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0.5 stars
"Fatal flaw dooms the product"
Pros: Looks nice
Cons: Vanishing information makes it completely unreliable
Summary: After buying this for my wife she came to rely on the Zire to have her contacts and schedule ready for use. Despite the lousy monochrome screen she used this cheap imatation regularly.
Then, after about 6 months of use, the WORST thing that can happen, did happen. All memory was lost, all contacts and schedules vanished. Since she used this independently of a computer, there was no backup.
After calling it a fluke, she re-entered her information into the Zire and continued using the device. The exact same thing happened within about 4 months. Once again, she diligently re-entered her data, but this time it only took 2 months before the data vanished.
At this point the Zire was shelved and a paper scheduler was purchased. The Christmas present that I bought her was useless in less than a year.
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Gee, I'd hate to hear your opinions of cell phones. Seriously, the zires are so cheap that I have two, and one absolutely must back up into a computer. Sorry for your bad experience. Back to paper? Well, the Library of Congress still uses it and has absolutely no plans of switching to digital media! I like carrying all 700 of my business contacts with me, as well as my calendar! Too cool! If it had a little phone, it'd be heaven. The LCD screen is visible in the outdoors, and in dim light.
I just bought one on eBay for 11 bucks! The backlit screen of the Z31, Z22, are absolutely useless outdoors. Invisible. What a joke. I'm going back to my little Zire......
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Palm Zire 21 Handheld:
$259.99
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