Best Palm PDAs - Infrared irDA Wireless Capabilities, Handwrite Recognition Input Method

PDAs Wireless Capabilities: Infrared irDA Input Method: Handwrite Recognition Palm

18 Palm

9 Monochrome LCD 6 Transflective Color TFT

18 Handwrite Recognition 18 Touch Screen 10 Keyboard (optional) 4 5 Way Navigator

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Palm Zire 71
What reviews say:

'slick design.'

'bright color display'

'he Zire 71 remains one of the most uncomplicated designs we've seen, and we like that'

'The stylus is a piece of plastic junk'
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Palm Vx
What reviews say:

'the Palm PDA 's brightness is not adjustable'

'I looked at the Palm Vx, went “Ooh, pretty shiny thing!”'

'the Palm Vx also comes with the latest version of the Palm OS, which offers significant performance and functionality improvements'

'the screen does pick up annoying glare in certain lighting conditions.'
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Palm Tungsten C
What reviews say:

'I think the Tungsten C's looks are a bit dull'

'the battery life is abysmal'

'no MP3 player, a mono speaker phone style hand's free headset.'

'We've never been impressed with the slanted keys, preferring straight round ones instead, but they work.'
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Palm Tungsten E2
What reviews say:

'sluggish when numerous apps are open.'

'The d-pad is quite usable for productivity functions, but it's a little large to use with one thumb for gaming, probably impossible if you have smallish fingers.'

'Photos looked great, but the E2's integrated speaker sounded tinny.'

'rechargeable LiIon battery'
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Palm Zire 31
What reviews say:

'The Zire 31 also replaces the two-way navigation buttons used on the Zire 21 with a much more useful five-direction pad.'

'some very nice improvements over the prior Zire models'

'The color display is a passive-matrix LCD with 160-by-160-pixel resolution; it washes out in bright sunshine, and in general is noticeably inferior in quality'

'900 mAh rechargeable Lithium Ion battery'
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Palm Zire 21
What reviews say:

'The display is readable, but obviously, without a backlight, you're going to have a problem in dark environments.'

'slow processor'

'Look elsewhere for wireless capability, phone functions, and a pretty color screen'

'It's very sturdy, and the display is made of plastic rather than glass, making it relatively child-safe.'
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Palm Zire
What reviews say:

'This Palm's protective cover is irritating; not only does it flop around, it often accidentally activates the Zire when it's in your pocket or your backpack.'

'I don't really like the rubbery blue flip cover.'

'no expansion slot'

'It reminds me of the Apple iBook, and looks very cool in person.'
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Palm Tungsten E
What reviews say:

'Battery isn't removable.'

'remarkably bright 320-by-320 transflective display'

'the left side has a channel for the flip cover (which comes with the device), but no buttons.'

'PalmOne offers only a 90-day warranty for the Tungsten E, and free phone support ends when the warranty period ends'
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Palm Tungsten T2
What reviews say:

'Even after loading all the applications that came on the supplemental software CD, our test unit still had more than 22MB of available storage space'

'the Tungsten T2 is certainly one of the most compact handhelds on the market, at 0.6" thick and 5.6 ounces'

'The T2 has changed color to a silver from the gunmetal/purple color, increased RAM to 32 MB (29.5 available to the user), increased processor speed, updated the OS to 5.2.1, and added that wonderful bright display'

'A button for the voice recorder and a stereo headphone jack are high on the left side.'
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Palm Zire
What reviews say:

'good 4-bit grayscale screen'

'stylish, lightweight and fully featured PDA'

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