Palm Tungsten vs Ipaq, sayonara Ipaq

Advantages: small, fast, sexy, best palm ever
Disadvantages: relatively high price

...I never thought I would make the case for a palm handheld from 3com. I used to be a dedicated Ipaq fan but got increasingly disappointed with it. So I decided to take a bold step and try out the new Palm Tungsten. In one word: AMAZING! I will compare, wherever possible the Tungsten with the Ipaq. Note that I am comparing the new Tungsten with my previously owned Ipaq 3850. For exact specifications of both PDA's I refer you to the www.palm.com and www.compaq.com Look and feel I always found the Ipaq sexy, but it is still a bit bulky. The Palm is not much lighter (6.2 oz vs 5.6 oz for the palm), but much smaller (length 4'' vs 5'' for the Ipaq). This is due to the fact that the bottom slides open to reveal the grafiti writing area. The garfite colored aluminium casing feels much more sturdy than the aluminium looking, though plastic...

thijsj 19.12.2002 (03.01.2003) · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten T

Tungsten E2, my first PDA

Advantages: easy to use, long battery life, great screen, read the review
Disadvantages: read the review goddammit!

...BACKGROUND ******************** I am a bit of a gadget nerd. I love gadgets. When I see one I don't need, I'll find excuses to need one. I started a new job few months back, and I saw one of my workmate pluggin a PDA to a craddle everyday, until the day I asked him about it. When he showed me, I thought that was really cool, and I wanted one. I bloody hardly knew about PDAs!!! Anyway, I searched for the same as his, a Palm Tungsten T3, but it was apparently discontinued... SO I started a painstaking search for the new gadget of my dreams (needs): A PDA. Ta da da... After a few weeks browsing around, I came to the conclusion that the cheapest and apparently most suitable for my needs was the Tungsten E2, that I bought from Pixmania.com (reviewed by me in previous episodes, check it out...). LOOKS ************ It is a PDA...

monsieur.Joda 20.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten E2

Dont stick your Tungsten at me, I Palm you up!

Advantages: Slim, large screen, portable, sexy, like a super model turned into a PDA
Disadvantages: Battery life, ugly interface, sounds like a dying giraffe sometimes

...constantly it's 3 hours, that's very dissapointing since the Palm is not that fast. I am glad it's not a pacemaker. 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...

china_wolf 05.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten E

Tungsten T2 - Good all rounder

Advantages: Looks good, compact light
Disadvantages: speaker / headphone, battery

...I purchased the tungsten T2 this christmas for my self online and have found it a valuable companione for these reasons: Vale for money When i origonaly puchases the T2 it cost me £200 reduced from £250 witch I belive is good value for money in comparison to what else you could get at the time. It is know availbe for £170 witch is fantastic value. Memory This model come with 32Mb of RAM witch is not as good as some modeals out their offer 64Mb and after your operating systeam is loaded you effectivly have 30Mb. It not the best but i found it sufficent unless you want to upload media like Mp3's or Video then buy and exspansion card. Exsapnaion Card This model take SD Memory cards witch is know the leading type of "Flash" style memory. They can be purchased in 16, 32, 64, 128 and 512Mb donomatsions the cards are very...

aweb 08.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten T2

Palm Tungsten E2

Advantages: Stylish, Durable, Easy to use.
Disadvantages: No Wifi, Limited SD Card Memory

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MJSalter 24.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten E2

Palm Tungsten T (2nd hand BUYERS BEWARE)

Advantages: Brilliant when new
Disadvantages: After two years use it begins to deteriorate

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GretelNevols 06.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten T

In you Palm

Advantages: A neat unit with lots of applications
Disadvantages: None

...The Palm Tungsten is a sleek cool looking handheld with a vast array of features that are going to suit the majority of users. It comes with most of these features pre-loaded, but there are more on the provided CD which also contains the software to enable synchronization with your PC or Mac. Also provided in the box are several power adaptors which will make in rechargeable almost worldwide. Although the unit comes with Bluetooth there is also an additional cable supplied which will link your Palm to your computer for the transfer of data. I have found through experience that the cable method is definitely significantly quicker compared with the Bluetooth, but again each to their own. One thing I have noticed is that the lifespan of the internal rechargeable lithium battery is greatly improved from previous...

donf18 07.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten E2

Get yourself organised!!

Advantages: Compact, excellent screen, fast processor, availability of software
Disadvantages: Easy to turn on by accident if you don't use the cover

...I have used Palm handhelds for many years now starting off with the Palm Pilot Personal and moving up through the Vx, finally buying a Tungsten T about a year ago. I remember when I bought my first one that everyone was telling me I would never use it? how wrong could they be! The Tungsten T was a great improvement on my previous models for several reasons? ? Totally new processor making it much faster in operation ? Higher resolution screen with better light and also COLOUR! ? Card slot to take standard SD memory cards ? Bluetooth compatible (more of that later) ? USB connection to the computer making it faster to update. ? Rechargeable battery Given that I would want to know as much as possible before spending this kind of money, this is a pretty lengthy review ? but, I hope it contains the right amount of information...

BournemouthLad 27.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten T

2YsUR 2YsUB ICURaT34Me!

Advantages: A sexy toy, erm which does lots of important things too!
Disadvantages: Can only use some of the functionality with people with compatible devices.

...PDA?s have come a long long way since I used a Palm 100 in the early 90?s ? they had rather dodgy software and hot synch connections, a black and white screen and minimal applications. Still, it was a little revolution in its own right back then. The one I upgraded to was the Palm V which was really quite similar, but more robust and reliable; but still reliant on the cumbersome ?grafitti? stylus-writing unless you bought a little keyboard to go with it. So when I came to buy a new PDA late last year my thoughts immediately turned to Palm once again. I did research my options on the internet but really found very little honest comparisons of the various machines out there and very many praise-filled opinions which were really nothing more than justifying purchasing decisions already made. @@@ Size & Weight @@@ My Tungsten...

Kirsty1 04.02.2004 (09.07.2004) · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten T3

Why pay more?

Advantages: Price, screen and usability
Disadvantages: No cradle, no bluetooth and doesn't take CF cards

.... On the minus side, the included cover is flimsy, and detracts from the quality feel of the unit. For me, the fact that it uses SD expansion cards rather than CF is a shame as I can?t swap out cards with my other devices. Also, battery life could be longer ? I usually get 3 ? 4 hours of constant use from each recharge. If you are buying a PDA for the first time you need to be clear what you want it to do. With many others costing two or even three times as much as the Tungsten E you?ll need a strong case for looking elsewhere....

brereton66 11.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Palm Tungsten E