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Rating:  - bluetooth bluetooth bluetooth
i just replaced my Sony Clie 615 with the tungsten and i dont regret it 1 bit.firstly i also have a t68i with GPRS plus an apple ibook with a bluetooth adapter. the tungsten works flawlessly synching with isync on my mac. I also use my tungsten to surf the web using my bluetooth t68i phone. I connect to my phones gprs connection using bluetooth and this is definetly one of the best feautres. The provided web browser is excellent! The coolest thing about the tungsten is that its soo small! I hated opening up my tungsten to scribble something in but now i found a solution for that. there is a free software called NewPen that will allow u to use the whole screen as a grafiti area! I dont have to slide open my tungsten anymore everytime i need to write something! i would definetly recommend this palm device, its fast, its got bluetooth, and it works perfectly with my Mac.
Rating:  - Just not enough to offer
When I heard about the Tungsten T I was very excited and new I had to buy it. But after I had some time with the unit, I found out how little it truely offered, especially compared to other handhelds in the high-end price range.The Tungsten does have a very good screen, and the colors are beautiful. That alone is the only reason I could see why people bought the unit, because a great color screen is the only thing this has going for it. It has multimedia capabilities, but none are included in the box, and after all the excitement of having a Realplayer on the Palm, guess what? Palm reps have said dont expect too much, to paraphrase them, which leaves the audio capabilities in question. This unit is much better than their previous high-end m515, but like I said, it just does not have enough to compete with the Sony Clie line, or the recent new PPC devices that are much cheaper. I won't offer much in the way of the graffiti slider, because that is personal preference, but let me tell you, it gets very old having to slide it all the time to write down quick notes. If you are quesioning buying a new high-end PDA, look elsewhere. You can do a lot more with multimedia on a Pocket PC or Clie, and if you just want a good organizer, I'd recommend an OS4.1 device, because any Clie will do, or even the m515 if you can live with low-res will be more useful then this. Bluetooth is nice, but other PDA's have it or offer expansion cards, so it isnt a big advantage that some make it out to be.
Rating: - The BMW of PDAs!
As a computer geek and a person who really enjoys PDAs, I had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Palm's new ARM-based line of handhelds. When the Tungsten T hit the market, I was enthralled. It looked like a fascinating product, and I decided it was finally time to upgrade. While the price tag is a bit high, in my opinion the money I spent on the TT all went to a worthy cause.This model has a beautiful high-resolution color screen. It's also screamingly fast, and I have certainly noticed a difference in speed from my old Palm Vx. I like to use hefty database-type applications such as Pilot-DB and BibleReader, so the added speed is a great benefit to me. It also has great sound, and I look forward to having more multi-media software for this thing. It is not disappointing at all! One of the neatest improvements over older models is that it has become very possible to use all of the included PalmOS apps (such as DateBook, AddressBook, etc) with one hand using just the multi-directional D-Pad. While at first the dimensions of the TT might seem odd, it feels very comfortable in one's hand. It has a bit more heft to it than my old Vx, and while thicker is much shorter and slimmer. It feels more substantial, which I like. Now for the drawbacks! Being so new, there is unfortunately lots of old software for earlier Palms that seems to have problems. While most of my favorites moved over to PalmOS 5 and the ARM architecture without problem, a few of them have failed to work correctly. Among these are AvantGo and Quickoffice. However, it seems more common for software to work as expected. DateBK5, Space Trader, iSilo, Pilot-DB, and many others work as expected. Oh yes, and old PalmOS hacks which worked with HackMaster and X-Master also no longer work. Most of the drawbacks will undoubtedly be solved in a matter of time. I am very pleased with my purchase, and certainly think that the Tungsten T is worthy of its five stars.
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