Crossing my Palm

[binidj]

So I've recently discovered that the Z22 that I received for Christmas isn't quite the wunderkind I was hoping it would be. As far as synching with Outlook is concerned, it was absolutely marvellous ... I have no complaints; but a large part of wanting to get it was so that I could take and edit notes on games but sadly the Memo function just isn't up to the task. So I downloaded some .doc editing/reading software (the first of which wouldn't work on the Z22) at which point I discovered that not having a slot for a memory card is a very big deal when you're talking about Word-like documents ... one smallish document and I had almost no room left in memory. So, when it started randomly crashing I was actually quite pleased ... since that meant I could get a refund! After some snooping around and deciding/being persuaded-by-the-Fox that the Tungsten TX was a bit more than I needed and a bit more expensive than I wanted, the final choice was the rather alluring Tungsten E2 with a 1gb memory card.

If anyone has any horror stories regarding the Tungsten E2, please let me know while I can still cancel!

Comments

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Quite the reverse - I have the tungsten E and it's a good machine.

The only thing I didn't like about it (and I can't tell if they've fixed it with the E2) is that to save money, Palm created the T-E without the standard Palm docking slot at the bottom. So, instead of sitting in a cradle which both recharges the T-E and syncs it with the computer, you get a seperate power cable and USB cable.

However, given that you can draw power through the USB port, I found a website that sells a cable which plugs into the USB port on your computer and has two sockets on the other end - one for the power connector, one for the USB port on the Palm. Cost about £10 - £15 IIRC and means I'm not carrying round two bits of wire when I only need one.

And the T-E syncs with Outlook very easily.

[curlwomble.livejournal.com]

Documents-To-Go was bundled with my T3 and can save things in a nice, compact sub-Word format which uses hardly any memory at all. My SDCard is used for piccies and I have quite a lot (184) of Word-to-Go and excel-to-go docs in the on-board memory. It's relatively inexpensive even if you don't get it in the bundle. Saving full Word docs is still quite byte-consuming though.

[quintus.livejournal.com]

Quickoffice seems to be okay for me, I've got a few dozen documents on mine and some of them run to 40 pages and I've still got 34% free on my Z22.
Mind you, they're formatting light so maybe that's it.

I might not be using mine as heavily as you need to though.