Do any recent PDAs have a integrated leather screen cover a la Palm V, Palm M505?
22 June 2004, 09:33 PM
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Do any recent PDAs have a integrated leather screen cover a la Palm V, Palm M505?
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Wife needs a new PDA, as her Palm M505 is on the blink. Now, the great thing about this is the integrated leather cover which can be folded over the protect the screen....adds little bulk to the overall dimensions, and is easily folded back on itself when PDA in use.
However, none of the newer PDAs I can see have this wonderful feature. Most have unprotected screens by default, or you have to purchase a leather case, which makes the whole package a bit more bulky (and not as easy to use - have to take it OUT of the case to use it, not just flip back an integrated cover).
Anyone know of any PDAs on the market that have this feature? I know it's not a big thing, but she carries her PDA around in her pocket/handbag, and a separate case for the PDA seems overkill.
PDA can either be Symbian or Microsoft (or others).
Know what I mean?
Wife needs a new PDA, as her Palm M505 is on the blink. Now, the great thing about this is the integrated leather cover which can be folded over the protect the screen....adds little bulk to the overall dimensions, and is easily folded back on itself when PDA in use.
However, none of the newer PDAs I can see have this wonderful feature. Most have unprotected screens by default, or you have to purchase a leather case, which makes the whole package a bit more bulky (and not as easy to use - have to take it OUT of the case to use it, not just flip back an integrated cover).
Anyone know of any PDAs on the market that have this feature? I know it's not a big thing, but she carries her PDA around in her pocket/handbag, and a separate case for the PDA seems overkill.
PDA can either be Symbian or Microsoft (or others).
Know what I mean?
22 June 2004, 09:47 PM
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23 June 2004, 12:00 AM
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When you are deciding on a replacement PDA - don't forget to check out the battery-life as well.
I also have an m505, and fancied a Tungsten T3 - until a colleague told me how little time it took before needing a recharge. While the m505 lasts into the teens of days, the T3 lasts hours
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I also have an m505, and fancied a Tungsten T3 - until a colleague told me how little time it took before needing a recharge. While the m505 lasts into the teens of days, the T3 lasts hours
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23 June 2004, 12:06 AM
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Yeah....this is also an issue. Looking at some of the PocketPC PDAs, and some of them say :
"Battery life from the 1000mAh lithium battery is pretty good - lasts 3 hours so long as you have the WiFi switched off"
FFS! My wife uses her PDA as one SHOULD be used - a mobile repository of data, with loads of data in it, and continually inputting data during meetings, etc etc.
Something that lasts 3 hours is pretty unacceptable.....
Her Palm M505 seems to last somewhere between 2 to 3 weeks without requiring a recharge, and that's pretty heavy daily use.
She's also used to Graffiti on the Palm, as well as the fairly easy to use Palm user interface. Looking at PocketPCs, they GUI seems to concentrate on trying to look like a desktop PC first, with useability coming second.
Prob have a good look at the Palms, but shame that for someone who uses a PDA so intensively, it's the ones WITHOUT all the fancy stuff that fit the bill most.
Does that say something about the PDA market. All the bells and whistles on the top models are of little interest to the proper users
"Battery life from the 1000mAh lithium battery is pretty good - lasts 3 hours so long as you have the WiFi switched off"
FFS! My wife uses her PDA as one SHOULD be used - a mobile repository of data, with loads of data in it, and continually inputting data during meetings, etc etc.
Something that lasts 3 hours is pretty unacceptable.....
Her Palm M505 seems to last somewhere between 2 to 3 weeks without requiring a recharge, and that's pretty heavy daily use.
She's also used to Graffiti on the Palm, as well as the fairly easy to use Palm user interface. Looking at PocketPCs, they GUI seems to concentrate on trying to look like a desktop PC first, with useability coming second.
Prob have a good look at the Palms, but shame that for someone who uses a PDA so intensively, it's the ones WITHOUT all the fancy stuff that fit the bill most.
Does that say something about the PDA market. All the bells and whistles on the top models are of little interest to the proper users
23 June 2004, 12:46 AM
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After searching around, found out the Palm Tungsten E has a protective flip cover....
However, Palm's own website don't even have a picture of it in this config....they only mention it as a 'in the box accessory' at the bottom of the page, with no picture.
Anyway, looks like the Tungsten E will be the one that does everything the wife needs, so will perhaps get one of these....
However, Palm's own website don't even have a picture of it in this config....they only mention it as a 'in the box accessory' at the bottom of the page, with no picture.
Anyway, looks like the Tungsten E will be the one that does everything the wife needs, so will perhaps get one of these....
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23 June 2004, 01:10 AM
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Argh - Tungsten E looks ok, then found out it doesn't have the normal Palm cradle - has separate cables for USB and power connectors and NOT in a cradle 'drop-in' format....
Ah well, can't have everything....
Ah well, can't have everything....
23 June 2004, 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by boomer
When you are deciding on a replacement PDA - don't forget to check out the battery-life as well.
I also have an m505, and fancied a Tungsten T3 - until a colleague told me how little time it took before needing a recharge. While the m505 lasts into the teens of days, the T3 lasts hours
mb
I also have an m505, and fancied a Tungsten T3 - until a colleague told me how little time it took before needing a recharge. While the m505 lasts into the teens of days, the T3 lasts hours
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FFS! Are we going backwards here?? Wife needs a PDA, with all the capabilities of the M505 (ie, few weeks battery life), yet it seems all the PDA manufacturers of today think that 3-4 hours battery life is pretty ok?! WTF!
Oh, and in the USA (dunno about UK yet), the Tungsten E is the only Palm model with a 90 day warranty - others have 1 year. Seems interesting given a lot of users seem to have a lot of failures with this model.
What am I to do....
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imlach,
did you eventually make a choice?
I was in PC World today, and the Sony CLIE TJ25 looked pretty neat. Slightly smaller although maybe a tad thicker than the Palm m505 - but twice the memory, far better screen resolution, cute jog dial, latest PalmOS and only GBP150 - less than half the original cost of mine!
It's the very bottom of the range, so i don't know what accessories you can get (indeed i think that it is serial rather than USB) - but i am tempted
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did you eventually make a choice?
I was in PC World today, and the Sony CLIE TJ25 looked pretty neat. Slightly smaller although maybe a tad thicker than the Palm m505 - but twice the memory, far better screen resolution, cute jog dial, latest PalmOS and only GBP150 - less than half the original cost of mine!
It's the very bottom of the range, so i don't know what accessories you can get (indeed i think that it is serial rather than USB) - but i am tempted
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