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Summary: Great Classic Machine, but there's MUCH better out now!
Review: I've been using Palms since they came out, including the IIIxe. Today Amazon offered this machine to me through their "Gold Box offers" at ($$$) less than their current price of ($$$). Unless you have a major investment in accessories that only work with the Palm III series, there is NO reason to spend any more than HALF this amount on this machine. There are too many other new machines which have extra desired features (removable storage, better audio, faster chip, etc.) that sell for less. These include machines by Palm, HandEra, Sony, etc. etc. The Palm IIIxe is a great machine, for 1998! :)
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Summary: bad product
Review: I am currently on my third palm IIIxe, it seems to just stop working. Won't turn on, and after 2 of these, I just bought a pocket pc. I will never buy another palm product again All they offer me now is a trade up, which is essentially 15% off a new one. Big deal.
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Summary: What a great deal at these prices
Review: The Palm IIIxe is a very durable PDA and it's built on the same easy to use PalmOS that's made it the number one selling PDA of all time. There are millions of the Palm III series in use today and for a good reason. They work and work well. With 8MB of memory you'll have to be the most popular person in town to fill that up with schedule and address data. The batteries can be a pain to change all the time but the Charge-N-Run charger elimates the need to every change batteries again. Charge-N-Run fixes both the problems with losing data when changing batteries and the draining of the batteries if left in the cradle. I like the larger screen on the Palm IIIxe too.
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Summary: Palm IIIxe
Review: This unit does not come with a powered cradle, so when the batteries die...so does your data!! Beware. We upgraded to a Palm 125....same problem...no power cradle to recharge batteries...AND the outdated operating system will not let you store programs on the 16MB memory card. Are you listening PALM??? The Compaq units are more expensive, but less arcane. Consider them.
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Summary: so i so regret i haven't read the reviews here before i buy
Review: my palm have the same problem, even i use brand new batteries it also will auto shut off and i lose all my data...so i can't bring this palm outside and it's totally useless...and i haven't use it long enuf for 1 year..so pls dun't buy this product unless the palm company can fix this BIG problem...i know many users have the same problem as mine, so pls read review b4 u buy any new eletric product..so frustrated...
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Summary: Very Useful!
Review: Here is what I think about this product:When my husband gave me my palm as a Christmas present. I didn't expect to be able to really use it since I'm a housewife and didn't see the need for it. Boy was I wrong. If you use a paper planner, you need to consider using a palm. I downloaded a few programs that I thought would help me and now my life is in my palm. - I track my children's growth and medication and shots, when I go to the dr's office, I'm never without dates, medical history, dosage of medicines etc.
- I have reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, appts. etc.
- I have a shopping list. No more guessing when I run into the grocery store. No more forgetting that one item I always forget.
- I can track my finances and budget and unfortunately for me, no longer have an excuse for not living within my budget. (sigh).
- I track presents I need to buy and presents I have bought, I track clothes sizes and clothes I need and I can play games. I can do almost anything on my palm. This is a product well worth having. You can read all about memory etc. in other reviews and product information. Let me just say that I have downloaded and downloaded and added programs and have yet to run out of memory. I have not had a problem with battery usage (and I use this a lot for long periods of time (playing games- shhh)). I have even dropped this on the cement, with no case, and it survived. WOW! Well worth the money!
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Summary: Good tool with (unfortunately needed) good support
Review: I love my Palms. I've had a few now. The IIIxe is a good practical model. THE BAD NEWS: What I'd like to pass on to the candidate buyer is that I have, unfortunately, had trouble with the screen connections (apparently) in this model (and the original III.) I would get vertical lines across the screen, with it eventually locking up. Now, I use it ALL the time, carry it in my pants pocket ALWAYS, etc., so I'm tough on them. AND THE GOOD NEWS, calling Palm Technical Support has almost always been a great experience. I was treated respectfully, helpfully, and when nothing else would help, was given easy replacement (in warranty.) THE BAD NEWS, AGAIN was that the refurbished replacement unit had the same problem RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX! THE GOOD NEWS, AGAIN, was that the warranty replacement of that unit was cheerful and direct. That unit has worked great. So, bottom line, I'm happy and would recommend them to anyone else, but I've had to exercise the good warranty service more than I would have liked.
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Summary: I HATE my Palm IIIxe
Review: In short, it does not work (the batteries die at least once a week, erasing all information, and it will not hotsync effectively with either of my PCs, so it is essentially useless) and Palm support is difficult to get to and not very helpful. I would recommend AGAINST buying this product!!
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Summary: Frustration on get repaired
Review: Two days ago my son drop incidentally my Palm IIIxe and the glass top broke out. I contacted the Latinamerican representative (located in Mexico) and the answer was that the cost of replace the broken glass top is 125$ + Taxes and the job will be held in Venezuela, just a few bloks from my office.
My friends how i'm gonna pay more tha 125$ to replace the glass top, if a brand new Plam IIIxe cost less than 100$.
Hey Palm Inc. can you read this...?
Is that the way you keep the loyalty of your costumers...?
I really encourage other Palm users, think about to be loyal with other manufacturers that could treat you in a better way.
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Summary: High tech tool for low tech people
Review: I work in manufacturing and, for the most part, we shun anything too gadgety. But as soon as I started using this thing, I've been able to capture thoughts and organize appointments better than I ever could with my old Franklin planner (and I went through 5 different kinds!). And it has saved my butt on a daily basis by reminding me of meetings and appointments. It's particularly great if you use Microsoft Outlook at work like we do. The software hooks up to Outlook with no problem at all. A great tool for regular guys. AN UPDATE: I've changed jobs to a company where we use Lotus Notes and I can't use a Palm at all. Since the Palm OS is written to work with Outlook or on its own, you have to download software to make it work with Lotus Notes. BUT the software is very prone to problems and our IT guys hate it. So, to summarize: Outlook + Palm = Great, but Lotus Notes + Palm = Trouble.
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