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Summary: The Best PDA I've ever used
Review: I have been using PDA's since the Palm V, and I've had the followingPalm V
Palm Vx
Palm m100
Palm m505
Palm m515 This is by far the best PDA I've ever seen. I seem to try them a lot and test features with otehr stuff. The form factor of the Palm m515 coupled with the speed and bright screen, makes it ideal. The 16mb memory is more than enough for a myriad of apps. I LOVE IT!
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Summary: Great Palm until it dies an early death.
Review: Let me start by saying that the only reason I did not give this Palm only 1 star is because while it was working, I absolutely loved it. This was a great Palm pilot and I used it for pretty much everything. I loaded it up with third party software, filled my expansion card with e-books and played games with very few problems. I cannot highly recommend this unit and give it a 5 star rating due to the short life span compared to the price of $300 - $400 when I bought it a little over a year ago. I started with a Palm xe, then a Palm IIIc, and ended up with a Palm m515. The Palm xe literally fell apart - the buttons snapped apart making it useless. When the Palm IIIc stopped working, I gave Palm the $125 to refurbish my unit which they did. Then about a year later it was accidentally put into the laundry while I was in the hospital after giving birth to my daughter, which is how I ended up with the m515. Now, just over a year later my Palm m515 just stopped working. As much as I miss my Palm, I can't justify giving Palm another $125 to "refurbish" my unit or go out and purchase another brand new unit for $200 or more. I have spent SO much money on Palm PDA's and related items over the last three or four years that I feel like a junkie. I've been doing my research here at Amazon trying to find out if Sony is any better and it seems they are pretty much the same. The irony is that Palm is selling products that do so much, but if you use all of the functionality, you drastically limit the life of the unit. So until these guys can make a sturdier product that has a longer life, they have lost me as a customer. And COME ON, give us a replaceable freaking battery already!
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Summary: Hot Product, Lousy Batteries
Review: I bought an m515 as an upgrade for my worn-out IIIxe. This is not a logical upgrade path. It makes more sense to upgrade to an m515 if you are ditching a Palm V, because essential peripherals like your keyboard could be reused. Because of the 16MB of RAM, compared to the elderly IIIxe, the unit is very fast. This is noticable in operation as well as synching. The color display is very sharp and attractive, though a little hard to see in direct sunlight. The appearance of the unit is trim and elegant, though it feels heavier than earlier models.. It is hard to believe that it packs the computing power that it actually does. The biggest drawback that I have found so far is that the rechargeable battery does not last as long as AAA batteries, particularly if the screen contrast is set to "high", which makes it look really pretty. Fortunately, it takes a charge quickly as well. I am going to have to get the car recharger in order to be sure I don't run out of juice at a critical moment.
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Summary: Worked great for about a year
Review: I absolutely loved this handheld until it stopped syncing. When I started having this issue I contacted Palm immediately. They said it was a problem with static electricity - or something like that - and promised to send me a card to reset the thing. Well they took months to send it and it still didn't work. Now my warranty is over and they won't honor my claim although it started during the warranty period. I am not going to pay $125.00. It just isn't worth it. Now it is nothing more than a play toy for my children.
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Summary: Just An Outstanding Palm
Review: I have had my new Palm m515 for just over a week now and it is truly outstanding and a significant improvement over my old Palm Vx (this is my third palm). It handles the basics with the classic Palm efficiency and as a business professional, my ability to access a 3000 plus contact list as well as schedule is my top priority. I was concerned about the screen visibility based upon reviews I read but these proved baseless in my opinion. In all lighting conditions (office, car, outdoors...) the screen is clearly legible, although I do set mine to high brightness. Noticeable is the considerably increased speed over the Vx. I am also using the Dictionary-Thesaurus Expansion Card that is a welcome addition and is already getting significant use. The only draw back is with the color display, battery time has decreased substantially and it needs to spend more time in the cradle, a hassle when traveling. Note to Palm: increase the battery capacity! All in all the m515 maintains Palms position as near and dear to my heart as the best PDA out there.
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Summary: it lasted less than a year
Review: I had my palm for 2yrs but only had it activated for about 3 months I would not recomend this product to anyone.I liked it when it worked but the durability is horrible.I had my palm stored in the box it came in for about one and half years.When I wanted to use it agian it will not work and palm wants to charge $125 to replace. I wouldnt give them $125 for something that has let me down the way this machine has. I paid almost $400 for it and used it for 3 months
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Summary: A Totally Disappointing Product
Review: I, too, had a similar experience to several of the other reviewers. I purchased this Palm and it worked well for about a year and then suddenly it wouldn't sync anymore. I searched this website and others and found that the great majority of buyers have experienced the same thing. I am a medical student and several other medical students and residents would approach me with amazement saying "Yours still works? Mine died after about a year!" I don't see anyone in the hospital using this Palm anymore, even though many are using other old Palms and Sony Clie models. I read about the SUD (Sudden USB Death) effect on this and other websites, but when I called Palms Customer Service I was just sent on multiple goose chases. Basically this product was the poorest investment I have ever been involved with. After investing in expensive software that can only be installed on a single device and then having the device fail months after installation, I feel doubly disappointed. I wouldn't purchase another m515 in a million years. Please learn from my experience.
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Summary: Worked great for about a year
Review: Let me start by saying that the only reason I did not give this Palm only 1 star is because while it was working, I absolutely loved it. This was a great Palm pilot and I used it for pretty much everything. I loaded it up with third party software, filled my expansion card with e-books and played games with very few problems. I cannot highly recommend this unit and give it a 5 star rating due to the short life span compared to the price of $300 - $400 when I bought it a little over a year ago. I started with a Palm xe, then a Palm IIIc, and ended up with a Palm m515. The Palm xe literally fell apart - the buttons snapped apart making it useless. When the Palm IIIc stopped working, I gave Palm the $125 to refurbish my unit which they did. Then about a year later it was accidentally put into the laundry while I was in the hospital after giving birth to my daughter, which is how I ended up with the m515. Now, just over a year later my Palm m515 just stopped working. As much as I miss my Palm, I can't justify giving Palm another $125 to "refurbish" my unit or go out and purchase another brand new unit for $200 or more. I have spent SO much money on Palm PDA's and related items over the last three or four years that I feel like a junkie. I've been doing my research here at Amazon trying to find out if Sony is any better and it seems they are pretty much the same. The irony is that Palm is selling products that do so much, but if you use all of the functionality, you drastically limit the life of the unit. So until these guys can make a sturdier product that has a longer life, they have lost me as a customer. And COME ON, give us a replaceable freaking battery already!
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Summary: Hot Sync Problems
Review: I had a Toshiba E740 Pocket PC for six months, and finally sold it to step back "down" to a palm 515. The Toshiba promised some cool things like wireless LAN and an MP3 player, but it seemed like every 10th thing I tried to do caused some kind of annoying error, and worst of all the beautiful screen caused terrible battery life. With the Palm 515 I haven't had any glitches in the 5 months since I got it. Everything happens quickly, and with the "graffitti" handwriting system I get a lot fewer misspellings then with the Pocket PC. I'm just finding it a lot more pleasant to have a reliable PDA than a fancier one that doesn't always do the simple things right.
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