PDA Reviews

the only difference betwwen this and the one they come with is that its heavier and uglyer

VERY BAD!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so glad the reviewers wrote about this stylus. I ordered it at the same time I ordered my Palm IIIxe. It's an excellent replacement for the very lightweight sytlus supplied. I join with the others in recommending it heartily.

I realized today, using the sytlus for about an hour working on the Palm, that eventually I will also want one that is the size of a regular pen. Gripping the thin stylus got quite uncomfortable after long use. But for regular use, this replacement stylus is still easier to use than the original.

Esp. for Palm users with large hands. I purchased a Palm IIIxe recently. The single fault of the IIIxe is the dinky stylus which comes from the factory. Spend the few extra $$ and get this stylus. The extra heft and weight are a must-have. Plus it still fits in the stylus-holster located on the back of the Palm. Simply toss the factory stylus in the trash and put this stylus in its place.

I'm a college student and the only thing I need a PDA for is to keep track of my appointments, write short notes about homework, and as an address book. I've owned my Royal 8 for six months now. This is probably the least expensive PDA you'll find that has handwriting recognition and 8 MB of memory. Since it doesn't have a lot of features, it was very easy learning how to use it. The included alarm is helpful as an appointment reminder or as an alarm clock.

However, the handwriting tends to be detected very slow; you have to wait a second or two before writing the next letter, otherwise it will not identify it.

Two months after using the PDA, the backlight wouldn't work anymore. Lately the unit tends to freeze when I turn it on. I have to reset it whenever this happens. Although you can select to partially reset the memory (allowing you to keep your Address and Schedule data), you still have to program your clock and calendar everytime you do this.

The good news is that I bought the extra warranty (recomended) and I'm thinking about exchanging it. Who knows? I might have just gotten the bad one of the batch?! By the way, I would also recomend in getting a case for it. The included cover scratched most of the paint off in the first two weeks of carrying it in my purse.

Overall, if the only thing you need a PDA for is to keep track of your appointments and contacts, this will be a good option for a lot less money than the other well known brands.

I am a 13 year old student who wanted a PDA simply to write down homework and other important appointments. After owning the PDA for about a month it has been spectacular.

It is reliable and extremely easy to use. It can store appointments, fincances, to do tasks, notes, and even includes a fun matching game along with much more. It also has a calander which combines everything that you have put on your to do lists and appointments and allows you to view everything in a daily, weekly, or monthly format.

There are two downsides to this product. The first is that it has a very short battery life, which should be expecting when having 8 megabytes of hard drive and only being powered by 2 triple A batteries. You can work from an AC power supply when handy though. I go through about 2 batteries a week from working on the palm about 10 or 15 minutes a day away from AC power.

The other downside is that the palm has an attendemcy to randomly freeze. When it does this you must hit the reset button on the back of the palm. Unfortunatly, to restart you must clear your settings in some way. Thankfully the quickest and easiest choice does not lose your appointments, to dos,notes, and other memory. You do have to reset the time, date, and location however, which becomes annoying.

Overall, for surving a month of being viciously shoved in and out of my back pack each day, and still working, I would say this product is durable, and definitly worth the money you pay.

This item was a breeze to set up and use. My computer skills are marginal and I purchased it as a gift for my husband so of course I had to make sure it worked LOL. I only needed to glance at the manual it was soooo easy. And very affordable. I realize it may not be top of the line but still has a lot of features and preforms them well and for the price is perfect for someone who doesn't need or want all the bells and whistles. Over all loved this item.

There are a few annoying things with this unit. It doesn't always connect when it should, but resetting the Jornada makes the connection work. It certainly isn't as fast as I would like, average speed of 14.4.
All in all, the portability and functionality makes this a great buy. If you have the bluetooth kit and a pocket PC, this is a must have; at least until the next level improved modem comes along!

As far as getting this card to work with my PDA, this card was certainly the easiest. I also bought an AmbiCom BT2000 card, and with that card I couldn't get my PDA to connect to my phone. It was very nice, just didn't work with my PDA well. After that experience, this took me 10 minutes.

Important added bonus - this is the least obnoxious card out there. It's so small that it does not stick out of the slot, which prevents it from being seen and/or damaged. Blinking lights on your card are overrated!

I'm using an Audiovox Maestro with the Socket card + an Ericsson T68 cell phone. I don't know what the complaints are about, it works like a charm. I keep the phone in my pocket and web-browse using my PDA, or I can synch them wirelessly. Setup was a complete breeze, the current Socket software for handhelds walks you through the process. I can't imagine this being any easier, and I'm shocked by the other comments. Maybe their beta software sucked, but the release versions are wizard-driven and simple.

Price gouging at it's finest. This is a simple 12V plug with a resistor to step the voltage down to 5V and an appropriate sized plug on the other end. Asking $59 for this is absolutely outrageous. Yes it's a handy thing to have. Yes, I'd recommend you have a way to charge your iPaq in the car. No, I don't recommend this.

Take this same $59 to Radio Shack and buy a 12V 100 amp inverter. This device plugs into your cigarette lighter and provides a normal AC plug (like your house) and will let you use ANY small electrical device without buying a collection of cigarette lighter adapters.

Ever been stuck in rush hour? Travel for a living in your car? Maximize your time and re-charge your iPAQ in your car!

I found this gadget to be perfect for those rush hour jams (or when traffic comes to a full stop!) to play games, do email, review documents, etc.

Granted you shouldn't be using your iPAQ and driving.... but if you want to spend your time in the car re-charging your device or if you travel for a living, this one is a must have.

There are times when I forget to connect my iPAQ at work. All day long it's being used and not charging. I just plug it in on the way home and presto....it's charged! I do the same for my morning commute.

Just leave this gadget in your glove box and it's ready to go the next day!

Ever been in the car on the way to work or home, and your batteries only have enought power to shutdown; and you just need to get one last e-mail through to the office on your power hungry modem. Well the auto adapter. Puts your fears at rest. Even if you didn't get a chance to re-charge your i-paq the night before, you are now able to do it during the drive to work.

Being able to synchronize the iPAQ at the office is incredibly convenient. The device installs easily into Windows 2000. However, where's the power cord? It would really be nice if the device could get recharged at the office, too. If you use just the iPAQ, it's probably not that big of a deal, but with additional accessories installed [modem, wireless LAN connection, etc.] the power starts to drain. Just a thought.

Having an extra cradle/charger is very useful if your like me and would like to sync up at both home and work. The cradle itself is excellent. Although the Jornada 545 also has a USB connection, it is not nearly as fast as the iPaq's (makes me question whether the HP's connection is -really- USB).

A second iPAQ cradle is great for syncing up at work--that is--if you have a Windows 98 system. Unfortunately, many people have Windows NT at work, which only supports serial, not USB. There is hope however, as Windows2000 provides native support for USB ports.

The iPAQ hot sync cradle one-ups the Palm world by not even needing to press the button on the cradle to start the process. You just plop it in the cradle and off it goes.

One advantage to USB is that it is about 6 times faster than serial. The fastest serial is 115,000 kpbs, but USB is 690,000 bps.

After 2 years, the belt clip has lost much of it's tension and easily falls off on occasion. Still willing to replace it with the same model though if the price is right, otherwise I will go for the Targus model.

This was a good purchase - I looked all over for a belt clip case since I don't like putting my Handspring in my pocket, I don't like carrying more than I need to, and I need constant, quick access to it. I had gone to many stores, and could not find what I needed. I was very concerned about the quality of the belt clip in particular.

The leather looks and feels very nice, and in the 2 months or so since I purchased it, I have seen no rips, tears or defects of any kind.

I like that the case has reinforced inner walls on both the front and back, so the palm/handspring is well-protected. Mine has survived a few falls, some hard contact when walking, as well as my son who used it as a car, chew toy and thro toy for several hours.

The only drawback I have encountered is that my Handspring Visor seems a little TOO long to comfortably fit in the case. The packaging advertised that it was compatible with Handsprings, and I guess technically it is. The only concern I have is that when the top of the case is closed, it pushes the Visor down and seems to stress the leather at the bottom.

I think this was a fantastic deal. Fast service. Fits perfect and I think will last longer than the cover offered by 3M. Thanks....

While this seemed like a great idea, this module did not work as promised. It was not removable and portable as the ad claims. I removed it once to allow a peer to try it in her handspring and when I tried to put it back, it no longer would work, and I lost all the files I had placed on it. Also, it now only says it has 2MB of memory, and can't hold much of anything worthwhile. My advice - if you need 16MB, then purchase a new PDA, that's what I'm going to end up doing. This module isn't worth the hassle.

Buy one ... programs run directly off of it , unlike other memory options. works great right out of the box!

This module is a life saver for any Visor owners reaching the memory capacity of their PDA. As with all other springboards, you just pop it in, and the onboard software is installed. Use FileMover to transfer some of those apps and files to the module and run from there. No need to mess with shuffling files in and out of RAM to make room anymore. Not everything will run from the Flash module, but you can usually offload enough of it to free up several MB of RAM.

Next to some of the other memory expansion modules like the Hagiwara 16 MB or the memory card adaptors, an extra 8 MB seems puny, but that's what I thought of the 8 MB limit in the PDA itself. It's taken me a year to collect enough apps and data that are useful enough to warrant keeping on my Visor fulltime. Now I need more room, and this card does the trick.

I bought this case several months ago and I am ordering it again because the bottom plastic pieces that hold the Edge into the case broke off. I love the case--even though it is not very sturdy.

A simple but elegant design on good leather makes this slim leather case a must have for your edge. The visor clips securely into place after taking out the standard flip cover.

Cons - excessive glue used on the strap but can easily be removed - velcro strap a little to long - it comes with only 3 credit card slots vs. the 5 as described - it does not have the windowed ID slot as described (which I don't really mind) - credit cards tend to leave annoying marks on my WriteRight screen - adds bulk to the slim "edge"

Compared to the aluminum case, this has a feel of more protection and the flap can hold calling cards for those days that you may need them.

The quality might be on a case my case basis. I take very good care of my PDA and mine was pretty solid and never broke. The best part of this Lether case compare to some of the other ones available are as follows:
1. No sticky needed. The Visor Edge slide right in easily. And stays nice and tight. Some of the generic ones require you to tape a Velcro on the back of your PDA.
2. Look good and the lether feels good.
3. Two benefits compare to the official metal case. A: No need to remove the flip cover. B: Does not block the IR port.(Metal case block half of the IR port.)

I do agree two major CONs
1. velcro strap a little to long
2. it comes with only 3 credit card slots instead of 5- false advertisement of amazon.com

To conclude, considering its quality and design, it is perfect for Visor Edge. And there is no better way if you want to protect this unit. So, as a visor edge owner, I gave it 5 stars.

I just received this stylus yeterday, (july 11, 2001). The stylus was great. It was very easy and also very fun to use. Then the next day I woke up and found out it was also very easy to break. When I took of the cap I had the stylus end selected. For no reason I gave it a little twist on the end, thinking nothing would happen. I was wrong! The Stylus part lost a lot of its spring back and was almost useless because it would always jam. I thought to my self, "well I am sure I can just brake into this puppy and fix it", that was a bigger mistake. When I tried that I just made it even worse and the whole stylus trio was gone. The stylus was a great tool and worked out great unfortunately it wasn't idiot proof. I recommend this stylus to anyone who needs the trio action to help them, but be careful and don't play around with it!

This multifunction stylus is a great unit, dont get me wrong, carrying around three sticks in your pocket can get quite uncomfortable at times. But I do have some gripes about this unit. The grip on it really isnt a grip, and I found that it slipped out of my hands sometimes till I bought a little foam grip to slip over the black portion of the barrel, costing less than a quarter. And the ink on the barrel can rub off, but by the time it does you memorize which way to hold the pen to get your desired function. And sometimes I find that my lead is broken when I try to use the pen, like it gets broken if you leave lead in the barrel. Aside from the gripes, the weight is GREAT for this pen. It sure doesnt feel light and plastic-y like the stylus on my M105. The orange tip makes it great for visiblity especially with screen protectors. The snap function is also great, easy to use, and the pen and pencil functions work well most of the time.
Overall, A great starter unit, and it is built to last.

I have had mine since Jan 2000 and it has been nearly trouble free. None of the problems with pencil that the previous reviewer had. The rubber grip on mine is just starting to show a little wear, but it doesn't effect my use of it. Since this is the only pen that I carry, it has held up extremely well.

The ball point pen is one of the best that I have used. No skipping or ink dots, just smooth, consistant writing.

Another thing that I realy like is that the stylus tip seems to be made of a harder material than many others, such as the Cross. This became an issue when I began using the WriteRight screen protectors. The Cross stylus was being ground down and leaving residue on the protector, which has a slightly course texture, and was very difficult to write fast with. The Panache tip felt like I was writing with a regular pen on paper and did not rub of or wear as the Cross stylus did.

Overall, this is a great tool. There are three marking at the top of the pen: an orange dot, a black dot and a 0.5. You lean the pen to the side with the dot of the tip you would like to use facing up, press the top, and you get the tip you want. The stylus tip is bright orange, so there is no mistaking it for the pen or pencil. It really blows people away when they see you writing on paper in ink, then you switch over to the Palm with just a click.

I have been waiting for this product for almost 3 months (it was supposed to have been shipped within 1 or 2 weeks)

If you own a Pocket PC and are in the market for an Ethernet card, this is the type you want. Yes, you can use the PC Card from your laptop, but it probably has another type of connector with a dongle that connects to the card. Fine for a wired laptop that sits in one place while you are connected.

A Pocket PC, on the other hand (pun intended) will be moving around as you move your hands around, move around in your seat, etc. This puts stress on the connection that the PC Card designers never imagined.

Like the Pretec Modem, this CF lan card will survive your daily use much better than cards designed for PCs.

Just plugged it in, ran the simple Internet setup program that is bundled with Zaurus, and I'm working great.