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palmOne Announces Tungsten T5

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-likes-little-computers-right dept.

btornado writes "palmOne has officially announced the Tungsten T5, which is due out in early November. It features 256 MB of flash memory, Palm OS Garnet 5.4 with a 320x480 display, and Bluetooth connectivity with support for the SDIO Wifi card. It is also the first device to support the Multi-connector, which allows you to trickle charge from the USB cable. You can also configure the T5 as a USB drive to transfer files."

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  1. New features? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Charge from the USB connector?

    Oh my, that's what a two yeard old Zire does!

  2. Re:USB Drive? by wizrd_nml · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the Brighthand Preview:

    What's most unique about the Tungsten T5 is it can be plugged into the USB port on almost any computer and the 160 MB segment of memory will appear on the computer as a removable drive. The Palm Desktop software doesn't have to be installed on the computer. What's more, if an SD card is inserted into the T5, it will also appear as a removable drive.
  3. Re:USB Drive? by Zugot · · Score: 3, Informative


    Use your handheld as a USB drive.2 When you're away from your own desktop, just turn on Drive Mode, plug the Tungsten T5 handheld into another computer and access your work.

    and


    With the new File Transfer application, you can actually drag-and-drop files and folders from your desktop to your handheld and back again. It couldn't be easier to transfer the files you need from home or your office and access them on the go.

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  4. while officially dropping Mac support...not really by adzoox · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually ... no.

    The address book works with vcards and will still sync bluetooth.

    The unit itself can now just be mounted like a hard drive on the Mac desktop - so you just drag whatever straight into an appropriate place.

    Besides the palmone spec page says - full mac support

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  5. Re:As always, underwhelming by ceeam · · Score: 3, Informative
    Probably not, when you have a weighted checklist and put "It does what I need" on top. As for other people - there's always Microsoft.

    As for half VGA.. Do you realize that it has the same DPI as 15" panel capable of 1600x1200. Sure, you usually look at it at closer distance, but it's very, very crisp. Doubling its DPI would be an overkill.

  6. Zodiac Rules by computechnica · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Tapwave Zodiac is superior. It has a much nicer form factor, can use 2 SD cards at the same time, Nice loud stereo speakers, a real 3d GPU, and good battery life. It also has several good EMUs for just about every cartridge console system. made.:

    http://www.palmsource.com/interests/emulators/
    http://www.palmemu.com/
    http://www.kalemsoft.com/
    http://www.codejedi.com/

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