Palm Tungsten T3 Handheld - Review Gist

The bottom line:
The Palm Tungsten T3 combines powerful business and multimedia features with a Schwarzenegger-size screen.

The T3 and the h2215 are equally impressive. With its 400-MHz Intel XScale CPU and 64MB of RAM (52MB available to users), the T3 is easily the most powerful Palm-branded PDA yet. *

It includes features that definitively make it superior to its predecessors, like a high-resolution screen, more memory, a faster processor, and a flip cover. The first two models in this series were good, but the Tungsten T3 is outstanding. I'm happy to report that this handheld comes with a leather flip-cover. It offers great colors, great contrast, and is simply an all-around outstanding display. It's transflective, which means it looks best indoors, but is still quite readable in full su... *

Quite an impressive high res + models work). The display is sharp and has very good color saturation. It's a transflective display that's reasonably bright, but 71 , and shows no discernable color bias. Built-in Bluetooth is great allows you to sync wirelessly to a BT-enabled Mac or PC. *

There is the traditional two-pane graffiti layout, the three-pane Jot layout, and a QWERTY keyboard. All of the familiar buttons are present, although redesigned. The new browser adds rotation and extended screen support, as well as the ability to work with or without Palm's proxy server. Palm's usual multimedia programs are present as well, including Palm Photos and Kinoma player, both of which have been updated for the extended screen, as well as the RealOne audio player. 3rd party audio ... *

Power users who are partial to Palm's OS and who don't need built-in Wi-Fi or a keyboard should give the S$718 (US$416) Tungsten T3 serious consideration. With the exception of a thin Windows-style taskbar at the bottom, the entire 320x480 transflective screen is available for applications and documents. The unique screen is the T3's best selling point; it is highly readable and easy on the eyes, even in daylight. Some notoriously resource-hungry J2ME applications exhibited slight sluggishne... *

Palms Phone Link wizard makes it easy to quickly setup a connection with a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone for sharing a GPRS connection, Dialing numbers from your address book or sending an SMS. It is viewable from nearly all angles and is consistently backlit. The slider action is very smooth, and it locks positively into place in either configuration. Palms largest screen to date is stunning and adds a new level of use and productivity for a compact handheld. With the slider open the back ... *