Palm TX Handheld with Hard Case
The Palm TX handheld is the affordable handheld with total wireless connectivity that you've been waiting for. With built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies, you can check e-mail, browse the web and work wherever you want. Its large color display and sleek design are anything but business as usual.
Palm TX Handheld with Hard Case Accessories
 Palm TX Car Charger
Palm Stylus 3-Pack (3178WW)
Palm 3199WW Cradle Kit for Tungsten E2/T5/TX and LifeDrive
SanDisk 2GB SD Memory Card (SDSDB-2048, Bulk Package)
Palm 3169WW Universal Wireless Keyboard
SanDisk 2 GB SD Memory Card ( SDSDB-2048-A11, Retail Package)
Palm TX ClearTouch Crystal Screen Protector (Single Pack)
Kingston 2 GB SD Flash Memory Card SD/2GB
Palm 3245WW Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard
Palm TX Travel Charger
Palm TX Handheld with Hard Case Reviews
I am dissappointed with this device, I cannot close out certain programs and go Back to previous screens. It is mandatory for our BSN program and it is not compatible with our campus wireless system at all. I have dropped it in the case 3 times from my pocket to floor and kitchen table and now the sensitivity of the screen is off 1/2 inch to the left so I cannot access or command screens and applications.This was a huge investment and bigger dissapointment, it is also heavy in the case to lug around in my lab coat.
Very useful and easy to manage. I'm loving this device. It's working in my computer and digital camera. The only thing, cost one star from my rate, is my device didn't recognize my SD 4GB FlashMemory. it's amazing. I bought together with palm, but it doesn't work. Shame.
However, could not get my nice Motorola bluetooth headphones to pair with the TX. My Itouch just knew. THe Blazer browser is pretty weak. Have not found that for the Itouch. Cannot get any you tube videos. I was really tempted to just use my Itouch instead of the TX.
Memo is much better than Itouch "notes". Can't get much videos at all. Nice to have a palm pilot with a bigger screen. Also, the TX has spread sheets and can use a key board. In general, it is pretty much a business organization machine but falls short as an entertainment/business device.
Also, had to know the encryption on routers I wanted to wifi to. Some things just won't pair. Pretty much do not use it at all as a web browser. Very fast processor. My eyes are getting weaker and it really helps.
My Itouch has a much stronger browser with crystal clear picture. I can hot sync without cables pretty quick. The bluetooth is a bit limited.
Palm customer "support" leaves much to be desired and my 1 MAJOR PROBLEM is that there is no upgrade for the Palm products software for the 64-bit edition of Window's Vista. But, for the time I used it before switching computers to Vista, it was great. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that an upgrade will be released before long. The product itself is a great product. So, I basically have a $300 paper weight. I have had none of the problems many of the other reviewers have experienced, except the issues with support.
The documentation was no help and after I searched fruitlessly on the Palm website for a solution, a sales clerk at Office Depot advised me to look on the Palm site under Vista, and download the updated software, which I did. Then the buttons wouldn't work. Since I'd had the TX for less than two weeks and was getting nowhere, I called Palm's Customer Support department and spoke with a technicioan. I've had a Palm Zire 71 for several years and when it died recently I ordered a Palm TX.
It looked like a nice little machine but I couldn't get it to HotSync with my desktop. . OTOH, the jornada's built like a tank, it functions as well today as it did out of the box and resetting it is a breeze. In contrast to the Palm technician, Amazon's customer service representative couldn't have been nicer and he made the return of my obviously defective TX virtually painless. Because I am an ebook author as well as a regular ebook reader, I own several wireless reading devices, the first of which was a NuvoMedia Rocket that I purchased way back in 1998.
And, since every other TX appears to be a lemon, I've been left wondering if that technician was so rude because she was sick and tired of fielding complaints about it. Since I liked my Palm Zire 71 so well, I've ordered a brand-new silver Palm Zire 72 instead and am hoping I'll have better luck than I did with the TX. The TX arrived 2 weeks ago. My old hp jornada, in comparison, is glacially slow, loses its data whenever the battery goes dead and won't sync with my Windows XP. Finally, the TX froze up and the power button just plain quit. In addition to her decidely broken English, the Palm technician was so rude and unhelpful, I decided on the spot to return the TX for a refund instead of a replacement. I went to the Palm website again, looked up the directions and did numerous hard resets.
Each time, the TX would work for a while, then the digitizer would go crazy, it would freeze up and the power button wouldn't respond. . Based on my experience with the TX as well the reviews I've been reading here, there and elsewhere, I've concluded that Palm's quality control and customer suppoort must have gone to hell in a handbasket. It turned out the HotSync problem was because my Windows Operating System is an XP Pro Media Edition and the software that came with the TX was incompatible. So, as I advised the Palm technician, it was not as if I was a stranger to handheld devices. Personally, after using my Palm Zire 71 for so long, I've come to love the Palm's display, speed and agility.
For no apparent reason, the digitizer suddenly went crazy. With the updated software, HotSync worked just fine. Unfortunately, that's about the only TX feature that *did* work.
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