Palm Tungsten E

PalmOne Tungsten E

June 7, 2004

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• Reviewed by: coolvarma

  Strengths: Bright color screen, MP3, Infrared, Sleek steel look, sd card slot, in-built speaker, password protected, low $$$.

  Weaknesses: No Blue tooth, Ofcourse Weeeak built-in battery, No Camera, No cradle.

  Overall: Why did I buy Palm Tungsten E? Had Sharp organizer (with key board same size as palm E), it was very good. Sharp is not manufacturing it anymore so looked out for PDA's. Palm E is my first PDA style organizer. Got for $105 including leather case, car & USB chargers at Sams club. How does it Work: Works very good. I like Word-to-go, Excel sheet colors, bright color visible in sunlight. Most often I use it for calander, memo section and 'contacts' . The format - display of contacts is not that good. Wireless transfers: No blue tooth but my cell phone has infrared also. So I can transfer images, small audio-video files, without cables easily (even though it takes a couple of minutes). MP3-Audio-Video: Sound quality of Mono-Speaker is okay. Sound quality of Stereo-headphones is GOOD :). Downloaded kinoma video player but not all files can be played. Stores upto 1 gb in SD card. Did not try 2gb SD cards yet.Internet Browsing: Downloaded Avantgo for browsing day-to-day web pages. But am not impressed with display of pages. Also since I store email passwords etc, in my E, I don't feel secure doing a hot sync (downloads) through LIVE websites. Try high end -more$$$- PDA's for browsing internet.Last but not the least: Mr.Battery is non removable. Charges quickly and looses power at the same rate..quickly. But my car charger (got as part of package) and USB charger (charge from office desktop!!) do some compensation. GPS-Navigation: Not Compatable. Rich or hi-fi people can look out for PDA that is compatable with Navigation or GPS devices like tomtom such as Palm LifeDrive etc. Also, I can dial my cell phone from a distance of about 10 feet using "phone-dialer" in E. Exciting right! But its useless.Battery is the main weakness. Others are perfect.You may also consider taking 1 yr extra-warranty (for $5-10 more at wholesale clubs, and about $20 at retailers like Bestbuy, CC). happy hunting.I definately recommend for casual, first-time users,daily users in low budget. If you get Palm Tungsten E2 for almost same price as E, then go for it since its somewhat tomtom capable, has bluetooth and has Intel processor inside.

• Reviewed by: spnihongo

  Strengths: Love the color screen, the jammed pack-full software, and its ability to customize menus. Easy to use.

  Weaknesses: Battery life is short! No battery to remove/recharge.

  Overall: I have used the Tungsten E for well over a year now. For years I lugged around a heavy planner. For those of you who need an affordable and convenient organizer, the TE is the PDA to use. You can hotsync your PDA with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, use the Calendar, keep track of your daily contacts, and other features. You can read e-books, listen to music, look at your photos, and download third party applications (look at the specs carefully, though!). You can do email but I didn't use that.One annoyance is the location of the power cord. I use a PDA keyboard and I have difficulty placing my PDA vertically on the keyboard. Battery life is a definite problem--the Tungsten E is a good model for those who are near a power source a lot (I am). For those who travel I would recommend a different model.But if you are looking for a cheap PDA with a huge number of features, then the TE is for you.

• Reviewed by: quiltndeb

  Strengths: Nice design

  Weaknesses: No battery life, only 90 day warranty

  Overall: This product would be great except that the battery stops holding a charge after about a year of light use. And Palm wants another $125 to replace it. Not a good value in my book. Makes an expensive paperweight.

• Reviewed by: iangarratt

  Strengths: Top screen, definition is 10/10, small, good software bundle, easy to use

  Weaknesses: Lack of blue tooth/wifi or any other way to communicate other than ir or usb

  Overall: Was got as present along with GPS satnav system, wonderfull pda, software (when you get past the pay stuff) is plentyfull and easy to install, have to sync with the pc tool but has not been an issue as usualy downloaded to pc first. Have got email, and internet working tho, internet can be slow and painfull. Games and other software works a treat. Would recomend a different launcher as Palm one is bit naf. I got a win XP version free from freewarepalm.comOnly big pain is comms with network and pc, infared works well but is slow, usb is really the best and as it has it's own usb not need to carry a cradle (usefull as they dont make one !) Would buy again but would HAVE to have blue tooth.

• Reviewed by: valeegrl

  Strengths: Price

  Weaknesses: Well, it doesn't work...

  Overall: I bought the Tungsten E because I am a medical student and needed it to look up medical conditions and medications when I'm on my rotations. I had it for 5 months when it suddenly decided to stop working. I mailed it in to be fixed, and was charged $120, more than half of what it's worth. They mailed it back to me...and it still wasnt fixed!!! So I had to send it back, and they lost it and cant find it, so now I have to wait until they find some kind of proof that they recieved it so they can mail me a new one, and I still have to pay the $120 for the PDA that they never fixed and then lost. Something that costs $200 shouldnt stop working after only 5 months of very light use. It's a piece of crap, and the policies of the Palm company are ridiciulous. Save your money and dont bother buying a Tungsten E, and better yet, buy a PDA that isnt made by Palm.