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Summary: Good product but lousy quality
Review: Unfortunately the warranty is only 3 months and during the fifth month, my Zire went south. I was unable to tap any info in on the lower half of the screen. To get it repaired outside of the warranty will cost almost as much as what I originally paid for it. Obviously, Palm considers the Zire as a disposable item. Too bad because it is packed with solid features.
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Summary: Palm Zire
Review: ...this is a total bargain. I bought a Zire for my fiance, she thinks the Zire is very cool and easy to use. She is not a tech geek, but took no time figuring how to use this palm. ... the device looks decent, and if you want a basic organizer, I thouroughly recommend this. If you want something that will take photos, buy your plane tickets, organize your sock drawer and improve your love life, shell out for it. If you are budget minded and don't need the lastest and greatest, save your $$ for something else, and spend less ... for this solid unit.
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Summary: Small PDA with Big Problems
Review: It's small size, cool look and Palm pedigree made me buy this. Sadly, the screen was very very small and the stylus rather flimsy. What really hurts this product is the inability of the software to recognize the Palm writing, 'graffiti'. Almost 80% of what I wrote was recognized incorrectly. After using Palm's for 6 years I expected more. I spent enormous time correcting entries. Had to return it. Unless you have a lot of patience, upgrade to the next level.
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Summary: could have been better
Review: This palm really disapoints me. I need a lot of memory for addresses and notes and this palm just doesnt work for me. For the price, Its kinda [inexpensive] and if you want a real palm for... more, get the m500
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Summary: The Zire is great for its cheap price
Review: I got a Palm Zire just a few days ago, and it has worked great ever since I took it out of the box. It synced perfectly with my mac, and I got all my contacts, and date book files on flawlessly. The process took only a few minutes. After I toyed around with it for about a day I downloaded some shareware (including games). All I had to do was import the files to my Palm Desktop software. Press the sync button on the Zire and walla. I had all my sharware on it. Everything is easy to use, and I love the notepad. The only thing that I would of had them put in is a backlight. But at the highest resoloution its fine. It takes a long while for the battery life to run out. Mine still is completely full. It can last for days, and days at the rate it is going for me. Plus last but not least the price tag is only 100 bucks. If you have limited funds, and want a cool organizer, the Palm Zire is right for you.
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Summary: A Very Basic Unit
Review: The Good: It's cheap. It has recharagable batteries. It's basic. It's cheap.The Bad: It's cheap. It's basic. The rubber cover is next to worthless, and annoying as well. And if you keep it in your pocket or a crowded pocket book, it can easily turn on. So you are recharging it very often. It's very basic. And it's very cheap.
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Summary: Beware the warranty!
Review: The Palm Zire is a great entry-level handheld. However, I question the Zire's planned product life. The Zire only comes with a 90 day manufacturer's warranty, as opposed to the one year warranty on all other Palm handhelds and most personal electronics. The display stopped working on the Zire I purchased about two weeks after the warranty expired. It was still in excellent condition otherwise.
If you have not purchased an extended service plan, the repair costs and shipping are practically enough to buy another Zire. This may have been an isolated incident, but be aware of your service options before investing in a product that may fail shortly after it's sub-standard warranty period.
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Summary: works great for 95 days - but only a 90 day warranty
Review: I was really happy with my Zire until last week. After 95 days, the thing will not synchronize with any of the PCs that it used to work with. I am disgusted to find out that there is only a 90 day warranty. I should have expected that since it's one of the cheapest (price) on the market that it would be one of the cheapest (quality) as well. I have been rooting for Palm in their battles with ...Microsoft CE-based products, but now I'm going to have to admit that staying with Palm was a huge mistake. My kids are now happy because they now have a new toy, and I'm going to go shopping for a better unit- and I guarantee it won't be another Palm product. You know the old saying "burn me once, shame on you; burn me twice, shame on me." Well I don't intend to give them a chance to burn me with their shoddy quality again.
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Summary: Great PDA
Review: I'm 14 and I recently bought this PDA. Though I've only had it for a week, it's already taken over my life and decided to hold onto any information available. After getting a book & CD-ROM from the library, it now also holds a selection of e-books, games, and other useful stuff. This is an excellent machine for almost anyone. The only real problem is its small memory and lack of expansion slots. Aside from that, a great little gizmo. It also comes with a nice dust cover. And Graffiti IS as easy to learn as they say it is.
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Summary: Its basic and it rocks!
Review: Anyone complaining about a lack of features in the Zire just doesn't get it - Palm intends this to be a basic unit with rechargeable batteries. For those not doing email or using complex add-on programs, this unit is awesome. Its small, light, and inexpensive. My wife syncs it with her laptop via the infrared port, so there is no cable to mess with. She recharges it with the adapter once a week or so. Yes its slower than the average Palm, but for a basic user, who cares? Yes it has less buttons, but for someone who uses it mostly for calendar and phone book, who cares? Yes it "only" has 2 mb of memory, but considering a basic user will be lucky to use 1/3 of that, who care? If you are a basic user, mostly focused on calendar and address book, with no desire for email and stuff, then get this. Its great.
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