Rating: 
Summary: Just poorly designed
Review: This cradle has some issues. It really doesn't work all the time and there are connection issues with Macs (which palm has all but alienated). Plus the new click in click out system and small connectors take a beating everytime you move the handheld eventually they break (the beefier ones on the Palm VX were much better). Plus it's HUGE compared to some of the other cradles on the market. In general a marvel of poor engineering.Unfortunatly there is no alternatives to this cradle so palm can charge you 50 dollars for an Item that should be about 20.
Rating:
Summary: Just poorly designed
Review: This cradle has some issues. It really doesn't work all the time and there are connection issues with Macs (which palm has all but alienated). Plus the new click in click out system and small connectors take a beating everytime you move the handheld eventually they break (the beefier ones on the Palm VX were much better). Plus it's HUGE compared to some of the other cradles on the market. In general a marvel of poor engineering. Unfortunatly there is no alternatives to this cradle so palm can charge you 50 dollars for an Item that should be about 20.
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Summary: How to sync with Windows NT
Review: This little device is the most sold out product in every store in the Silicon Valley. Without it you cannot sync your new Palm to Windows NT. NT is fairly happy with it, aside from the SLOW sync rate which makes sync happy web clippings crawl, but it does its job to the best of its ability.
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Summary: Not your father's HotSync Cradle
Review: With the introduction of the new Palm m50x series, Palm needed to make a whole different type of "universal connector." With this new "universal connector," we get a new fangled cradle. Palm's explanation for a new cradle and a new connector was to give true USB support to the cradle. Let's not forget that we'll have to buy all new accessories to cater to the new "universal connector." The question I ask is "Is it new functionality, or new sales they're after?" Enough about my rant on the universal connector. Let's get to the cradle itself. It's different that the Palm V cradle (I compare it to the Palm V cradle since the m50x series is just following in the footsteps of that series.). First, it isn't slide in and out, like the old cradle. To take the Palm out, you have to lift up, then pull vertically up. To put it in, you have to put it in vertically, fumble around a bit, then once you hear the Palm beep, you can nestle it back in the cradle. For people who don't know about the above process, I'm guessing you're going to break your Palm, so be warned. Once you get the process down, it actually becomes second nature. Granted, I think it's a cumbersome process, but the unit stays in the cradle securely. One issue that made me knock this cradle down to three stars (and this could be in conjunction with the Palm itself) but sometimes the unit doesn't charge fully in the cradle. You place the Palm in the cradle, the Palm makes the beep, and you think you're charging, right? You take it out th enext morning, go to work, and then you notice that your battery indicator is still int he same position. What's up with that? I've discovered that for the unit to fully charge (and sometimes HotSync correctly), you have to make sure the connection to the cradle is flush. The product does give USB support, so the cradle does have a functionality. For me, personally, I wish Palm didn't have to give us a new "universal connector" every couple of years...
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