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Palm Tungsten E Handheld OS 5.2.1 / 32Mb
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Products Details
 Manufacturer: Palm
Media: Electronics
Sales Rank: 119 |
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This is my second Palm powered device. Before buying the Tungsten E, I had a Palm m500 black-and-white device. Not only is this handheld better in virtually every way to the m500, but its also £60 cheaper than I paid for the m500 only 16 months ago. The colour screen is top-notch, the 32mb of internal memory is more than enough. The Expansion slot can take all manner of devices, including the soon to be released (early 2004) digital camera add-on, which will be great in conjunction with the high-quality screen. SD memory cards can also be used, giving you the potential of up to 512MB of extra memory. The ability to play both movie clips and MP3 adds even more value, although it should be noted that you will need an SD card to play MP3 files. They will not play off the Palm's internal memory. If that wasn't enough, you also get a great suite of software with the device, including the latest version (version 6) of Documents to Go, allowing you to view, edit and create word, excel and powerpoint files on your palm. The software alone is worth something like £30-£40. In short, buy this handheld. It has a broad range of features at a great price.
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The Tungsten E is the perfect gadget for someone on the go. The screen is incredibly clear, it looks good, and oozes with quality. The programs included (Documents To Go, Kinoma and others) all provide an amazing services and create Word and Excel documents very effectively. The multimedia playback is good but the sound quality is not perfect. The 32mb of memory is very useful yet rare to find on handhelds of this price. It's a shame you have to spend extra money on a sd card to play mp3's (that would make it perfect) but that is it's only fault. Additional programs are very easy to get hold of on the internet, making the palm capable of anything. In conclusion the palm is relatively cheap, easy to use, has good included programs, a lot of memory, and is upgradable. The only disavantages are that it cannot play mp3's without a sd card and it does not come with a cradle (only loose cables). As my first handheld it is brilliant-definitly worth having.
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After 3 months use:
Since my previous review (see below), I would now recomend that if you are considering running more high end applications such as emulators (Gameboy, Arcade, Atari ST), you may want more grunt behind you in terms of precessor power and available software RAM.
One other comment is that the Tungsten and Palm logo has rubbed off on mine after only a months careful use.
I am still impressed by the number of great programmes available as shareware, freeware and comercially for te palm.
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Review of First Impressions:
Being new to the world of partable computer gadgets, I was unsure how useful I would find this. But the idea of being able to enter text on the go was enough for me to buy a Tungsten E. And at the price I didn't have alot to loose.
After using it for about a month I am most impressed. Being able to write and read emails then simply sync to send is great, my wife also loves this as I usually hog the computer in the day for work.
The amount of free and shareware software was also a great benefit. As the palm has been around for so long a healthy community of programmers etc has produced thousands of pieces of software.
Then the other day, I got around to adding an Sd card and trying out listening to mp3's and agian on this count I was impressed at the ease and quality of it's use.
All in all a great product. High production values akin to that of Apple.
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