PalmOne Releases Tungsten E2 PDA

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."

Yawn...

[AB3A]

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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[ksheff]

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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[AB3A]

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 in

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[ksheff]

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

OK for some, but...

[I_M_Noman]

...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.