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"Thin, Compact, Reliable. Nice PDA." on
Pros: Thin, lightweight, solid feel. This thing is great. People shouldn't complain about the black and white screen. They knew it was grayscale when they bought it. If they wanted color, why did they buy a grayscale pda? Duh. They also knew it only had 8mb
Cons: If you press firmly agains the cover when closed, it will activate the pda because the buttons get depressed. Other than that, it's great.
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"Great, useful, but some problems" on by dell_dude3449
Pros: Thin, stylish, good battery life, screen nice for Black & White PDA
Cons: Hotsync Problems
Summary: I got my first m500 a few months ago, and it was great. Thin, rechargeable, stylish... and the usb syncing was faster than the serial on my old palm VIIx. It was great, except for the problem in that the scribble pad (notepad) wpould not synchronize unless I went into the program files and made an adjustment. Then, it had a hard 4-foot drop onto a linoleum floor, on top of about 3ft of solid concrete. The screen did not shatter, but would not function. Then, I got another m500, and it wouldn't sync the notepad either. Now, this PDA won't synchronize with my Windows XP computer at all, but the problem is on the computer, not the PDA. See CNET forums for some help on that, if you are experiencing similar problems. I am still trying to fix it, but I think that this PDA would be great for a basic user seeking a stylish, useful organizer.
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"Pretty bullet proof PDA that provides basic functions" on by brianlevyesq
Pros: Good battery life, decent screen, reliable apps
Cons: Nothing spectacular; no bells or whistles
Summary: Yes, I am writing in 2006 about a PDA from 2002. I actually bought a refurbished epocrates M500 that was packages for he medical profession. When I bought it, it was just being phased out of production and I was replacing the oringal Palm Pilot that had the memory and IR upgrade. It had finally died. I had a choice between the M500 and the M505 and picked the 500 as it had the longer battery life.
After a few false starts where it would crash and freeze, it seemed to straighten out and except for an occaisional freeze usually after I've done something such as moving to Time and Chaos from the Palm Desktop or trying Lotus Orgnanizer or Lotus Notes. However no loss of data occurred.
For extras I do have a couple of games I've added but in reality almst never use them; the unit really is used for contacts and apointments. I've tried the email function but do not use it as I do not use Express or Outlook. The checklist syncs well but sometimes when I delete, rather than deleting on the desktop app, it gets reinstalled on the PDA. Finally figured out for reliable deletions, do it through the desktop app and then update the PDA.
The unit is dated today when looking at say the TX or LifeDrive and does not include nice things like wifi, bluetooth, photo and vid viewing, web browsing, etc. I am getting to a point where having either web access or realtime e-mail access would be nice, I think the current crop of units are too early adoptors and will not be mature for at least another generation.
I've been thinking about updating but after looking at the current Palm product, think I'll hold pat. I've not looked at either RIM, the MS or Linux units but I've been satisfied with Palm to date so unless there is a surprise at their offerings, I'll hold pat. -
"Palm Support Sucks" on
Pros: Backlit;rechargable battery
Cons: Support is horrible; I have been waiting for a month to have my palm m500 repaired. A defect with the M500 is the Electro-Static Discharge in which the repair device has been on backorder for the past month.
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"GOOD PRICE FOR enough product" on
Pros: cheap. It has lots of functions.
Cons: If the OS can upgrade to 5.21. It will be perfect.
Palm m500 user reviews
