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Summary: Franklin Covey Wallet with Palm m500
Review: I probably should have known better than purchase this wallet for a Palm m500 as the insertion pin is definitely the wrong size. However it has worked out well anyhow. I attached my m500 with the stylette slot which coincidentally is just the right width (but a mm too short) and threw away the stylette. Yes, this means the palm pilot is in backwards relative to the product photo but since its on a "hinge" I just flip it over for use. Ironically, putting it in backwards also solved the problem of the buttons getting pushed while its in my pocket since the right side is flatter than the left and nice and firm with few credit cards tucked behind. So what about a stylette? I couldn't find a stylette to fit the left handed slot on my m500 -- the one that normally attaches to the flimsy little cover. So I simply cut off the insertion pin from my old cover (keeping a bit 'leather' cover on the pin to maintain its width). I've been using that as a stylette instead and it is kept stowed in its original slot (hey I'm left handed anyways). Ordinarily I charge and hot-sync with the Traveler hot sync kit. In this way I don't need to remove the palm from the wallet each time I hot sync in the office, and I can charge overnight at home. I've been using it for a year now in this configuration. I keep 8 credit cards and a dozen or so business cards and other items in the various slots, plus cash, and it's still small enough to go in my pocket. Its the only full sized wallet for the Palm that I've been able to find.
Rating:
Summary: Franklin Covey Wallet with Palm m500
Review: I probably should have known better than purchase this wallet for a Palm m500 as the insertion pin is definitely the wrong size. However it has worked out well anyhow. I attached my m500 with the stylette slot which coincidentally is just the right width (but a mm too short) and threw away the stylette. Yes, this means the palm pilot is in backwards relative to the product photo but since its on a "hinge" I just flip it over for use. Ironically, putting it in backwards also solved the problem of the buttons getting pushed while its in my pocket since the right side is flatter than the left and nice and firm with few credit cards tucked behind. So what about a stylette? I couldn't find a stylette to fit the left handed slot on my m500 -- the one that normally attaches to the flimsy little cover. So I simply cut off the insertion pin from my old cover (keeping a bit 'leather' cover on the pin to maintain its width). I've been using that as a stylette instead and it is kept stowed in its original slot (hey I'm left handed anyways). Ordinarily I charge and hot-sync with the Traveler hot sync kit. In this way I don't need to remove the palm from the wallet each time I hot sync in the office, and I can charge overnight at home. I've been using it for a year now in this configuration. I keep 8 credit cards and a dozen or so business cards and other items in the various slots, plus cash, and it's still small enough to go in my pocket. Its the only full sized wallet for the Palm that I've been able to find.
Rating: 
Summary: Perfect pockets and great looks, some functionality problems
Review: I think they really maximized the use of space in this wallet. I can put about 8 business cards in the front slots slots. I keep Expense receipts into the back billfold. There are two more slim pockets on each side of the case where I stash some items not used/accessed often. The _biggest_ plus to this wallet is that the leather really absorbs impacts. I've dropped it plenty of times. The big downside is that the buttons get pushed frequently when its closed (fixable by Hackmaster to prevent it from staying on) and the bottom row of business cards rub the Palm and get dirty (I cut a piece of overhead transparency and slid it in front of the cards to fix the problem). So 4 stars because its great and the problems are fixable.
Rating:
Summary: Perfect pockets and great looks, some functionality problems
Review: I think they really maximized the use of space in this wallet. I can put about 8 business cards in the front slots slots. I keep Expense receipts into the back billfold. There are two more slim pockets on each side of the case where I stash some items not used/accessed often. The _biggest_ plus to this wallet is that the leather really absorbs impacts. I've dropped it plenty of times. The big downside is that the buttons get pushed frequently when its closed (fixable by Hackmaster to prevent it from staying on) and the bottom row of business cards rub the Palm and get dirty (I cut a piece of overhead transparency and slid it in front of the cards to fix the problem). So 4 stars because its great and the problems are fixable.
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