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Palm Tungsten E2

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• Reviewed by: ktrenegade

  Updated: 03-04-09

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Years

  Strengths: Nice organizer. Great features. Compact and easy to use.

  Weaknesses: Touch screen fails often. Can't handle more than 1GB memory card.

  Overall Evaluation: The touch screen broke after 8 months. Replaced whole unit and 2nd E2 touch screen went bad after 4 months!! I babied it but the touch screen still failed!! It starts by activating the line below/above where you touch. It gets twitchy and will jump around where you touch. When you try to re-calibrate the touchscreen, it will keep asking you to endlessly touch the points on the screen over and over. Finally, you try to activate ABC or 123 and all it gives you is "." or "-" symbols. Best Buy no longer carries PDAs, so I received a store credit.

• Reviewed by: jeffmri

  Updated: 07-19-08

  Overall Rating: 3 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Palm OS

  Weaknesses: Units built to fail with heavy use

  Overall Evaluation: I'm stuck on palm OS, this is my 15th palm PDA. I now expect units to fail within 1 year, usually last about 8 months (I'm a heavy user.) Until I migrate to smartphone or Windows OS I'll just keep buying these.

• Reviewed by: oldrugger

  Updated: 06-27-08

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:10 Months

  Strengths: Makes an OK paperweight

  Weaknesses: Not reliable

  Overall Evaluation: After 4 months mine went dead. Palm wanted $75 to look at it. I found a website that instructed me to take it apart and unplug the battery. It wasn't easy but it worked. I have to repeat the process about once a month.

• Reviewed by: larzbr

  Updated: 06-20-08

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:9 Months

  Strengths: when it works it is ok ... but it wont last

  Weaknesses: 90 day warrenty on a product that WILL break

  Overall Evaluation: I have had an e2 and a palm lifedrive in the last 2 years... both had loving carre and both are BROKEN... Palm will gladly repair it for $150 plus shipping ... they dont Last ... look elsewhere!!!

• Reviewed by: SCPO15

  Updated: 02-13-08

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:8 Months

  Strengths: When first bought this was my answer to all of my desires. It had a crisp display and most of the features that I needed. Touch pad was extremely sensitive and accurate.

  Weaknesses: Eight months later, the touch screen malfunctioned. Could not enter data in the lower portion of the screen. No data could be entered except via computer interface. Tech support was NO help.

  Overall Evaluation: This really started out to be a great tool. I needed something like this to enter data for work. It really worked flawlessly for about eight months and then the trouble started. Tech support said to do a hard refresh and re center the touch pad. No joy Went back to them and got no response at all. WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER PALM TOOL.

• Reviewed by: nilsbabel

  Updated: 05-22-07

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Years

  Strengths: Great functionality for a reasonable price

  Weaknesses: The screen makes a loud noise and Palm says its normal

  Overall Evaluation: When I first got my Tungsten E2 I loved it. It did everything I wanted and was easy to use. After about a year it all of a sudden developed a very loud buzz/hum from the screen. It is loud enough that everyone around me can hear it and it drives me nuts. I thought surely it must be malfunctioning and Palm should send me a new one. After a mandatory $25 customer service charge Palm told me that the screen noise is normal operating procedure for the E2 and refused to warranty it. However, they did say they could fix it for $125. Luckily I bought an extended warranty and have been trying to get it repaired through that. After two repair attempts I was finally told that I will be receiving a check for the cost of the unit. I definetly will not get another E2 and don't know if I should get another Palm. Be forewarned don't get the E2, it will develop a buzz.

• Reviewed by: pyrokize

  Updated: 03-20-07

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:10 Days

  Strengths: Easy to use, easy to view, good color

  Weaknesses: No battery backup, Power cord doesn't make a solid connection.

  Overall Evaluation: This unit was provided with a Banks Tuner for a diesel pickup as a remote tuner. It kept shutting off causing me to giggle the power cord and reboot the system constantly. It finally shut down and I was unable to get it restarted. It was covered under the warranty and I am currently waiting for a replacement unit, but this all happened in less than a years time from date of purchase. I'm hoping the replacement unit holds up better.

• Reviewed by: nyyanks81

  Updated: 12-27-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:6 Months

  Strengths: Has easy to use features/touch screen

  Weaknesses: It should have better apps. The case should be sturdier and should hold the entire Palm rather than just a flap

  Overall Evaluation: I think this would be better if it had the official full featured microsoft office programs. Overall its simple and easy to use. Basic office features are included, just the essentials for an organizer.

• Reviewed by: stanikin

  Updated: 11-24-06

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: large display, easy to navigate, display layout.

  Weaknesses: software is unstable, can't use 2 gig SD card, music player functions are too basic, expense software is limited.

  Overall Evaluation: I've had my unit for 3 months it has been nothing but trouble. The device keeps getting a fatal error requiring me to do hard resets. Be aware that the system only works with a 1 gig or less SD cards. I would not recommend this product due to the unstable software and limited functionality.

• Reviewed by: PR117

  Updated: 06-21-06

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:5 Months

  Strengths: Ease of use. Need a calendar (with reminders), address book, calculator, task manager, spread sheet, and word processor. It's here! Want to play a few games. It's covered.

  Weaknesses: Compatability issues.

  Overall Evaluation: While I LOVE this PDA because it is a simple PIM with a nice look (color screen) and feel (nice small size). But be aware, even though the technical specifications state it is compatible with Windows XP. They will not support it with all versions of Windows XP. I did not find this out until I bought a new computer 33 days after I bought the E2. I could not get the device to work with the new computer which has Windows XP Media Center Edition. When I searched for help in Palm's tech support I found a statement saying they would not support the device if used with Windows XP Media Center Edition. It has taken a complaint to my states consumer protection board to get the company to refund my money. I gave the device one star because it will not work with all versions of Windows XP and the company does not warn you of this in the technical specifications for this device.

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