Handheld Reviews

I will never purchase an iConcepts product again.

I purchased this from Micro Center a couple of months ago, used it for the first time today.

It seemed to fit all the particulars, as it would provide charging power through the USB connection, which is a better
system that what the handspring USB hotsync cable provides.

The original handspring cable requires you to lug the original charger around.

I plugged this into the USB port on my PC (a Pentium III
running Linux).

The charging indicator on my handspring did not light up,
so I reasoned that it should be plugged into my USB Hub
(which has external power).

After I plugged the handspring in, I was rewarded by a hard
reset of my handspring, which caused ALL data to be lost.

My theory is that something drained the battery, or shorted some
pins together on the Treo. In any event, no accessory which
causes data loss will ever receive a positive rating from me.

I purchased this for my new Treo 600, and was happy to discover that it worked just fine. However, contrary to the last review I read, this does NOT have the dedicated button to initiate a hotsync. If you want that button, you can always pay...more and buy Handspring's version of this cable. I am happy to save that money and launch the Hotsync manually.

This little cable is a great travel kit item or for a spare "office" sync-n-charge(tm) cable.

Unlike the one reviewers comment there is (at least now) a light grey hotsync button on the Treo connector.

Not much more to say, it is as advertised, works great, packs small, and allows charging and sync operations without the AC adapter having to tag along. About the only way to improve this would be to make it cheaper or package some free software with it (like a Mac OS X program to talk over the USB port to the Treo in "modem" mode;great for debugging treo programs; great for using the treo as a modem for the laptop).

Knowing how delicate Palms are, I bought this for my new IIIxe. The leather belt clip types just don't offer ANY drop protection and I thought this thing would. Boy was I wrong! Dropped it less than 2 feet and discovered the corners aren't protected at all, now I'm looking at a $100 screen replacement. I'm throwing this thing away and buying rhinoskin.

When I decided to buy a Cassiopeia E-105 from Amazon.com, this case popped up as an option. I ordered it, unfortunately, my Casio won't fit into this case at all. It's a great-looking case, so I was disappointed.

I've broken 2 screens on my Palm III and I think I've finally found the answer in the Incase Palm Top Case. The covering really protects while not looking like something that would survive a nuclear attack. The blue color is great. I believe that torque is the issue with me when it comes to my broken screens. This case offers much more protection than my fancy expensive leather wallet type case. It could use a bit more storage space for cards and such. Overall, I'm very pleased and would highly recommend this item.

Product may be ok Just don't buy from [third party seller] they are thieves. Ordered thi item never received it. These bums sent it by
untraceable shipment. I lost my money, and they got a rebate from
Amazon for the transaction.

needed a quiet solution to my pda alarm and a little extra storage space. This 2MB vibrating module was the answer. works well and is very reliable. set up and file storage are easy and it kept me from being embarassed during meetings when i need the alarms on to remind me of something.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

When I got mine, I puchased two... one for my friend's birthday, and one for me. We have both had very good expirences with them.

The file mover application is very easy to use. It's especially nice, because you can back up your address book, and memo's, to do lists, and all that. You can set the length of the vibration from anywhere to 1 second all the way up to one minute. THe vibrating works nicely. And in both mine, and my friends experiences, it is definately not noisy. Actually, it is one of the least noisy vibrations I've heard. It's quiet enough that I can let it go of in my American Lit. Class, when everyone is reading, and have no one hear it. When it's on a desk, that's a different story, though. It is powerful enough to notice in a coat pocket, or the cargo pocket of your pair of pants.



Overall, I gave this product a five. It did exactly what it is supposed to do. It stores 2 megs worth of applications, and it vibrates. Plus, it does it all without affecting your battery life. For the price, it's definately an addon worth buying.

I bought this to go with my Palm IIIc, after reading about free software like AvantGo that lets you surf the Internet and download newspapers, etc. from any phone line, after connecting with your ISP. However, I couldn't get AvantGo to work with my ISP, which is AOL. I e-mailed AvantGo, and they replied that AvantGo does not work with AOL (which conflicts with what is on their website). Palm support confirmed this, e-mailing me, "Please note that you cannot use any internet surfing application on your Palm handheld with AOL." Then I twice e-mailed Palm to ask which ISP would work instead, and they sent completely useless, stupid replies that had nothing at all to do with my question. Finally I called and spoke to someone who said that any other ISP should work, it's only AOL that doesn't. So now I have to select and register (and pay for, if I don't find a good free one) a second ISP to make full use of my Palm modem. On the other hand, the AOL e-mail software that came with the modem works great. I can type e-mails on the train on the way home, and send them quickly over my phone line when I get home. But if I can't get the Internet surfing working soon, I'll be returning this, as I didn't buy it only for e-mail.

Seller took a while to respond to e-mails, but item was shipped fast and everything was as promised. Great job!!

This little modem runs on two AAA batteries! It's actually somewhat awesome to hear it chirp when making a connection. The software, MultiMail is OK but does not support file attachments to email. A better free Internet software suite is Eudora for the Palm. Eudora also supports Web browsing. You can hotsync your Eudora email for the Palm with the Eudora email for the PC.

The modem is only 3300 baud but that is adequate for email and occasional Web browsing. Over all, a pretty good value.

Nifty case but VERY difficult to use the PDA while it's in the case with the front open -- especially if you're left-handed and have normal- to large-sized fingers. There's simply no way to comfortably and securely get a grip on the case with one hand because the front doesn't fold back. I'd recommend Rhinoskin's leather case for IPAQ 1900 Series PDAs (00366).

I purchased the RhinoSkin Aluminum Hard Case for my iPAQ 1945. The iPAQ fits nice and snug in the case leaving access to the voice recorder & IR port, headphone jack, microphone, SD card, sylus, as well as the port for recharging and synching. I also like the insert that holds an extra SD card inside the cover.

What I do not like about the case is the belt clip with screw-in post. With the repeated motion of sitting and standing throughout the day, the screw-in post has a tendency to loosen itself from the case. Three times since I purchased it in June the iPAQ has fallen off the clip. One fall sending the iPAQ in an armored ride down half a flight of stairs. Another fall causing the SD card residing in the slot to be lost (but that's a different review). No significant damage has occurred...yet.

For the most part it is a good design, but how much protection does a case provide if it is causing the falls that it is supposed to be protecting against. I recommend not using the clip, but if you do, make sure you habitually check the tightness of the post. I suppose you could permanently affix the post, but then you will not be able to lay the iPAQ flat unless you take it out of the case. Decisions, decisions...

Let me start off by saying that this case fit very well with my iPaq 1945. It leaves all the essential plugs accessable, however it does cover the soft reset button, although depending on how often you need to reset the pda, it may or may not get annoying to take out the pda everytime it needs to be done (And with a Windows based OS, it does happen).

Don't trust the belt clip, it fell off the first day I used it, even after I heard the snap that confirms that it is in securely. Ended up bending the case so that i have to unbend it everytime I want to open it. Now I have to ship it back, which of course means I lose the money for shipping. I'll probably invest in a different case since I don't see the point of a metal case if it gets ruined once it falls off.

I bought a sherpa a little over a year ago. I have not been able to get the altimeter to work, I have followed the instructions exactly and all it will do when i set it is jump around, it goes from 1510 to 18190 to -320 to 1948 to 6070 etc. its never the same. I have had other people try and use it, and they have had the same problem. I was wondering if i was doing something wrong,or if there might be something wrong with the instrument.I need an instrument like this to read elevation. This is the perfect tool for my needs. I'm installing 200 miles of pipe lines and i have got to know if the water lines are going down hill,and how much they are dropping,so we don't build to much pressure. I was in California this summer right on the coast,I set it there at sea level,and tried to get to work and it did the same thing. Would you(please)help me with my problem. If i'm doing something wrong let me know, if you think there is something wrong with the instrument let me know what to do.I need something that will work. Thank You Lonnie PLEASE HELP!

I have been using Sherpa for the last 1 1/2 years. Now I have to replace the batteries for the first time and decided to report my experience with the device.
My buying decision was based on the altimeter function (as I do live in Brasil, I need metric units), as there is no other competitor, even analog, with similar product. This is lightweight, very adequate for outdoor. But I consider that the precision for elevation is not very good. 1% in a 1,300 meter peak means 13 meters, wich makes some difference, but is acceptable.
What is not very good is the calibration of the elevation, as the setup is very slow and has to be frequent.
The barometer is excelent, as you can record the history, but maybe it was interesting to the same function for the elevation or temperature.
Overall, it worths the expensive price asked.

As a novice weather watcher, I recently bought a Brunton Sherpa Atmospheric Data Center and after receiving it, it is one cool tool. The Sherpa measures barometric pressure, altitude, windspeed, temperature and windchill and it has really changed the way I look at things. I have taken it along with me for some time now, checking the information it gives me, and it has made me more aware of the weather and has even allowed me to do some forecasting of my own.

Although not necessarily connected to weather, one of the features I like best is the altimeter function. I recently took a trip to the mountains and it was very interesting to see how high I was and I kept my eye on it to see how fast we were rising or descending.

It was also very interesting to follow how the barometric pressure was changing, which is why I bought this unit. It records changes in the pressure over a period of time, showing the barometer menu, it's quite obvious if the pressure has been falling or rising. One thing, I never realized is how the barometric pressure is directly connected to elevation.

The Sherpa can also read temperature, which I find pretty helpful when I want to know what the temperature is. As well, the Sherpa's wind gauge is very interesting. I can hold the Sherpa up to the wind and see how strong its blowing. The wind gauge records the current wind speed, average speed as well as the highest gust. If your using the wind gauge, the Sherpa also automatically calculates the windchill, since it shows the wind speed and temperature. This has been a good feature for determining just how cold it really is.

All in all, I give the sherpa a good rating. It does what it says it will do, it is easy to use and to understand. For anyone interested in weather, it really enhanced my knowledge about my surroundings.

The sound is great on the MiniJam 64MB MP3 player but the user guide directions are vague. The guide illustrates step by step what to do but never discusses what to do in the event that their directions don't work. So naturally one would think to call technical support which is what I did after reading the guide and was still unable to download music to the player. Not only was I on the phone with a technical support woman for thirty minutes who didn't want to deal with the problem and kept directing me to the web page but then she mocked me in a silly voice to her coworkers as she poorly covered the phone. She claimed that I "didn't have time to read the guide" (I had told her that I was calling because I had read the guide and the instructions did not produce the result that it said it would) and mockingly bemoaned "it's not downloading" in a whiny voice. My question is, why the heck is there a technical support department if they don't want to support their products or help their customers? It was clear to me also that she was not familiar with the product enough to help me out adequately anyway. I really want to return it after that experience and after reading the other reviews about the glitches I am beginning to suspect that it truly is the MP3 player and not me, thus further encouraging me to return this item. I am going to give it one more chance but now I feel as if I can't call technical support for any useful advice.

My MiniJam has crashed my Visor Handspring Platinum several times (any time I select "Playlist", for example), and when I asked Customer Support, was told that "a software release is scheduled for today, but as of my last check it hasn't been posted."

Also, it doesn't work when your PDA has gone into sleep mode, requiring you to stop in your tracks, turn it back on, futz with the stylus, and then operate the MiniJam controls if you want to adjust the volume, skip a track, etc. The MiniJam is really nice to work out or just walk around with, but it sure needs a helluva upgrade.

I have been using this MiniJam for my Visor Platinum for the past month, and it's the only Spring Board Module I own. Although it's rather bulky, the sound that it offers is great! I do have two 64MB MMC cards installed into the MiniJam, to offer me with 128MB of MP3 audio. Depending on your point of view, 128MB can be big, or it can be small, depending on what bit-rate you "convert" your mp3's to. 128kbs being CD quality or 96kbs being near CD quality, it all affects the amount of songs that can be stored on your two MMC cards.

Always carry spare batteries with you, or opt to purchase Innogear's MiniJam Power Pak. The earphones that came with the unit totally sucked, as one of the ear buds did not work straight out of the box. Buy a "real" set of earphones/headphones.

I had no problems with software issues. Plays great all the time! I would highly recommend this unit to anyone with a Handspring Visor, although I could not give it 5 stars, as Innogear gave me an insight.....they will come out with their new version of the MiniJam, which will be smaller.

I also have a Zire 71, but I cannot, however hard I try, get the keyboard to work with it. The driver I have (beta V2 for Palm os5), screws up the hotsync whether on or off, but it doesn't make it work. If anyone can spread any light on the subject please email me at craig_16@msn.com or leave feedback on this page.
On the other had, the keyboard is the lightest, most comapct i have ever had. The metal case gives a secure feeling and when unfolded it is almost the same width as the letters section on a regular keyboard.
What I'm saying is, if I can get this keyboard to work, we will grow old together, but if I can't, it's going back.

I have a Zire 71 (OS 5.2). This keyboard with the latest (last, as Logitech has announced that they are stopping development) driver works. It interferes with the predisplay of the camera image, but turning off the driver solves this problem. HotSyncing is a minor issue as well.

On the whole it's not perfect, but reasonable at the price.

Compact, light, portable. A great little keyboard that does the job unless you use your palm like your laptop - not meant for huge writing tasks as the keys are a little close together but if you use it to make notes etc, its brilliant!

I received this item as a Christmas gift. It broke just 3 weeks ago and I have been unable to repair it. A co-worker of mine, had the exact same problem with this item. Given the expense, I would not recommend this item to anyone. There are far more reliable products on the market for either the same or lower cost.

No directions at all? Pppppbbbbbt.

Comes in a simple blister pack like any supermarket papermate, so the only instructions available would have to be on the back. Yet all that's there is some (...) message on cleaning a PDA. As if the PDA manufacturer's instructions wouldn't cover this...

So far, I've had no luck on figuring this pen out. It works pretty much like a bic, but instead on getting a ballpoint pen, you get one of four tips - a red pen, a black pen, a stylus, or a pencil. So far, it seems pretty random. I've tried twisting the cap, pressing at angles, twisting the base. No luck at all. There are little icons just below the cap every quarter turn that seem to suggest the cap needs to be turned, yet that doesn't work.

So off I went to (...). Sure enough, they continue their boneheaded lecture online with directions not to scratch your PDA, how to clean your PDA properly, and even their opinion on applying RainX to your PDA (GEEZ) but unfortunately they omit anything related to instructions on their /own/ products.

Bleh. Other negatives --- cheap tin feel, red pen has funky flourescent tint and requires a very heavy hand - far too heavy for me to bother using, pencil lead advance binds mechanically.

Four functions, does none of them very well with the possible exception of the black ink pen. Pass.

Where'd these other two glowing reviews come from? I don't work for this PDA Panache company if you couldn't tell...

If anyone needs instructions for this pen or cannot figure out how to use it in 5 minutes, this person should not be allowed around a couputer, ID TEN T errors... This pen is not only multyfunctional it is just cool. You have a black pen, a pencil, PDA stylus and Red-Fluorecent pen. It is not heavy for all the stuff inside of it, or too bulky. The Matrix Grip does its job wonderfully. This is a pen to have in your desk and use for all your needs without having to get your stylus out of the PDA, plus it works a lot better than the PDS's in my oppinion. A great buy. If you still have not figure out how to work it, there are little pictures of what you want to use in the top side of the pen by the clicker, whatever picture is facing up, that is what you will get. It is very simple to use.

I bought this product for my boyfriend, thinking it was a great deal! I returned one I had bought at a local electronics store because I swore that this one had a 2.5 screen. When I got it the screen was miniscule and the damn thing doesn't hardly get a signal. I was furious, when my boyfriend on Christmas morning turned it on only to get pure STATIC. It's very tempremental, and it doesn't work inside the house or inside the car, (exactly what I bought it for). If your looking to buy a TV that you will only be using outside, this is the one for you.

The picture is very clear and sharp once you get a signal; thats about the only good thing that I can say about this product. It will not pick up inside of houses and cars and if you live in a rural area it won't even pick up outside. The accessory jacks are inconvient and it slides off of weak channels. It eats batterys too. At least I caught it on sale and didn't have too pay much for it.

This is a great hand heald TV. It has great quality and great reseption!! I strongly recomend this prduct!!