent it from scratching, very handy.
The software that comes with the device is all you would ever need. Spreadsheet compatible with excel, word document reader and writer compatible with word and readers for powerpoint presentations and adobe acrobat documents (pdf). It also comes with a number of other feautres common for pda's like calender, alarm, expenditure calculator, contacts lost, a few games, mp3 player, video player and so on. All can be backed up on your PC or MAC using the synchronisation tool.
So far it sounds like a very good device for your basic needs not? It is, but the moment you want to add software to it it becomes rather more irritating. The device come's with a 32mb internal memory, which is ok for the basic use, but if you want to have some music on the device (it has a mic out) you soon run out of space for your mp3's. You can expand the memory by using standard SD (Secure Digital) cards but that then adds to the price you pay for the device. Let's say you've bought extra memory and wanted to transfer some files. It is Sooooooooo slooooooow. To transfer 100mb of data takes approxomatley 20 minutes when using the USB cable that comes with it. That is ridicolous. Luckily i've got a card reader and I always use that to transfer files. But then, that's more money to spend if all you want is a PDA.
If you want to download software from the www there is loads of free software out there. Howevere, they don't all work. Some have to be loaded on the memory card to work (wont work on the internal memory), some won't work on the memory card (only on the internal) and some just plain refuse to work at all. The uploading software also refuses to upload some files. It tells me it's not a compatible tungsten device, but I KNOW it is, since it's a save file for a game that i got on the device. What do i have to do? Either use the memory card reader to transfer it or you can download another palm installation program to transfer it to the PDA. A pain in other words.
All in all this device is great if all you need is the basic functions, but if you are an advanced user who want's flexibility, compatibility and user friendlyness, then go for the PDA's that support the Microsoft Pocket PC system.
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Handheld - 128 MB RAM - Screen: 4 in inch - Display: TFT active matrix - CPU: XScale PXA310 - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi - Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Classic
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