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Summary: Thin and neat
Review: I had a perfectly good IIIxe running Palm OS 3.5, but it was so bulky. This fits better into a shirt pocket (although it is still just a bit big for this) and is therefore more portable for me. The recent price reductions have made this a real bargain!
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Summary: Great PDA, but there are little things.
Review: I have just upgraded from a Palm V with 2MB meomory to the Palm m500 + a 16MB card, giving me a total of 24 MB. So far I am very happy with it. The added memory allows me to keep virtually all my documents on the palm. I also developed the habit of writing daily notes. The small size is perfect to be carried around ALL THE TIME. The m500 synchronized with my laptop easily. In fatc, I synchronized it with two laptops, one with XP and another with Win 2000. I didn't have problems with the screen shifting, which I did with the old Palm V. When it happened with the Palm V I just tapped the Welcome icon and ran the preference setup again. But indeed I had to do it more and more later on. With the m500, I didn't need it so far (after about 2 months). However, I would like to bring up a couple of little glitches, and I'm not sure whether you all had the same problem: (1) The To Do List does not accept "due date" option. As soon as you enter the due date, the to do item disappears from the handheld, although it remains on the desktop. (2) I don't know how useful the expansion slot is. I can't put many of the programs on the expansion card, particularly Documents-To-Go. Despite having 16 MB sitting there, I can put preciously few things on it. It is not clear that once the internal memory is full everything will be automatically written on the expansion card. I suspect you cannot. (3) Don't waste your money on the travel kit. Buy a USB charger/sync cable ($16, I bought it for $9 at Best Buy). It is much lighter, much cheaper, and much more convenient. (4) Palm is trying to rip people off by making the accessories for m500/m515 completely incompatible with Palm V/Vx. So beware of it.
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Summary: Perfect mix of features and price
Review: The m500 is a great value! It does everything I need it to do. If you are looking for a basic Palm that will not break the bank this is it!
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Summary: Best overall Palm for the $ - But 3com axed it!
Review: This Palm Pilot is an excellent model. I have recommended it to numorous people. It has all the top notch features at a really great price. The thing that makes this one cost less is that it is monochrome. That is just fine with me because I do not use my Palm Pilot as a game machine or Phote Albumn. It's purpose is to be a contact manager and color is not neccessary for that. The big BIG let down for this (which does not affect the number of stars) is that 3com for some reason decided to stop manufacting it. I had a friend try to buy a new one here at Amazon and they had even charged him for the Palm and then they cancelled his order and refunded his money. I really wish that 3com would realize that this is a very valuable tool for many people. Well enough complaining. Those of you who can get their hands on the last few are in for a treat. I upgraded from an IIIx and it is super fast on Hot Syncing. The expansion slot opens up unlimited options. The vibrating alarms are very useful.
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Summary: The best grey palm handheld
Review: I love this palm, it is really fast, really light and, the best of all, have a really great price!.
The screen is big and can be looked from every position, the indigo light is great (it's golden baby!!); the expansion slot is one of the best things, i bought a 16 MB expansion card and i have lots but lots of software on it (you need some software to do that better than with the software your palm comes with, i recomend "powerrun"), another thing is the velocity to sync the data, it is great, you can go as fast as 250000 bps, considering that most of the programs for palm are of about 15 kb the velocity of transfer is just amazing.
What else can i tell you?, as you know the palm os is the best around plus there are hundreds of software titles and games for it, you can use your palm to do everything, so what are you waiting to buy this palm m500? it is one of the most powerfull palm handhelds around.
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Summary: Palm m500 - Be Aware
Review: I purchased a Palm m500 from another retailer, and was unable to sync the unit to my pc. After several calls and 15 days, I was finally told by palm support that my unit was defective. They advised me to return it to the store for a replacement, or to send the unit and cradle to Palm for a replacement. The store no longer carried that product, and upon further investigation and direct questioning, tech support at Palm then revealed to me that I would only receive a refurbished unit from them. It would appear that there is a known problem with the Palm m500, as Palm support has advised me they no longer make this unit, and all the stores that I have contacted will no longer be carrying this particular unit.
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Summary: Outstanding Price for such functionality!
Review: I replaced my IIIxe with the M500 after 3 1/2 years of service. It's an outstanding package for the price, and the new programs/features make organization even easier. I have found myself using the notepad as my own private sticky notes even more than expected. The expandability is great, and the included Docs to Go software makes compatibility with MS products no problem. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Palm Products not up to par any longer.
Review: Bought this Palm 13 months ago and this weekend it stopped working. Customer service informed me that they are strictly enforcing their one year ( or 365 days as it's spelled out) warranty. They are more than willing to fix this unit for a whopping One Hundred dollars. Wow.
Based on that and better products out there (also available from Amazon) I've begun to research these better options. I would not recommend any of the palm line, unless you are willing to pay twice for it.
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Summary: extremely poor product and even worse service
Review: Never,never, never buy m500 or any other palm unit. If the unit gets cold below 45 - it doesn't work; if it should slip out of your hands to the seat of your car it doesn't work. I called customer service and was told to send it back. 3 weeks later they say they still do not have it even though I have the tracking receipt which says they have had it for the last 2 weeks. The excuses- 1. they have moved the repair center 2. So many units coming back for repair cannot repair fast enough 3. Has only been 3 weeks most repairs take longer anyway 4. No one working this week because of the holiday 5. what do you expect me to do about it things take time.
Poor product poor service buy from another company
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Summary: IMPRESSIVE!!
Review: Bought it last night and within three hours I had it charged and all the software loaded. Very easy to operate!!
I Like:
The contrast feature
Clear easily readable screen
Nice size screen
Accessible menus I really can't think of anything I don't like yet. I would highly recommend this product to anyone!! I'm a first time user of PDA's! The prices are GREAT now too. Husbands hit your wife up for this one for Xmas, it won't break the budget!!
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