PDA Reviews

What is up with this cable, I exchanged TWO of these cables. It does NOT work with the Palm M125, you plug it in and nothing happends. There isn't even a SYNC button, the funny part is that the sticker on the cable says Palm M500/505 but not M125. However, the box does say M125!

The last reviewer said it doesn't sync. Well it doesn't say it is supposed to sync. It is a charger.

The product is weak and the company is bad at customer service.

I just got this unit for $249.00 on sale. It works fantastic. Most complaints I have heard have to do with user error and not getting the apporpriate updates. Works like a dream, I recommend it highly.

I purchased this unit based on another reader review, unfortunately, my experience was not as positive as his. To start off, the instructions are very vague, leaving you to figure out how to use the unit. The software, which basically performs all of your mapping functions, is spread out across 4 CDs with little direction, so again, you're on your own to try to figure out how to get a map and directions into your Palm Pilot and working with the GPS. And after waiting for 90 minutes for the unit to lock into a satellite, it never happened. Even standing out in the open with no obstacles. Plus the Palm processor is too slow to correctly run the maps. Save your money is my advice. I have already sent my unit back.

What an excellent GPS. It's mount holds the palm quite well and it tracks the satellites quickly (as short as 15 seconds). The software could use a few tweaks. But all in all it is easy to use. The quality of the hardware is outstanding and it comes with everything. The car power adapter, the windshield mount and the charger are included. The maps don't take up too much space on the palm. And I like the feature where you can select what items of intrest you want to store on your map. (Banks, Resturants, Hotels, Hospitals Etc.) It helps to keep the maps small.
If you have a Palm and you travel get a Navman it's a bargan!

I bought this little card to store MP3s and my digital photos. When the card came in the mail, I gently took it out of the package and slid it into my Palm Zire 71. I immediately tried deleting SplashClock (a program pre-loaded on the card), and received and error screen saying the card was Read-Only. This didn't make any sense to me! After a frustrating ordeal, I noticed the tiny lock tab was missing off the side of the card. I dug the packaging out of the garbage can, and thankfully the little tab was still inside. Mind you, the card is a piece of junk without that little tab.

After managing to lock the tab into place, the card worked very well for about a month. A few days ago, I tried hot syncing 5 or 6 MP3s onto the card. When I took the palm off the cradle after syncing, it said there was NO CARD INSERTED!!! Now it won't recognize my card at all. Essentially, I have a very expensive piece of useless plastic. I am in the process of trying to get my money back. What a rip-off!

It is amazing how much storage you can have in a problem-free littlecard. It comes with softwre, and the Palm just recognize it inmediately without doing anything. I love this card.

because it cannot be attached to it. The description says it is compatible with the Tungsten series, and the other review saying that it was not compatible with Tungsten E was not there when I placed my order. I hope I won't have to pay the return postage ...

This product comes up as an accessory for the Tungsten E. It is not. I am sure it is good for the ones mentioned just don't buy it for your Tungsten E.

Palm's Worldcities is competing with a host of free up-to-date and easy to read information available in all airport arrivals lounges - and frankly, it performs poorly, I returned the product after just two days of navigating in NYC.

Palm's CitySync maps are low resolution and difficult to read on the Palm's screen - most cities have excellent foldout maps available for just a few dollars. For what's on and where to eat, 'TimeOut' or the equivalent weekly what's on magazine has got all the up-to-date info on where to eat and party, and CitySync's tourist info is a poor rendition on Lonely Planets excellent printed city guides.

The World Cities card does come bundled with some more or less useful software, including a trial version of the award-winning City Time global time application.

Clonclsusion: Spend the purchase price on local maps, what's on guides, and treat yourself to dinner and a few beers with the change.

This card is GREAT! It has awesome travel guides of a bunch of cities like ROME, Amsterdam and New York! Everything is in high resolution so it looks great on the Tungsten T. The language translator, Small Talk, rocks! I highly recommend this for travelers!

Suffice it to say, if you are really into using databases effectively, puchase ThinkDB or HanDbase and a memory upgrade. You will be miles ahead of this overpriced, exceptionally poorly designed database. The biggest detriment is that tables can ONLY be designed on the desktop and then downloaded (hotsync'd) to the PDA. You can NOT design on the fly.

I love this product! It's easy and intuitive to use - I've created lots of personal and business databases. The reference databases provided with the product are quite useful.

I have a Cassiopeia E-115 Pocket PC, which comes with only a serial sync base unit. I sync my E115 to my laptop using MS ActiveSync 3.1.

I recently bought a Socket USB card in order to sync my E115 to my laptop's USB port, which I thought would be much faster than using the serial sync. I followed the quick setup instructions that were shipped with the Socket USB card, but I have found the sync rate to be as slow as the serial sync. I've also tried copying files over the USB sync cable (using MS ActiveSync's explore button) and the transfer rates are again as slow as serial.

My experience with the Socket USB card has been highly unsatisfactory. It does not even come close to meeting my expectations, nor the claim on their website of "Perform ActiveSync at speeds faster than a serial cable".

I've contacted Socket about my issue, but they seem to not have tested this product (they could not indicate how much faster the USB should be than serial) and I am still waiting for a satisfactory response.

A definite "Do not recommend". I need to get my money back.

The Socket USB Sync Compact Flash (CF) card is great for speeding up PocketPC synchronizations, or for reducing the amount of supporting equipment you need to carry around to AutoSync while on the road.

The USB Sync CF card give me much faster ways to AutoSync than the standard RS-232 connection in my Compaq Aero 1550's base station. I can just plug the USB cable into the USB Sync CF card (which I usually leave in the PocketPC) and AutoSync starts up almost immediately. The included USB cable is small enough, and light enough, that I can carry it around in my PocketPC's case with no problem. And it is a real breeze when hooking up with my laptop. The improvement in AutoSync speed is really noticeable when transferring large music files. This was a painful 15 to 20 minute exercise with the RS-232 connection but is now just 2 to 3 minutes.

I have both Socket's Ethernet CF Card and their USB Sync CF Card. While both the Ethernet card and USB card speed up synchronization there is one annoyance with using the Ethernet card. With the Ethernet card there is a delay while the PocketPC searches the network for my PC that is running AutoSync (make sure to have a WINS server or specify the IP address of the PC as explained in the documentation). While Socket will send you a crossover box so that you can directly connect a laptop's Ethernet adapter to the PocketPC's, it is more stuff to carry around. Also I have had more trouble locating a convenient place to attach to the network than I have in finding a convenient USB plug.

While the Ethernet card has its uses, I give the USB card the nod for ease of use, less stuff to carry around, and easier connections when away from home. With the USB CF card I can leave the Aero's base station behind and just take my power adapter and my Socket USB Sync card when I travel, or just leave the USB cable sitting by my PC ready for a quick sync.

In sum, the Socket USB Sync CF Card addresses the annoying problem of slow AutoSync times and it works exactly the way one hopes that it would.

I bought the Sumdex GLP-807 Leather Bi-Fold Wallet for Pocket PC expecting to use it with an iPAQ 3670, the smallest PocketPC. The printing on the package was showing a Palm V. A sticker on the box said it fits iPAQ, HP, ect.

While it may or may not be big enough to fit a naked iPAQ, mounting requires a Velco patch. No way was I going to apply directly it to the iPAQ for fear the iPAQ will not fit into the PCMIA jacket with the Velco. So I put the iPAQ in the thin (no slot) stylepac and tried to fit it to the case. Way too small. Looks like a good case for a PALM V using the built in rail but not for a PocketPC.

I love this case. It holds my Palm, credit cards, business cards, and cash when I travel. It's made well and the leather is real nice. Mine came with a 2 in 1 stylus/pen which was a nice extra. The notepad is nice for writing down quick notes.
I have seen many cases but this was is real classy and affordable!

While attractive in appearance, this leather case has one fatal flaw; the magnetic "snap" closure is all but useless, coming open at the slightest touch. Since there is currently no real alternative, I can recommend this product as long as the price stays (where it is). However, I expect this model will disappear from the market as soon as other manufacturers catch up to the needs of Jornada 720 users.

This leather "wallet" looks very professional, has plenty of compartments for credit cards, cash, checkbook, etc. The closure is actually a magnetic snap, not velcro (which is better anyway). It's not very well padded, this case is more for transport and convenience than for protection. My problem is that the review wasn't very clear that this is for Palmtops, or much larger organizers. I have a HP Jornada 540 Series and this is WAY TOO BIG! I'm very disappointed as there aren't too many cases out there for my size PDA. Other than that, this would be a great buy, it's very nice.