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Summary: i has 1 system error.
Review: I have palm T3, M500 and zire 72
i find 1 system error at zire 72.
if quick-unlock and auto-lock setup
palm doesn't work any more. must reset.let's do
1. hard reset(becouse of installed application. anyway ok)
2. setup quick-unlock (system -> pref -> security)
3. setup auto-lock(after 1min)
4. turn off palm
5. waitting for 1 min.
6. let's try turn on palm but u naver turn on your palm.
any button doesn't work.
if u want to turn on your palm you must reset. i tested many zire 72 at staples, fry's and office depot.
also same problem.
so i return it
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Summary: A Top Rated Review from an Avid PDA Owner
Review: I own quite a few handhelds. I'm always trying different models. So, when I saw the Zire 72 at a very affordable price, I thought I'd give it a try. I wanted to see if it would live up to the camera and video promises I'd read about in reviews. I also wanted to see how it played encoded .avi movies.
Well, despite the problem that I hear the paint rubs off with the blue Zire (and now Palm is making a silver issue), I got it, and I am very pleased with it. Since I didn't want to face seeing my paint fall off, I bought a designed case called Piel Frama, which protects the paint. Since the case has a belt clip, and I bought it in black, it makes the Zire look very professional.
Now, practical uses. I own, and use with true regularity - the Tapwave Zodiac 2 and the HP iPAQ 4355 PPC - but neither boasts a still picture and/or video camera. So, would I make good use of my time by dividing up my PDA use with yet another PDA - this one being the Zire 72?
- Videos - excellent - just adjust the lighting and do a couple short clips until you find the correct setting. The videos may not look like much on the small 320x320 screen, but hotsync them to your desktop or laptop, and you might find yourself quite pleased.
- Pictures - excellent - as the resolution is quite high. Again, lighting is a factor - but once the settings are correct, you get wonderful pictures that look fine on both the PDA and your computer.
- Media - for pictures you transfer - in any number of methods - via hotsync for one. Or take your SD card right out of your camera and put it into the Zire, and you can have your pictures right on your handheld. Skip the transfer from the camera to the computer and then to the handheld if you are pressed for time. You won't be disappointed. Also, with Media, you can make any number of albums - including separate albums for pictures and/or videos. With larger SD cards being extremely affordable these days, there's just no end...
- Use a third-party viewer to watch encoded movies if you like. Crisp and clean.
- Listen to music for hours on end and you'll just dent the battery power maybe by half.
- Read ebooks.
- Use many third party programs, including a Launcher manager, and run applications from the SD card, thus stretching the limited 32 mb capacity.
- Play games - if there's any time for those, lol.
- PIM synchronization - even with multiple PDAs, using the supplied software, or existing software on your computer.
- With a Bluetooth enabled phone or device - surf the web, send messages - either email or SMS.
- Use Voice Recorder to record brief notes, or even extended notes (send extended voice notes to your SD Card).
- Use your Zire as a Remote Control for your home electronic devices.
I will stop here, for lack of space. But for something you can get for roughly $200, you will be getting a heck of a device!
Robin Taylor
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Summary: Approaching perfection
Review: I'll compare the Zire72 to the Zire71. On the surface it looks like a small upgrade. But it's not. The camera on the Zire72 is almost useful now, and has decent resolution at 1.2M Pixels. However the focal length is longer and snapping documents is less effective. For general photos the Zire72 works fine although taking pictures requires plenty of light and a steady hand. Voice memo recording is entirely useable though not up to the level of dedicated digital recorders. An external mike jack would probably have helped here. Quick-and-easy self-memos are the key value of this feature. MP3 playback volume is much improved over the Zire71 and the unit can now drive most high-impedance (32ohm or greater) headphones without appreciable distortion at any volume. Highly recommended, especially with a 256MByte SD memory card. Overall processor speed is markedly better too. I haven't used the blue tooth yet but I have used documents-to-go. This is okay and any limitations are those of the application; not the palm. Haven't used bluetooth yet, but I have to say this was a much desired feature and if I ever buy a brain-destroying mobile phone I will certainly use it. So overall? This is best of breed for me. MP3 is a big plus and the Palm is much easier, faster and convenient to use than Windows-based software. Graffiti 2 is more intuitive than earlier versions and works particularly well on both the Zire71 and 72. Is there a negative? Yes. My Zire72 came with a couple of broken pixels. For this reason I recommend a store purchase or make sure in advance that your supplier will replace a machine with one or two broken pixels. They are very annoying on a machine with such small screen real estate! This is the ONLY Palm I've ever bought that had a display fault so it's hopefully NOT representative.
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Summary: Nice to see Improvements!
Review: I'm thrilled that they've released this model (especially at this price!) While palm hasn't managed to get it "perfect" just yet, this model is a definite improvement over the Zire 71! If you're new to the Zire series, be sure to read the specs - there's a ton of great features for this price! For starters, there's a higher resolution on the built-in hidden camera. It's now up to 1.2 Megapixels, with automatic white control (which basically means that in most situations you don't need a flash!). It's not as high of a resolution as Sony's models, but still a definitely improvement. Of course bringing the photos to the desktop is very easy when you use the included Palm desktop software! Now with the addition of video it's even better! Second is the redesign - some reviewers of the Zire 71 called the unit "slippery", but I haven't had that problem with this model! Third, is the BlueTooth. I've found it to be less easy to use than WiFi, which is popular with PocketPC and higher-end Palm models, but still very effective for accessing the internet. However, with WiFi you can't connect to the internet AND have a local network with other BlueTooth users so if there was only one technology to choose from - BlueTooth is the one. I swear if this unit had WiFi I would have bought one for everyone I know! Also why it gets 4 out of 5 stars. With this model they have included a conduit to sync with Outlook, which previously had to be purchased. That's a big draw, especially for multimedia-loving office workers! They've also redesigned the model some, including removing the joystick. Some reviewers of the Zire 71 disliked the joystick because they felt it turned the unit on excessivily, but I loved (and will miss) the Joystick for playing the Sonic the Hedgehog game that was released for the Zire 71. I find that the directional button that palm has changed to can be clumsy for game-playing. Two years ago I would have given this unit 5 stars, but Palm seems to always be slightly behind the times. Of course BlueTooth is a nice edition, and the redesigned packaging is also a note that Palm is paying attention. However, if they had added Wifi instead of BlueTooth I'm sure they would be selling a lot more of these. The camera resolution is less than the Sony Clie's, but still an overall improvement. The price is what makes it such a catch - you get the basic functions of most high-end Palm Pilots, for half the cost. If you're into multimedia and contact management this is definitely the unit for you! It seriously makes contact management FUN!
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Summary: A great buy
Review: If you are debating between a pocket PC and a Palm, you might try downloading Palm's desktop software from the web. I was debating between a Dell and the Palm Zire 72, mostly because there seemed to be some rather negative reviews about the Palm on Amazon. What swayed me is that I love the Palm system, especially the desktop software. Well, I got my Zire 72 and I love it. I now have a complete photo album, a voice recorder, a camera plus the usually Palm goodies. Instead of hauling around a bunch of very heavy dictionaries, I am now loading them onto the Palm. No, the camera isn't as good as my stand-a-long Kodak, but it is fine and handy to have. The quality of the voice recordings is excellent-far better than my two stand-a-lone digital recorders. The included documents-to-go program works well and I actually do find myself working of documents in places I would never haul my lap-top. If you have an older Palm-my last one was an m105, I think you would be really surprised at how much more useful the newer high-res Palms are. For the price that Amazon is selling the Zire 72, it is rather an incredible package. I'm really happy I stuck with Palm.
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Summary: Zire 72, THE BEST mid range PDA currently available.
Review: If you are shopping for a PDA device, realize no other PDA at this price point offers all the features the Zire 72 offers. In brief, the Zire 72 has currently one of the best digital camera available in PDA's, 1.2 MP with CMOS technology PLUS video.
The MP3 playback is topnotch. Quality and ease of use is extremely good.
And built in BLUETOOTH! (this is the perfect technology for low power consuming devices like PDA's, cell phones).
Now, some people assume without wifi (802.11) capability you are unable to browse surf the web with bluetooth..this is UNTRUE. In fact, Bluetooth is a much better option than wifi for devices like PDA's, etc. It is designed for low power wireless applications.
To surf the web, all you need to do is share your internet connection on your PC, buy a 20 dollar USB bluetooth adapter (get the Linksys if possible, search amazon, etc..) and you'll be surfing the internet using bluetooth.
Bluetooth consumes much less power than wi-fi (so battery lasts longer..), the USB adapters are cheap, and you can use your existing PC as your internet access point.
I was debating whether to buy this or the CLIE peg37.
It's close, but Zire 72 is the better choice. Much better camera plus video, better mp3 quality, better design, bluetooth, SDIO slot. The only advantage the CLIE has is Wifi for surfing the web, but as I mentioned, bluetooth will work fine (and there are much more uses for bluetooth). PLUS in the near future, SanDisk will market a WiFi SDIO adapter card. Then you can have the Zire 72 bluetooth AND wifi capable!
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Summary: wrong pricing ??
Review: Isn't the price on this thing wrong. If you go down on the pag it says buy with hard case and crosses out $282. Meaning that buying both together will be less than $282. But when you put it in the cart the total shows $282 = $262 + $20 ?? regards,
Sumit
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Summary: Problems w Audible Promotion
Review: Note that at this time, at the beginning of January, Audible does not appear to be answering its phones. Individuals interested in taking advantage of the Audible promotion may wish to confirm that Audible is providing customer service, is answering its phones, and gives customers the ability to do things like cancel the service pursuant to the terms of service.
Oh, and the Zire 72 which I got through this promotion, had a battery problem so I had to return it and had to cancel the Audible subscription - but have not been able to get Audible on the phone.
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Summary: Good, but not quite good enough
Review: On the surface, this is a really good device, but after a few weeks of usage you'll start to notice some real flaws. What I like about the Zire72: - Brilliant screen
- Voice recording.
- Button and D-Pad feel well and have good response.
- Built-in camera, while limited in functionality, is still nice to have.
- Bluetooth works well
- Battery life is reasonable - as long as you don't play MP3s continually and keep Bluetooth off when you don't need it. However, I've noticed several flaws after having used it for a few weeks: - My biggest gripe is that the rubber blue "skin" will start to peel off. On my device this is especially bad near the stylus silo. My Z72 now looks quite worn, as if it's a few years old rather than a few weeks. The rubber skin provides a good grip, that is true, but I'd rather not have the rubber skin at all if it peels off so easily.
- The Z72 has no attachable flip cover, to protect the screen you have to put it in a separate case. This means you can't just whip out it out to look something up, you have to take it out the case first, which is cumbersome. (Carrying it around without any screen cover is not really an option.)
- The output signal from the headphone jack is *far* too loud. I have to set system sounds to "low" to get a volume that is bearable to my ears. I'd prefer having an even softer volume, though.
- The headphone jack output produces a clearly audible background "hiss". This may, in fact, have to do with the output being too loud in the first place. The workaround is to buy headphones with a separate volume control. This way you can turn up the volume on the Zire to drown out the background hiss and reduce the volume on the headphones. Considering these flaws, I cannot really recommend the Zire72. It has many things going for it, but for a device in this price class I expect better. Don't get me wrong: I still like it for the most part and I will certainly continue to use it. But had I known about these flaws beforehand, I would probably not have bought it.
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Summary: Good, but not quite good enough
Review: On the surface, this is a really good device, but after a while you'll start to notice some real flaws. What I like about the Zire72: - The screen is brilliant, photos looks absolutely stunning. (There's not enough variance in brightness, though. I've set it to the lowest settting and it's still a bit too bright for reading under low-light conditions.)
- Voice recording, very handy.
- Buttons and D-Pad feel well and have good response.
- Built-in camera, while limited in functionality, is nice to have.
- Bluetooth works well.
- Battery life is very reasonable - as long as you don't play MP3s continually and keep Bluetooth off when you don't need it. However, after a few weeks of actual use I've noticed several significant flaws: - My biggest gripe is that the blue rubber "skin" will start to peel off. On my device this is especially bad near the stylus silo. My Z72 now looks quite worn, as if it's a few years old rather than a few weeks. The rubber skin provides a good grip, that is true, but I'd rather not have it at all when it peels off so easily.
- The Z72 has no attachable flip cover. To protect the screen you have to put it in a separate case. This means you can't just whip out it out to look something up, you have to take it out the case first, which is cumbersome. (Carrying it around without any screen cover is not really an option.)
- The output signal from the headphone jack is *far* too loud. I have to set system sounds to "low" to get a volume that is bearable to my ears. I'd prefer a softer volume, though.
- The headphone jack output produces a clearly audible background "hiss". (I know from reading several forums and reviews that this is a common problem. In fact, every Z72 may have this issue.) The hiss may be caused by the output being too loud in the first place. The workaround is to buy headphones with a separate volume control. This way you can turn up the volume on the Zire to drown out the background hiss and reduce the volume on the headphones to get the volume level you really want.
- The SD slot is recessed too deeply. You have to push memory cards in with your nails for them to be properly seated. If you switch between cards often, this *will* start to annoy you. On the whole, I cannot really recommend the Zire72. It has many things going for it, but I expect better for a device in this price class. I still like it for the most part and I will certainly continue to use it, but had I known about these flaws beforehand, I would probably not have bought it.
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