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Palm Pilot question

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: All Things Technical: The Help Desk (ARCHIVES): Palm Pilot question users admin

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Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My dh wants an inexpensive, not too fancy palm pilot. Is this a good pic?

http://store.palmone.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1377464

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am a "power" Palm user LOL -- I use mine for email, etc., as well as scheduling and contacts.

Regarding the Palm in the link:

It depends on what your dh wants to use it for. If he wants to use it for addresses/contacts, calendar/scheduling, etc., this Palm Zire is perfect. My mom has one, and uses it for her contacts/scheduling, and she's very happy with it.

Should be noted that this screen is monochromatic, not color. Most of the PDAs coming out today are in color -- but they're still much much more expensive, as I'm sure you saw.

If your dh wants to do anything that requires color or more "power" -- playing games, using it for email, texting, storing/viewing digital photos, listening to music, etc., I'd say it would not be a good choice.

It depends on his needs. As a PDA for contacts/scheduling, you can't really beat the price.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had a Palm III that I loved and it was stolen. I picked up a Palm 100 for $80 and hate it.

I just got a "flyer" for a palmOne™ Tungsten™ T2 Handheld.

Does anyone have any info on this machine?




Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's a link to review of the Palm Zire (from Mobile PC Magazine):
http://www.mobilepcmag.com/reviews/2004_02/palm_zire21.html

Didn't find a review there for the T2, but there is one for the T3, lk.

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a Palm Tungsten E and am having a problem. For example, when I add a contact to the PDA and try to sync it with my desktop, it doesn't sync it. It stays on my handheld, but doesn't transfer to the desktop. I changed the settings on the sync, but I don't think I did it right.

Also, can someone help me to set up my Hotmail to sync. Haven't figured that out either. Is that what the SMS icon is for, or is it VersaMail?

No directions with the product -- not that I would read them anyway. I prefer to ask the folks here!



Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Luvmyjrt: As far as I know, there isn't a way to synchronize a hotmail account with a PDA or even Desktop program because hotmail is purely web-based.

As for your other synch problem, I'm not very familiar with PalmSync (?), but in general you might check your settings to be sure you have the program checking both the PDA & Desktop for changes. I recommend, if you have the option, to have the synch program prompt you for changes in either direction.

Hope this helps™

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Dra. Thought I had done that, but it might, just might, be time to read the manual! Darn it!

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmmm, reading directions worked! I'm now "in sync"! Thanks for the suggestions!