Organizer Reviews

I was very disappointed with the carying case. First, a nacked iPAC just rattles around inside. It might be ok if you have an adaptor attached but I don't know because I don't have one. The belt loop is a joke as it isn't large enough to fit a normal belt even though the case itself is virtually empty with a nacked iPAC. The pen is nifty, but I don't personally need a pencil, black ink, and red ink ... only thing I've used is the stylus and the one on the iPAC is more convenient. So, the only thing in this pack that I will use is the screen protectors which should cost a lot less than this package.

the stylus is awesome- red, black pens, stylus, and pencil. Since I use three of those all day, it is great.
The screen protectors are fine
The little cleaner wipes are not necessary
The case is NOT universal and is completely useless as it does not fit a naked Ipaq.

This is by far the best solution to get your ipaq started. This kit included everything I needed. The leather case fit perfectly, the Screen protectors work great, the stylus even had a pencil built in. All in all if I bought this stuff seperatly I would have paid at least...I highly recommend and the price is GREAT!!

What a piece of crap. This item is priced ~50% less than competitors - now I know why. The item simply would not communicate with my iPaq 4355. I tried every angle possible to get the keyboard to communicate with the PDA. Don't waste your money on this item.

This keyboard, when folded and in its case, is slightly smaller a woman's hand (aka my hand). Still, alot of its bulk does not seem necessary. There is a thick silver plastic attatched shell around the actual keyboard that makes it harder to depress the space key and adds to the size greatly. The keyboard itself, however, is well made and not unattractive. Unfortunately, it uses button batteries instead of the AAA employed by the Micro Innovations wireless keyboard model.

The stand that comes with the keyboard for your PDA looks like something from a dollar store. It is at once the flimsiest, cheapest, most pathetic piece of 'equipment' I have ever seen. The stand folds up, in a complicated puzzle-like way, into a single thick flat black box the size of two credit cards. Figuring out how to set it up the first time was an exercise in patience...I was mainly worried about snapping the thin joints attatched to the piece of reflective plastic that serves as a mirror.

The wirelessness of this device is accomplished through communication through IRA transmission. Unfortunately, it takes FOREVER to find the right location for the keyboard so that you can type. I spent ten whole minutes the first time experimentally hitting keys and adjusting the mirror so that the IRA port on my PDA could 'communicate' with the one on the keyboard. It is not easy to set up, I wouldn't suggest this device if you needed to get it out in a hurry...like to take notes for class or something. The fastest way to connect is to type with the PDA upside down with its port pointing directly to the keyboard's port.

Another major problem with the keyboard is the fact that it does not snap into place. Unless it is on a solid surface, the two sides of the keyboard are apt to slide apart and bend in the middle, making it impossible to type with it on the go.

The keyboard comes with a badly made and rather large ugly synthetic leather case with a pocket for the keyboard and one for the stand.

I overall like it. I took some time to figure out a way to
set it up quickly. Here is the trick. Put your PDA on the
stand, and set the mirror right(don't worry about being too
accurate on the angle, it's ok). Open an edit software on
your PDA. Use one hand to hold the keyboard up very close
to the mirror. Use another hand to type any key, you should
lock the signal right away. Keep typing while slowly putting
the keyboard down. If you lost signal, move keyboard up to
relock the signal. I bet you'll get it in 3 tries. I had
worried about the button battery also, but I found out it's
only about 2 bucks, search it on yahoo or bizrate.com. With
this trick, and think about the price, I really can complain
too much...

This thing is mostly useless, if I could give it zero stars, I would. The interface is clumsy and poorly designed and it's too easy to accidently push the buttons and change the settings, or even reset the whole thing, erasing all the memory! I'm surprised that Memorex would place their name on such a product, they must be getting desperate.

This is a great organizer if you don't have many things to put in it! It doesn't have lots of memory though, but its small size makes up for this!

This product does everything you would expect it to. As it says, it holds 60 names and phone numbers, and has other functions as well. But if you're like me, then you primarily want this for its phonebook propeties. It is a bit of a hassle to put the numbers in, and once in they can only be deleted, and not edited. It also has an annoying chirping noise which you cant turn off. All in all, this is a great product at a great price, you will be highly satisfied if you buy it. I know i am

This is a very unstable product. Palm customer service could not even find their own documention for this product.

...the performance of this machine is unstable. If you are a user of a hack (a Palm program that can be compared with a TSR of the old DOS - do you remember Sidekick?) or a notification manager program like pToolSet, there is a chance of this program's malfunction. Even after uninstalling pToolSet from my TRG PRO, in a morning, my cradle stopped working without any specific reason. If you can set this machine it up successfully, you can get some convenience from this machine, especially if you have a wireless network like me. But this machine often rejects to work.

Have a lot of employees? This is great to hook up to the network. We keep a station near the break room. Whenever are sales men either come or leave, they slide their palms in and sych data with the server!!

Easy and seamless!! You can now keep the list of clients without having to merge different lists and carry around business cards. A must buy!!

The Tungsten E comes with a vinyl screen cover which wears out after 3 months of frequent use. Unfortunately, Palm does not make replacements available. The cases offered do not allow the Tungsten E to be placed into an hot-sync cradle for information updates for MercuryMD or Patient Keeper systems. Thus, if you a physician contemplating use of these systems, I would NOT recommend a Tungsten E even though it is otherwise a very nice PDA

I bought this together with my Palm Tungsten T3. Initially, this seemed like the perfect case. I appreciated the rugged design, quality construction, compact dimensions, and excellent fit of the T3 (even with the screen extension opened).

One immediate dislike was Palm's use of Velcro to keep the PDA secure. You must stick the supplied self-adhesive Velcro strip across the back of your PDA, covering the attachment point for the original suede flip-over cover. Your PDA then "sticks" to the Velcro lining inside the right side of the case. For a Palm-brand PDA going into a Palm-brand case, PalmOne should have implemented a less cheap and generic attachment method.

After a weeks' use, I discovered a few more shortcomings. The case's edge partially blocks the IR port, card slot, and stylus, making it difficult (but not impossible) to use your PDA while in the case. The business/credit card holders are extremely shallow and tight, almost too tight for even a single credit card. Worst of all, if you keep an expansion card in the case's pocket for it, with the case closed, the card gets firmly pressed into your PDA's screen.

This is a quality case for the price, offering good protection for your PDA. Unfortunately, it contains several design flaws.

This is a good, low-cost case with ample protection for your Palm. The outer shell is fairly rigid and can take some abuse. I trimmed the velcro provided slightly to allow the speaker hole on the Tungsten E to remain uncovered, and it still has enough coverage to solidly hold the Palm in place.

It's a four instead of a five star for me since there is only storage for two SD cards - I have four now and I'm using one of the credit card slots for additional storage. The zipper also continues far into the covered spine of the case, and it is possible to get the zipper pull trapped in there(although one is more likely to do that out of curiosity than accident)

Ordered this for my Palm V, and it came very quickly--as usual; nice job, Amazon!!!
BUT, this case was NOT as advertised...the one shipped was nothing like it was pictured...no leather sleeve to put the PDA into; just a stylus-type connector that was supposed to slide into the left stylus holder. Fine, except the stylus connector was way too small for my Palm. Had to send it back.
Again, not Amazon's fault---they are wonderful to work with, as usual!!
I won't buy anything from iConcepts again, though.

This leather case isn't bad but a lot bulkier than it looks in the picture. Also, the way to open and shut it is very inconvenient. Instead of using a snap or velcro which would have been better, you have to slide the flap through a little leather ring. Not only does it feel awkward and take too much time to open and close, but it looks as though the ring could easily break over time. Had I first seen this in the store, I would not have bought it. That being said, the leather is good quality and if you don't mind spending extra time to get it opened and closed, its not a bad product.

I was a bit hesitant to get this case after seeing the initial review. But since it was only [a few] bucks, what the [heck] right? Well I'm glad I did. I am converting from a Palm IIIc so this is certainly a smaller case and not as bulky as what I was used to, big plus. There are a couple of slots for b'nis cards and SD cards, another plus. The strap and loop does not bother me since that is also how my last case is configured. The only things that I do find wrong is one, when I got the case, it had a velcro patch stitched to the inside pocket where you place the PDA. Now I dislike velcro very much and wanted this case because of the fact that in the picture it does not show any velcro. After I spend [the money] on a PDA, the last thing I want to put on it is velcro! However, this leads to my second gripe which is that the pocket that you place the PDA in could be tighter (probably why they put velcro there in the first place). I have only had one instance where the PDA almost slipped out, but it only started to slide out and was not even close to being completely ejected. (Maybe it moved out about 1/2 inch.) All said, I give this guy 4 stars and definately recommend it for the money you pay.

You get what you pay for. These flimsy protectors come apart easily. They are hard to put on and leave the screen hazy.
Run away from here real fast.

One of the cheapest products I have yet seen for the Palm. These labels come in a loose pack of cards, one label per peel-off card. There is no convenient way to remove the labels from the cards and apply them to your Palm - while the instructions say you should fold the card in half this is not what they were made to do and you'll find it impossible to align the screen protector properly. Inevitably you remove the label in your frustration and waste about 10 minutes of your life attempting to freehand the application. The static from the Palm and the flimsiness of the protectors guarantee you will never get this applied just right. By the time you do finally apply them you will be treated to air bubbles across your entire Palm screen (I have steady hands and have over 20 bubbles, each wider than the stylus), which might protect your Palm but also makes it look like garbage. You lose some clickable areas as well. I have not yet removed my first protector, so I don't know if there will be any adhesive left behind or long-term negative effects of using these cheap stickers. I do NOT recommend anyone buy these - there may be better products out there, or just deal with it and use what the Palm came with.

One of the things i dont like of the palms is that the screen scratches very easy, especialy on the graphity area, with this protectors that is gone!.

I bought this stylus expecting it to be something like the original Palm stylus. Well, it's not. It's ugly, doesn't fit well into my iPAQ and it's also overpriced.

Conclusion: Don't bother getting this. You'll be disappointed with it.

I ordered this product thinking (judging from the photo) that it would be an Ipaq-specific stylus. The product actually delivered has the same product name as that listed, but is, in fact, a three-in-one (pen, pencil, stylus) instrument that can be used for any PDA. Most importantly however, it is absolutely not the product advertised here. They still don't seem to have fixed this error even though I advised them of it when I returned the product. Don't buy this - it's not what you think.

I've had this stylus for over a year - have no problems with the sticking/loose stylus trap thanks to this stylus. Great construction, couldn't be happier.

I have a 3900 series IPAQ and installed the software per the instructions. First problem, I could not open more than three maps at one time even though the book says ten. Second problem, there are gaps between the maps. I tried to have it plot me a trip from Atlanta, GA to Pensacola, FL. This is a straight-forward trip, but because of missing sections between the maps, it could not. Third problem, every second or third time I powered down the PDA when stopping for gas, I had to do a soft-reset to get the thing working at all. The system had no problems reconnecting to the GPS signal(s) during gas stops, except for these lockups, it usually took 30 to 45 seconds. Maps were accurate along the route, where maps were available. I found no updates available online to fix these problems. For around town I think it works great, but for any kind of distance, I would look into a different solution/product.

The Pharos GPS for iPAQ has the potential to be a good product, but the current version has some some definate challenges. The Ostia mapping sodfware is fairly easy and frindly to use, but that's where its good points end. The routing is not very intuitive. For example a simple direct route between two large cities connected by an interstate would not route that way. Instead the route has you getting on and off the interstate onto US or state roads several times. Presumably it is a shorter distance that way. I was told that version 4.01 corrects this and was offered a "Free*" upgrade. (*just my opinion, but when you pay for a product that is outdated when you get it, I just don't see is as you doing me any special favor by giving me a "free" upgrade). Well, anyway the upgrade did have an option to stick to highways but it didn't work, the software still routed me the same way. The software decides the best way to get from point A to point C, not you. You can't go via point B. The next issue was the hardware. The cigarette lighter plug would not maintain a connection and any time there was a power loss the GPS signal would be lost. The GPS signal itself was hard to get and hard to keep. I finally determined after much trial and error and frustration that the problem was the connector between the cable and the GPS antenna. I contacted Pharos Tech support via email and received no reply. I called and explained all the problems and requested a new cable. They would not do that, and insisted I send the cable for testing. Not wanting to be down, I requested Pharos ship me a new cable first that I would pay for then they could issue me a credit once they received the old cable and determined it was bad. They would not do that either. The only way they would work with me was for me to send them the cable for them to test and return within 2 days. I did. Three weeks later I got my old cable back, no explaination, no repair, just a box with a cable. Still didn't work.

Summary: Concept - 5 stars, Software - 2 stars, Tech Support - minus 100 stars. Maybe a real software company will buy Pharos someday because they really do have some good ideas, but do not seem to be able to make them wouk right and clearly know nothing about customer service or relations. For now, buy a Navman, I did and while it's not 100% perfect, it's pretty good and I'm happy with it. See my review for that product.

The unit installed very easily. The 12v connector worked very well and did not disconnect. Both the gps unit and the pda were powered from the 12v connection. The software loaded easily on the laptop and transferred to the iPAQ with no problems. The maps require a little forethought. However, loadiing all of the state of Indiana still left lots of room on an SD card for other things. The system takes about 90 seconds to acquire satellites and then routes very well. Have only used it for local routing, but that is where I would need help most anyway. I already know how to use the interstates to get from one large metropolitan area to another (i.e. Chicago to Cleveland is relatively easy get on the interstate and stay on it). Sometimes it tells you about an exit just a little to close to the ramp. The voice prompts are very helpful.

I bought this thinking that it was the same as the original stylus I'd lost. Forget it. It fits well in the slot, works well to write Graffiti, but it does not have the reset pin hidden under the stylus head/cap. If not having a built-in reset pin is not a big deal for you, then this is a good buy.

Read the "fine print". I thought I was getting the original Handspring stylus(based on the picture) when in fact it is a black plastic wannabe. Where are the multi colored 5 paks? These work but are much lighter and easy to misplace because they are all black.

I was a bit disappointed with these 'replacements' - they really aren't (though the accompanying graphic shows stylii that look like the original). These are just black plastic versions that are shaped the same.

Pros: They fit in the stylus holder ok and they're reasonably cheap. You get three and you'll probably lose some so that's nice. Just be sure to put the spares somewhere that you'll remember.

Cons: These are one piece shaped alike versions. They have no removable end with a reset wire like the original. They're sort of crusty to use - just don't feel good in your hand and aren't finished very well.

Overall: They work. It might be hard to find an original replacement now and even if you do they'll be expensive (relatively) and you'll probably lose another one if you lost the first. I'd say they're ok if you can't afford or can't find an original replacement.