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Palm Releases New Tungsten T2
securitas writes "Palm has released its latest PDA, the Tungsten T2. The T2 features a Texas Instruments 144MHz OMAP 1510 ARM processor, 32MB SDRAM (29.5 available), 320 x 320 transflective TFT display, wireless communications including Bluetooth, email client, SMS, and web browser, Palm OS v5.2.1, and MP3, video playback, and photo software. It will set you back $399. You can read more about the Palm Tungsten T2 and get tech specs (PDF) at the Palm site. Press release here. More at CNet, PC World, Infosync, the Register and the Inquirer. I'm not sure how many people will buy this product instead of waiting for its newly acquired Handspring Treo 600."
"As previously reported, the T2 comes with 32MB of memory"
How come those devices always are so cheap on internal memory? I mean, get a least 128 MB in the cheapest of MP3 players these days. So what's the problem?
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I really miss the black and white, 33MHz palms. What a wonderful idea those were. I never used more than 512K of the ram on those things and the batteries would last me weeks on end. My Palm III and Visor Deluxe worked without flaw for years. Now they've got too many faetures and extras, except for the zire, which feels very cheap and breakable to me (not to mention the TINY screen). I thought the whole idea for the Palm was SIMPLICITY. I think they'd honestly make more money if they just refined those old models, made them smaller and added mini-USB ports for HID keyboards and connectivity. The'd be selling twice as many palms, and the stable platform would finally give corporate customers time to evaluate and migrate to the Palm (right now they can't because the meaning of 'Palm' keeps changing, hardware and software). Here's an idea, LET PocketPC take the speed/features crown, make really high-quality reliable and simple Palms that people can pick up and USE. I'll bet they could put the whole DragonBall palm logic and memory onto one or two chips now, it would be beautiful.
About half the people I know who have Palms have the old ones and they SWEAR by them. I know people who have PalmIIIs that bought a second one, new, just to replace their current one when it dies.
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compact flash is also HUGE in physical size compared to MMC or SD.
I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
Of all the formats to moan about, try the sony memory stick on the clies. propriatary format, more expensive than SD/MMC last time I checked and about to become incompatable with itself with memory stick pro.
The advantages of SD are the size, protected content can be put on it hence Secure Digital and if you wanna moan about all protection is bad, use an MMC, slightly smaller cheaper in places, uses the same slot.
And the most important thing compatability. All new camcorders afaik except sony take SD cards and loads of stills take SD, plenty of mp3 players take MMCs, my old phone took an MMC.
And heres something insightful, google palm SDIO, theres an add on camera, a bluetooth card, a wifi card coming up, a video out for presentations. Nothing but memory?
Have you not seen the new Sony Clie UX-series yet?
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I dig my NX70V... it is most righteous being able to read slashdot.org anywhere in my pad, wirelessly. I can even go across the road to the park with it.
In my opinion, PDA's are getting better and better every month
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The hassle with PDAs is that it is really difficult to get past the form factor. They are too big to intregrate well into a phone - and since I don't want to carry two devices this is a real issue for me - and I want as small and light a phone as I can get. The latest Nokia phones (e.g. 6100 - the one I own) also have the key functionality I want - i.e. the ability to sync my Outlook contacts and schedule. All the other functionality is fluff that isn't as well handled as a regular laptop or other device. If I do e-mail, I want to be able to reply without taking 4 hours to scribble it in. Hence I'll carry a light weight laptop instead (like my Sony Vaio). The same goes for note taking. If I want to do media, I'd rather use my laptop or my i-Pod, both of which have enough storage to put all my MP-3s on (about 1400 tracks at present), or I'll choose one of the new phones from Nokia again if I'm prepared to compromise and only to carry 20-50 tracks. Ultimately PDAs don't do anything well - I've owned four and all four now sit in the drawer, having been replaced by the devices mentioned above. - Nick