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Palm M130
m130 Color 8MB PDA (Palm Computing-P80704US) Review, by Richard Baguley April 29, 2002
WHAT'S HOT: The M130 offers a crisp 65,536-color screen and a Secure Digital slot for $275. Like its lower-end siblings, it sports a curvy case, an interchangeable color faceplate, and a rubberized flip-down cover with a window for displaying the time. The Secure Digital slot accepts memory, game, and reference cards, plus the new Palm Bluetooth wireless network card.
In addition to all the usual Palm applications for tracking contacts and your schedule, the M130 comes bundled with Dataviz's Documents to Go 4.0 for editing and creating Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on your handheld. For showing off the color screen, the bundled MGI PhotoSuite Mobile Edition application lets you display JPEG photos and play short video clips.
WHAT'S NOT: The screen has a smallish 1.7-by-1.7-inch active screen area and is limited to a resolution of 160 by 160 pixels, so photos don't look as attractive as ones displayed on the 320-by-240-pixel screens that higher-end PDAs offer. Also, to be a serious handheld photo album, it really should come with more than 8MB built-in memory. Indoors, the M130's screen is easy enough to read, especially in low light with the backlight turned on, but outdoors, it's much darker and a little too reflective, though still readable. Rechargeable batteries save you the hassle and expense of replacing standard alkaline batteries, but the M130's lithium ion battery is sealed inside the unit, so you can't swap batteries if it runs out. We also wish we had the option of plugging the AC adapter directly into the handheld instead of only into the syncing cradle, which would let you leave the cradle at home. The M130 isn't flash-ROM upgradeable, so you won't be able to update to later versions of Palm OS.
WHAT ELSE: The midsize M130's hourglass shape feels good in the hand and fits easily in a shirt pocket. It measures 3.13 inches wide by 4.8 inches long by 0.88 inches thick, not including the flip-down cover. With the cover and its plastic stylus, it weighs 5.2 ounces--not the lightest PDA available, but not the chunkiest, either.
UPSHOT: Ideal for the entry-level, cost-conscious user who doesn't mind spending a little more to get a color screen.
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Reviewed by: Texanite
Strengths: Variety of programs available on the market for this PDA.
Weaknesses: Cannot read the screen in the sunlight.When the battery goes dead you have to go back to Palm to replace it. The price is the cost of another Palm M-130.
Overall: Except for the fact that you have to go back to the manufacturer to get a battery replaced and the cost is just about the price of purchasing a new one, this is a terrific PDA. I'm on my second one. Lots of programs available for it. And, the variety of ways to organize your data makes finding the data very easy. I really love mine. I will probably buy another one if it is still on the market by the time my current one goes.
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Reviewed by: grantconyers
Strengths: Color Screen, Atractive Case, User friendly, Lots of functionality.
Weaknesses: Dim screen outside (difficult to see)
Overall: This PDA is a great deal. If you want to take pictures and listen to music dont buy this PDA but if you want to keep track of your contacts and organize yourself a little then this PDA is for you. It comes with lots of software including that which allows you to open office docs. Games, organizers, picture viewers, etc. Its cheaper than many other comperable models on the market. I stronly recommend this PDA.
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Reviewed by: newpw
Strengths: The ability to hold hundreds of names and addresses
Weaknesses: poor battery life, poor Palm technical support
Overall: Bought two units...one died and palm has not being very helpful in getting it resolved. The unit does not hold its charge...and dies each week regardless of the frequency of its use.
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Reviewed by: mrstamil
Strengths: color, expandable, rechargeable
Weaknesses: only 8mb, plastic case, slow when reading memory card
Overall: This was my first pda. Although I would be lost without it, I'm looking to upgrade already. I've downloaded a lot of additional programs and used this for just about everything and am finding that it is slow on reading the memory card. I also would like a metal case, as this case seems to crack very easily. With the price of the newer models, I'd spend a little more and get more of the bells and whistles. I'm eyeballing the mp3 players and built in digital cameras...
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Reviewed by: bandit1987
Strengths: Color, great look, faceplates can be changed, very useful for school.
Weaknesses: On sunny days color is hard to see. Thats about it.
Overall: This is a great PDA, I changed from the b&w sony clie and was very impressed. For $249 with a $50. rebate who could not resist. My 64mb sd card is great for all my cool and useful applications. If you are looking for a cheap color PDA don't look anymore. This is the one.
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