| Palm TX Handheld | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 674 reviews)
Sales Rank: 254
Category: CE
Publisher: PalmOne
Studio: PalmOne
Brand: Palm
Label: PalmOne
Language: English (Original Language)
Platform: Pda
Color: midnight blue
Media: Electronics
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Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 1
CPU Speed: 312
System Memory: 128
Memory Type: SDRAM
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Native Resolution: 320 x 480
Modem: None
Free Memory Slots: 1
Special Features: nv:Processor^Intel ARM Based Processor|Processor Speed^312MHz|Memory^128MB|Display Area^320 x 480 Transflective TFT|Display Colors^65K Colors|Compatible Flash Media^Secure Digital|Compatible Flash Media^Muti Media Card|Compatible Flash Media^SDIO (Input/Output)|Connection Type^Multi-Connector|AC Input Voltage^108-32 VAC/60 Hz|Type^Lithium-ion Rechargeable|Width^3.08 inches|Depth^.61 inches|Height^4.76 inches|Weight^5.25 oz.|Operating Systems^Windows 2000|Operating Systems^Windows XP
Display Size: 2.5
Battery: 1 Rechargeable Battery
Warranty: 1 year
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 3.1 x 0.6
MPN: 1047NA
Model: 1047NA
UPC: 725355674606
EAN: 0805931015471
ASIN: B000BI7NHY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Sleek, stylish handheld with 128 MB of flash memory and big 320x480 screen | | • | Built-in wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi (802.11b) and Bluetooth | | • | Easily manage email on the road or access files on your office desktop PC | | • | Expansion slot that supports MMC, SD, and SDIO memory cards | | • | Palm Desktop Software for Windows and Mac |
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Product Description
The Palm T|X handheld is the affordable handheld with total wireless connectivity that you've been waiting for. With built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies, you can check e-mail, browse the web and work wherever you want. Its large color display and sleek design are anything but business as usual.
Amazon.com Product Description
Created for today's fast-paced mobile landscape, the sleekly lightweight Palm TX handheld keeps you connected to your most important data--from email to files stored on your office PC--while you're away from your desktop with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. It also features a high-resolution 320 x 480-pixel screen (with portrait and landscape orientation modes), a fast Intel 312 MHz ARM-based processor, expansion slot for Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia (MMC), and Secure Digital I/O (SDIO) cards. The 128 MB of non-volatile flash memory (of which approximately 100 MB is available for files and software) protects your documents and information, even if the device is not charged and the power runs down. And, of course, the Palm TX features Palm's suite of information management applications, the ability to edit Word- and Excel-compatible files, and synchronization with Microsoft Outlook (Windows only). Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity
Stay connected easily when you're on the go with the built-in Wi-Fi wireless connectivity (802.11b), which enables you to access email and browse the Web at hotspots such as at coffee shops and in airports, or in your office if you have a wireless LAN network. You can even retrieve documents from your main computer with the included WiFile LT software. The Palm TX also comes the following enhancements: - Added ability for the device to scan for available networks
- Improved connection logic to automatically connect to available compatible networks
- Three steps to easily set up a new network connection
- A free 30-day subscription to all T-Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots
With built-in wireless Bluetooth connectivity (version 1.1), you can synchronize the Palm TX with a Bluetooth-enabled computer from across the room (within a range of 10 meters, or approximately 30 feet). But that's just the start. Using a compatible Bluetooth-enabled phone, you can send and receive e-mail and connect to the Web, send multimedia (MMS) or text (SMS) messages, and even automatically dial any number in your handheld's Contact's application. (You can also synchronize data the "old-fashioned" way via the USB connection at the base of the handheld.) For mobile professionals, the Palm TX provides all the conveniences of managing email on the road. With Wi-Fi access or Bluetooth technology, you can check corporate or campus email as well as personal accounts; download, read and edit a Word or Excel report on the fly; synchronize Outlook contacts, calendar, tasks and memos; and work with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, using VersaMail software, to synchronize email and calendar Expansion Capabilities
The expansion card slot for MMC, SD and SDIO formats lets you insert a memory card from a digital camera and view photos on the large, color display; you can even can add transitions between photos and present them as a slideshow. The Palm TX handheld's compatibility with SD Cards up to 2GB lets road warriors carry a few favorite home videos and be entertained on long trips. Support for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files
With the included DataViz Documents To Go software, you rehearse your PowerPoint presentation discreetly in an airport, make last-minute changes to a Word document, and check the numbers in an Excel spreadsheet and update them on the spot. The Palm TX comes with support for native Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. And with the included Adobe Reader for Palm OS, you can download and view converted Acrobat files. Multimedia
The Palm TX comes bundled with Pocket Tunes MP3 player for playing music files or Podcasts, which allows you to create and edit play lists, shuffle songs and navigate by album, artist or genre. The Palm TX also includes built-in software for viewing digital photos and video clips. And with MobiTV software (sold separately), you can view a wide range of television programs, including news, sports and entertainment, directly on the Palm TX handheld. Operating System and Software
Veteran Palm OS handheld users will immediately notice the new Favorites view, which provides easy access to applications, files, and folders. The installed Palm OS 5.4 also introduces the Files application, which enables easy navigation among folders and files. It uses the intuitive and easy-to-learn Graffiti 2 writing software to input data into the handheld (as well as an on-screen keyboard). Windows users can synchronize their calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes with Microsoft Outlook. The Palm OS features the following organizer applications: - Contacts: Lets you store several addresses for each contact, and with new fields for more phone numbers, multiple e-mail addresses, instant messenger IDs, and Web sites.
- Calendar: Use the new Agenda view to see upcoming calendar events, tasks due, and important e-mail, and color-code your events to provide an easy way to reference your calendar in the Agenda, Day, Week, and Month views. Take more notes, or synchronize more details from your desktop, in the larger Memos and Notes fields.
- Tasks: Use tasks with alarms and repeating tasks to set reminders for important commients.
Compatibility
The Palm TX is compatible with PCs running Windows Windows 2000 (SP4) and XP (Outlook synchronization requires MS Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003; sold separately), and with Macs running Mac OS 10.2.8 to 10.4. What's in the Box
Palm TX handheld, flip cover, USB sync cable, power adapter, 3-step setup poster, Graffiti 2 sticker, Software Install CD-ROM with Palm Desktop, Tutorial, Getting Started Guide, User Guide, and bonus software.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 669 more reviews...
 TX Good, Amazon Deal, Not So Good January 6, 2009
This would have been a great deal if the price of the Palm TX actually was $399. However, since the MSRP of the now-discontinued TX was only $299, the deal is not so hot at only a 9% reduction from the true MSRP. Note that Palm only makes and sells Treo and Centro phones these days; they're out of the PDA business. That being said, the TX is still a great little PDA that offers 128mb of ram memory and WiFi. It sync's w/ your Outlook calendar and contact list, surf's the Internet, and plays a mean game of solitaire. What more do you need?
Overall, pleased December 29, 2008
I have found this PDA works well and can be setup with iSync in Leopard (Mac) thus will import/export data to iCal and Contacts without issues. While bluetooth can be used, along with WIFi the first sync with a Mac must be wired through USB and from there settings changed via Palm OS for bluetooth communications.
The image display is quite good while the display for Office and other text related items are like reading text related items. Exporting or sending of Excel expense report to the PDA is another added plus.
 Flaky touchscreen digitizer detracts December 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For the first 10 months of owning my T|X, I thought it was the greatest ever - a 5 out of 5. I suspect many of the good reviews were written by people who hadn't owned theirs long.
At month 10, my touchscreen digitizer started losing its calibration more and more frequently. I sent it in to Palm for repair (and their customer service isn't very easy or fast) and received a rebuilt unit. That one lasted about 4 months (just beyond the warranty) and its digitizer started flaking out.
Today I can't write anything, and I refuse to pay Palm to fix it and get another dud.
Too bad - I've loved Palm for years, but they lost me on a bad product.
Does the job, and does it well December 25, 2008
Only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because a 5 star review would imply it's perfect. Very few things are perfect, but this is darn close as long as you're a fan of the Palm OS.
I ordered a Palm TX to replace the aging Sony Clie Palm PDA I bought used an eternity ago. The Clie is still running which is an amazing testament to it's batteries (it has to be what, 6 years old?) but the battery only lasts a few days now instead of a week or more, and I figured I needed something with more memory and a brighter and easier to read screen.
I wanted to stay with the Palm OS. I love the Palm Desktop. People grumble that it's dated looking, but it's an excellent and efficient design that gets the job done. Plus all my data is already in the Palm Desktop so the migration to this new device was wonderfully painless.
ANYWAY ordered the Palm TX from Amazon for $[...] on 12/21/08 (it sells for $[...] most everywhere else and $[...] at ). Ordered it with 2 day shipping along with a bunch of other stuff I needed for Xmas and it got here frighteningly fast considering it's so close to Christmas. Kudos to Amazon: I ordered 3pm on 12/21 and it arrived on 12/23!!!
ANYWAY I just love the screen on the Palm TX. It's so much brighter and larger than my old Sony Clie. I did not install any software since I already had the existing Palm Desktop 4.1.4 on my PC that was being used with the old Sony Clie. First time I synced the new Palm TX the old Palm Desktop just asked me if I wanted to sync to the new device, and it synced without any problems. Absolutely painless migration.
I am running Windows XP-64 bit edition which does not support USB syncing for the Palm (this is also true for Vista 64) but I already knew that ahead of time. I used to have to sync my old Sony Clie with a serial cable to get around that, but with the new Palm TX I instead decided to use Bluetooth for sync although I could also have used Wifi (Bluetooth sync seems to be faster and easier though). I ordered an IOGear GBU321 USB Bluetooth adapter from Amazon along with the Palm TX. I had done some research prior to ordering and the GBU321 does work with XP and Vista 64-bit (many Bluetooth adapters don't) HOWEVER you need to use the generic Microsoft drivers (allow the Windows Device Installer Wizard to search for them from the Internet - DO NOT use the drivers that come with the GBU321). The MS generic drivers work fine, and you can use the Windows built-in Bluetooth manager (in the Windows Control Panel and it can be put on the taskbar) to manage your BT devices. I never needed to look at the Palm TX manual - the device itself walks you through a wizard for setting up your sync connection and it was intuitive enough that I setup the Bluetooth connection in about 10 minutes without much of a hassle. You have to setup your Bluetooth connection in Windows as a virtual COM port, but this is very simple and done through the Bluetooth Manager in Windows. Bluetooth syncs are fast - nearly as fast as using a USB cable.
As for the PDA, it's a wonderful step up from the Sony Clie. The newest version of Grafitti (the letter recognition language) is much better than it used to be. It was almost worthless on my Clie. I still enter text faster just using the tap keyboard, but with the newer Grafitti I am finding myself entering it that way more often. Calendar and Contacts works the same as it always has on a Palm device, just more legible on this much brighter and bigger screen. I use large fonts since I can't easily see default small fonts without my reading glasses and they aren't always handy.
This is my first PDA with Wifi. It's not something I need, but it is handy. It easily connected to my home Wifi using WPA encryption. I setup the email client to access one of my spare Gmail accounts so I can send and receive email if I need to (I see more of a need to send emails than receive). It was easy to setup - the Palm TX already has presets for Gmail and other popular email services so all I needed to do was give it my email address and password - it already knew the POP3 & SMTP server settings for GMail. Mail downloads and sends are fast.
As for web browsing, I really haven't used it much yet except for news and maps. The browser is nothing like an iPhone so like most mobile devices the browser is fairly limited, but if you stick to mobile websites it works fine. The default Palm Portal homepage is nearly useless though. The homepage you WANT to use (trust me) is Google's mobile home page: [...]. Google really has it together. For instance I tried using Mapquest on Palm's Portal but it was worthless. So I went to Google mobile, clicked on Google Maps, it detected I had a Palm PDA and had me download a Google Maps application and BAM! I have access to a Google maps interface that's nearly as good as using it on a regular browser, including satellite image views and traffic information (if available for your area). Maps load fast. A nice feature is that Google maps can pull an address directly from your Contacts list.
I've also used Google News and NPR News on the device and both work very well. The PDA itself feels very snappy. It doesn't lag like some underpowered PDAs and PDA phones I've tried. Even running Google maps in satellite view - which you have to assume is taxing it's little processor pretty heavily - it's very snappy.
There's other features on the phone, but I haven't used them yet. My major need is Contacts, Appointment Calendar and writing notes. Frankly I have no need for music & video (I have a Zune for that).
Not much comes with the PDA: a USB cable (which I wouldn't recommend you use except in an emergency - it's hard to disconnect and feels like you'll break it when you do as you have to twist and yank it), a wall charger, a clear screen protector, and that's it. I ordered spare styluses and a docking cradle (just for charging - I'm used to using a cradle with my old PDA) from Amazon at the same time so the AC charger that came with it will go in my laptop bag for travel (unlike my old PDA you can't charge the Palm TX from the USB cable which is one of the very few disappointments).
The Palm TX itself is built well enough. It's plastic as opposed to my old metal Sony Clie but then again it's also lighter than my Sony Clie.
Pros: bright display, fast response, does the job
Cons: can't charge via the USB cable, USB cable is not easy to disconnect, dated looking Palm OS GUI if that bothers you (it doesn't bother me)
Great PDA but manuals but hardcopy manuals are missing December 21, 2008
The Palm TX has all the features as advertised. Great unit.
Cons: USB cable and power connection are a bit obtuse. It would be better to have a cradle. Manuals are only on PDF (download). Maybe I missed a turn somewhere on the manuals but my conclusion is that no manual is formatted for the Palm itself!
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