Friday, April 1, 2011

Palm V Hand held PDA (Electronics)


This review is from: Palm V Hand held PDA (Electronics)


Our office has been urging us to use Microsoft Outlook Planner Scheduler to schedule all of our meetings and appointments. I was originally keeping appointments in the old Franklin Day Planner. However, there was no way to synchronize the Franklin Planner with the Outlooks scheduler, hence I missed a lot of meetings. The Palm V has been an excellent tool to coordinate this.

I looked at the Psions, however, they were very big and cumbersome as compared to the Palm V. Size does matter(If I wanted a laptop, I would have gotten one). The compact size of the Palm V is a major benefit and the fact that it synchronizes with my PC makes this great.

I have several problems with it however. The first is when the Palm V is in my pocket, the cover sometimes closes on the buttons on the front and you hear a clicking sound. I am sure this kills the battery, let alone annoying. I have looked into a hard case, but now you start to get back into the larger size issue. The other problem I have had with the Palm V is that the touch sensitive screen has lost its "touch". It got to the point where I could not even use the Palm V at all. It was not responsive to any touch of the stylus. It just locked up. I eventually had to reboot and it seemed to have cured the problem, but it is slower than when I first purchased it and still is erratic in its touch repsonse. Has anyone else had this problem? I have almost gotten to the point where I have quit using it. Maybe the Psion will win out?

Overall, I think it is a helluva tool, as long as it works!
Palm V Hand held PDA (Electronics) at amazon.com

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