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PalmOne Releases Tungsten E2 PDA

Posted by timothy on from the no-doubt-tempting-for-some dept.

Lisa from MobileTechReview.com writes "PalmOne has released a new PDA, the Tungsten E2, which offers some key improvements that all users will appreciate, not just the specs junkies. The new unit has non-volatile memory so your data won't go bye-bye if you forget to charge it, double the battery life of the Tungsten E it replaces (this thing plays MP3s for 15 hours) and adds Bluetooth. Add on a high-res color display, a web browser and email client and you've got the E2."

6 comments

  1. Yawn... by AB3A · · Score: 1

    Ok. Now I know why Palm is swimming in red ink. I own a Tungsten E. It's a nice toy. But that's about it.

    The form factor sucks. I try to keep it in my shirt pocket and it weighs my shirt down. Keeping track of it when it's not in my pocket is no fun either. I don't think one should have to own a man purse to be able to use something like this.

    Palm should have seen this coming. Too bad they didn't. This is too little, too late...

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    1. Re:Yawn... by ksheff · · Score: 1

      how does it compare to a IIIxe in those categories? I would upgrade if the new models were significantly better, but given how I use my PDA, they aren't.

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    2. Re:Yawn... by AB3A · · Score: 1

      Well, it has some advantages. I like the SD socket for SD ram. My camera uses the same media. However, I can't use the SD socket for 802.11, bluetooth or any such thing. The E2 seems to be an improvement on that front.

      I'd prefer that it have a microphone. Recording voice memos to myself would be handy. It plays MP3 stuff pretty well...

      Audio is not too loud, except if you use headphones. And after a year of use, the power button on my unit is failing.

      The software can be somewhat buggy. The IrDA interface is pretty slow if you're trying to sync up with it.

      In all, I'm not sure I'd buy another one. If someone decides to write some useful monitoring software for wireless networks, I might be interested again --but for now it's little more than a glorified calculator, calendar, and address book.

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    3. Re:Yawn... by ksheff · · Score: 1

      so in other words, keep the glorified calculator, calendar, and address book that I already have.

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  2. OK for some, but... by I_M_Noman · · Score: 1

    ...the lack of a "vibrate" option kills it for a lot of people, me included. Other than that, it actually looks like kind of a nice little unit.