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4.0 stars
"Great device with everything I need"
Pros: All in one package
Cons: None for me...
Summary: I am going to say as well, don't review a product if you've never used one.
This is a great package and does everything I need it to do.
Wireless: I travel a lot for work and firing this up in the airport lounge and connecting to the wifi network for a quick check of emails is great. Same at home - easy to get emails while out on the deck without having to drag the laptop around.
Bluetooth: I HATE big phones and go through phones quickly. With a small bluetooth phone in my pocket, I can pair with the Lifedrive and surf the web, check emails, make calls. I can synch the phone directory with my lifedrive directory so even though I have two places where this info is, it's very easy tokeep them in sync.
Palm OS: Great. I hate Windows products but am forced to use them at work. I have a mac at home and know Unix like the back of my hand so I needed a device compatible with Mac OS and I also like the Palm OS.
Weight: Who the hell thinks this is heavy? Do people kick sand in your face when you go to the beach?
Storage capacity: Ok, we all know a DVD is larger than 4gb but who said on this forum that you couldn't load a whole DVD to this device? Well, who would want to. Do you really need the best video quality, 7.1 channel surround and subtitles in 10 languages on a tiny handheld device - duh... Palm software automatically converts a whole 2 hr DVD movie to less than a gig for use on this device.
Size: Sure it's big. Sure it doesn't have a phone in it. Have you ever seen those people with the Qtek (Imate, whatever it's branded) with one of those up to their ear? Unless they switch ears a lot, they get lopsided suntans. I don't need my handheld anywhere near as much as I need my phone. So, when I need a larger device, I have it - I don't want it with a 1x2 cm screen - that's useless to me - and yes, I have perfect vision. When I need a phone and PDA, I pair them with bluetooth. When I need just a phone, I have that as well at a fraction of the size. Plus, when the phone gets old, much cheaper and easier to replace.
Battery Life: I am a moibile road warrior and have never had an issue with this device.
Cost: How is this expensive. Someone else on here added up the cost to get the features of this device on cheaper devices and the overall price is compatible.
Overall, this is a great device that is perfect for what I need. If it doesn't suit you or your lifestyle, don't buy it! Check the features before you say it doesn't have a phone built in - it's not supposed to!
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I have own Palm and PPC for years and I do prefer Palm. I went trough a few Palm, not because of problems but because I like to keep up with technology. I must say I just ordered my life drive and should get it in the next few days. Most Palm I owned were subject of bad reports but I never experienced similar problems. Most people use a lot of illegal software which were hacked or cracked, you deserve your problems. Also people tend to dramatize when something go wrong, come on people this is technology and it will go weird from time to time. A coy like Palm which has been around for so long, who as produce so many amazing products should be appraised not condemned because a minority with no patience, tolerance and knowledge of technology. I will comment to this site after I test my new life drive for myself but people should try to keep their criticism constructive and accurate.
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I own this device and I'm returning it. I had it for two weeks and every day I have to perform 4 soft resets, most of them center around trying to use the wi-fi at school. I've called Palm for tech support and they didn't know why it was locking up, great device! Yeah Right!!
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Great review! We will be doing lots of traveling in the future and I'm looking for something that we can easily load digital pictures onto for storage and viewing. How large is the screen, aprox how many pcitures could this hold and can a card reader be attached? or maybe there's something better for this?
Thanks
