PDA Reviews

Every iPAQ user I know either goes naked with the iPAQ (no sleeve at all) or used one of the *functioning* expansion packs like the phone, PC Card, or CF packs.

While these style packs come in funky (sort of funky) colours, they don't do anything, not even protect the screen. If you really, really want one, I suggest that you either spray paint the black one that came with your iPAQ, or, for less expense, glue some dollar bills to your old case. Now that would be funky.

At one tenth the price that these go for I probably won't buy one. At full price, there's just no value.

Sure it looks really cool to have a color stylus, but you could spend that same money on an even better program or game. Besides that though, there is nothing wrong with these styluses it just isn't worth the money.

This product labal is some what miss leading. Working in dirty envioroment the product performed well to help protect the expantion pack port from contamination. Also the brighter color were easier to find if dropped in high grass.

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 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)

I have to agree with the "lousy" review. It seems to be a decent setup,but if you need a light more intense than any naturally available, what is the point? HP needs to get this fixed so it is much more sensitive to light and can operate with a faster "shutter" speed to prevent blur and also produce something other than an extremely dark picture. I wasn't looking for something that great with a 1.3 MP camera, but this was a total loss. Can you say Return Merchandise Authorization?

This is the first time I post a review because I am compelled to do so.

I bought this camera to use during the Christmas holidays. I tried to use it the first time to take a picture of the Christmas tree, all I saw was complete darkness. Then I realized that I needed more light. So I turned on all the lights in the house and it was still darkness. If you plan to use this camera indoor, please forget about it! No way.

It isn't that great outdoor neither. I took many pictures with the automatic exposure setting. It cannot handle anything with a bright background. It will just be VERY bright.

I tried to use it on the ski slopes. I think it is because of the cold temperature, the camera has to be reset often. To make the matter worse, the pictures turned out literally "twisted".

I can't belive a HP camera can have so many flaws. Very disappointing. Please don't buy one.

For the price, this is a great addition for my iPAQ. I already have a nice digital camera that takes pictures in any setting. This is something I can carry around in my briefcase or my pocket for occasions when I need a quick snapshot. It's pretty much worthless in low light situations, but that's true for any low-end digital camera without a flash. Outdoors the pictures are just fine. They're perfect for email or other small requirements.

I bought this module to fill it up with pictures of my family and to use the Vibe alarm in cases where sound would get me into trouble. Hey, I almost forget about the color update for my Prism. I would buy another if it had more memory like 16 or 32, but 2MB is like having pennies in your pockets. I would suggest getting the MemPlug, which gives you a lot of features for a reasonable price.

I was very excited about getting this product -- the idea of no longer annoying the folks around me when my alarm goes off (which is frequent, I set lots of reminders for myself in the way of timed floating events) appealed to me greatly -- but now, after having had it for a little while, I'm afraid I'm a bit dissapointed. First off, the vibration action is a bit loud. Now, this is probably a side effect of the fact that it's also fairly powerful, which is a good thing, especially if you wear your Visor in a belt-clip holster, as I do... But the amount of noise, while far from huge, was a little bit annoying. That, though, wasn't too big of a deal -- it was still a lot quieter than the speaker, and yet it was easier to detect, because I could feel it, even in noisy environments. The big deal thing was that at times it has "spontaneously" (I haven't been able to track down the exact scenario that causes it to happen -- it seems pretty random, so far... There haven't been alarms, and I haven't been touching the visor) turned itself on (i.e. turned on the vibration motor)... The only way to turn it off was to either pull the module (which worked fine without causing any detectable problems) or to go to the "test" application, and hit the "Off" button. When the visor is with you, this is a mild annoyance, but once I had it sitting on my couch, and came up to it after a time elsewhere in my apartment, and heard (ok, maybe the loudness is a good thing? ;-) it vibrating... I have no idea how long it had been on, but my batteries, which I'd put in a few days earlier, were now close to depleted. So, if you're going to use this, I suggest you put it in before going into the movie theatre or meeting or whatever, and leave it out the rest of the time. (Also note: The problem of the module turning itself _may_ not be a problem with the module itself... it's much harder to tell if this is happening with other modules, and I _have_ noticed a surprising rate of battery drain with one of my other modules installed, but not in active use. Either way, this is something to be aware of with something that takes as much power as a motor, so I thought it best to state it here.)

It's a bit hard to turn off. It keeps vibrating even after you press to turn it off. I wish this also had an LED that flashes when something comes up on the Handspring.

I don't use it much, unless I'm in a meeting. I don't bother other people when I have a message getting my attenion.

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.