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Summary: I just love my 310
Review: I wanted the thinnest and lightest one. e-310 from Toshiba beat the nearest competitor by a huge margin. I haven't really used any others, but my Pocket PC has been useful to me everyday.A Compact Flash Card slot would have been wonderful, but that would have increased both the depth & weight. 802.11b isn't available on SD yet and I haven't found (or really looked for) bluetooth connectivity.
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Summary: Suprisingly cool
Review: Have been using it for a couple months now. It's just about everything you'd want in a handheld and fast. Operating system (microsof) takes a little gettting use to, had some issues trying to organize my shortcuts for apps. Overall though I am really pleased and impressed. Kicks my old PalmIIIe's butt with a much better interface, but that's not really a fair comparison. Price is a bargin!
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Summary: Worst PDA I've ever had.
Review: First off I would like to start off by saying I am a big Toshiba fan. I thought they made the highest quality electronics. I own a Toshiba projection tv, regular tv, and laptop. All of these I recommend to anyone. No problems, great quality. The e-310 is my third pda. I had a palm IIIxe, m500 (now thats quality), but unfortunately I decided to sell my m500 for the e310 because of its multimedia features. I cannot complain about those, they were good for the most part.
Mp3's and video were cool with some video problems.
The organization and synchronization is terrible. I mean the options and selections are very confusing, and I am a power user with many years of computer experience. I did not like writing my contacts or calendar on the pocket pc, much much better on palm. The only positive thing about the software is that it synchronizes with Outlook. Very convinient.
Now why I think it deserves a 1-star rating. As I mentioned before I had no problems with palm os devices for 2 years. When I got the pocket pc i was concerned with the sturdiness. I could hear little creaks and rattles, but I wrote it off as nothing. Big mistake. THE SCREEN MALFUNCTIONED AFTER 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. I did not drop it or anything, the screen itself is not broken or anything, but the the liquid came out in the lower left hand corner. This is so funny, I even spent 20 extra dollars for screen protectors. My pocket pc is now garbage. Does not show anything on screen. I thought no prob just a minor inconvinience so I'll call Toshiba and they'll fix it in no time....
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Summary: Great Pocket PC for its Price
Review: This Pocket PC is an overall great product, with some minor annoyances. I bought it from Amazon nearly 2 months ago, and have yet to throw it across the room. Pros:
• Great Price!
• Good Battery Life
• Supports most software Cons:
• Only 32MB of internal memory
• Cannot run more than 5 programs w/o major slowdowns
• Lacks audio quality In addition to the above, I have always experienced a battery glitch where the PPC indicates a 86% charge and then the "Very Low Battery" message pops up, and then goes back to 86% again.
Another problem I experienced was with the simple 4-digit password option on. It froze, and after about 10 soft-resets I had to hard-reset it, losing all of my information because I had yet to back it up.
I have spoken to other owners of the e310, who said that they had not experienced the same problem as I have. So, I guess it is a single-unit problem.
This would make a great first Pocket PC for anyone who needs a dependable, compact, yet powerful PPC.
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Summary: Toshiba e310 not compatible with SD cards other than their's
Review: It took a little research and some time on hold to finally find out that the Toshiba E310 does not recognize the presence of any other SD cards besides theirs. This is a known, but undocumented issue.
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Summary: Beats all other PPC's!
Review: Same essential features as other PPC's but it weighs in at only 5 ounces!!! The battery life is good. Only con is that the screen isn't as good as Casio's screens. All in all, a great buy.
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Summary: Better than I thought...
Review: I bought the Toshiba e310, after doing a lot of reviewing and I think it offers just the right package for anyone who is getting into the PDA world, but I must say this PDA lacks something that should be pointed out. Although it has a SD port, and you can expand the memory capabilities of the unit, there is no way to put a modem to it, besides the bluetooth card. Except that, this PDA is great. It has all you need, including Adobe Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC, that from my point of view, is a must when you handle information. If your budget is not to high to buy a Compaq or HP PDA, my suggestion is to buy it right now, I think it is the right choice that covers cheap and functional
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Summary: A nifty, thin Pocket PC at an unbeatable price
Review: I considered a number of PDA's before choosing the Toshiba e310. I am starting a new job and needed something to keep track of appointments, tasks, contacts, as well as documents, and a way to make quick notes. I also wanted a way to lug around texts as e-books (medical dictionaries and the like). Some of the factors that influenced my choice were: 1. Excellent reviews from previous Toshiba e310 users.
2. A very competetive price (after rebates).
3. Pocket PC operating system, instead of Palm OS. This is more intuitive for me to use.
4. Not having to use Graffiti. Instead the Toshiba has handwriting recognition that is quicker and easier (of course you can also use Graffiti if you insist).
5. Large color screen with good resolution: makes it easier to read the screen both indoors and out. You can also download cool skins. I have Nicole Kidman smiling seductively at me every time I turn the machine on. (Okay, this was not really the reason I bought this machine...um...).
6. MP3 and video playing capabilities, so I can use it to listen to music while traveling.
7. Easy one-touch recorder button - this enables you to make a quick note to yourself. You can set the recording level any way you like - stereo or mono, low quality (2k/sec) to very high quality (a whopping 172k/sec).
8. Attractive size - somewhat long, but very thin. Fits nicely in a shirt or jacket pocket.
9. I did not need wireless connectivity - so this downside was not very important to me. Nor did it matter much that (as of yet) there are not many support peripherals. They are coming, anyway. All in all, I am pleased with the machine. I had some slight problems with Windows Media Player, but a quick hard reset solved it, and all my info was sync'd back to the Toshiba e310 in no time flat. Battery time could be better (3-4 hours) but is tolerable. Syncing is fast and efficient. I am looking forward to a small keyboard (there is one currently available - PocketTop, with a driver now for the e310). Also, since some people have been having problems with memory cards - the Lexar cards work well. I have a 128mb that is running smoothly, and is much less expensive than some others (but avoid SanDisk - the Toshiba reps discourage their use).
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Summary: Fantastic - but shame about support
Review: The e310 is a fantastic pocket pc. I know people with the iPaq, and they all look at my unit with envy. It is sleek, very slim, and superlight for a colour pocketpc. It performs all the normal functions, and with a 128mb SD card is great! I store all my photos, about 50 music tracks and more on the unit. The only quibbles I have are:
1. I have been unable to obtain a serial port cradle. At home I use the USB but in the office I need a serial cradle. That is a bummer!
2. The support from the rebate centre has been abysmal. I sent in all relevant forms, they then said I had not, then said to photocopy the back of the 'laptop', etc etc. Not too sure if I will ever see the rebate!
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Summary: e310 owner
Review: WHAT IS GOOD:
*Size/weight 5+: +It is literally POCKET device. It does not pull off your shirt pocket and is not bulky in pants' pocket (my wallet or pack of cigarettes is bulkier). *Appearance 5:
+It has sturdy & sleek metal case(hope it will never break as my previous Compaq Aero).
-Engraved button pictograms are hard to recognize (if you are not familiar what they are) *It has reprogrammable ROM 4: you may upgrade OS in future if Microsoft & Toshiba will decide to support this device in future. *Battery life 5:
+It is really EXELENT. After 4 hours reading the book (backlight was on), battery indicator showed about 50%. It seems Toshiba keeps its promise for 7hr operational. *Sync over USB 5: +In comparison with COM port synchronization (my Aero experience) it is really fast. WHAT IS NOT GOOD:
* Screen contrast 4: under external light source (like daylight) it is bad. But I guess it is about the same as other devices with color TTF screen. And one more positive notice - color TTF with backlight makes a difference!!! * -Record button is easy to push when you carry e310 in the pocket(event if it is inside its slip case). * Software 3 (I guess applicable to all Pocket PC 2002):
-it syncs with Outlook only (I have Outlook on my PC solely to backup contacts & appointments from my Pocket PC. A little bit overkill, isn't it? And it does not handle properly past events, when synchronizing after event due, it is needed to dismiss alarm one more time.
-In Pocket PC 2002 OS Microsoft dropped out repetitive alarms!!! If you missed important meeting alarm or did not wake up first time it rang you really missed it... And its volume is low. No chance it will wake up me in the morning for important meeting I forgot as my previous Aero.
- The same bugs I saw in WinCE 3.0 (Compaq Aero 1500), I can see it in Pocket PC 2002 (but they are minor). The great thing they did, is fixing infrared port drivers. Now it can communicate with Palms and cell phones. *Audio recording/playback is mediocre 2. I can see, it is a drawback of all pocket/palm devices. Amazing, they keep pumping it up with multimedia features but did not bore to
improve sound. *Memory 3: It has only 32MB RAM
* It has only SD expansion slot and SD memory cards are more expensive than Compact Flash. I heard from Toshiba support and read some reviews that it supports up to 128MB
only. And it is not really fully support SD standard, you may have problems with using future SD devices (see also what is bad below). WHAT IS BAD:
*Extensibility 1: Want to browse Internet (like finding a restaurant in unknown city, lookup what movies is going on in local theater or just find directions on MapBlast when you get lost), send and receive e-mail on your way, or use GPS to navigate your car (my friends who use it say it is really cool, you cannot feel it if you did not try)? !FORGET IT! There are only two ways to connect to external devices like cell phone or GPS: 1) infrared port, 2) blue tooth SD card... Even if you find SD device, which you can directly connect to your Toshiba, you would not be able to use SD slot for memory card (and you will need it with 32MB RAM only). Before I bought e310, I though I would not need anything extra like wireless internet and it seamed to me fair price for functionality offered. But when I changed my mind it was too late to return it back. *Customer support 1: The person who answered my call was aggressive. To most of my questions (I tried to figure out whether this device can be connected to anything other than desktop PC) he answered "we do not support it" and "it is proprietary information" (May be I got connected to their law department instead of customer support :-) ). He refused to confirm that connection slot (used to connect to cradle) is actually USB client (information is present in one of their online booklet). He said that SD slot supports only SD memory cards up to 128MB and they do not support other devices including Toshiba's SD Blue Tooth card (their web site and advertisement booklet say opposite). So, they called it SD slot (it just sells better, right?), but they do not go to conform with SD standard, Isn't that cute? My overall impression: may be I picked up not bad device, but the company is definitely wrong. CONCLUSION:
Great bargain for the price if you do not think to mate it with external hardware. But think again don't you? PS:
My overall rating is based on lack of connectivity to other devices. When I made my decision I thought it is not important. Now I think different. Judge your need (current and potential) wisely, do not make my mistakes.
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