Palm Zire 72

User Reviews for Palm Zire 72

• Reviewed by: BryanFRitt

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  Strengths: Agendus (buy separately), has a camera (ok quality if perfectly still), has SD slot.

  Weaknesses: poor error handling, poor AC recharge connection, sync can be confusing.

  Overall Evaluation: Agendus for Palm(sold separately) is one of the better organizers I've seen. It?s as good/better than the desktop ones.The Camera is okay for still pictures; sometimes it can take a few seconds to take.If there is an error on the Palm, the display gets stuck on on, if you?re not there to look at it to turn it off, the battery will drain very quickly.Sometimes the AC connection doesn't work well, and you have to play with it to get it working. Mine recently quit working even with playing with it.To play mp3 files you have to use RealPlayer to load them onto the card.The sync install can be confusing. The install that comes with the disk has Microsoft spyware built in that will crash once a month on computers with anti-spyware installed, and will require a reinstall. Download the newer Palm Desktop to fix. (Also, get the MS Outlook 2007 update, and the Vista update, if they apply to you)The dimension not seen when looking straight on is larger than I'd like, but ok.Has a small buzz (just noticeable) sound when the display is on, and not being written on.Overall, this would be ok, if I can get the AC connection working.
• Reviewed by: jpharoldson

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  Strengths: excellent screen, very functional, size is good

  Weaknesses: HIGH PITCHED TONE, became slowed after a few applications were added, battery life

  Overall Evaluation: This was a great PDA and I used it daily and thought the world of it until it started emitting a constant, unbearable high pitched tone whenever I turned it on. The screen looks great and programs have been too, but I'll never buy another Palm because when I went to troubleshoot at Palm's web site I found that many people have this problem after some time has passed and it isn't exclusive to this model. I'm switching to pocket PC once I can afford another one because of that.