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 - After a year of struggling with it - goodnight E2Lots of features, full functionality, bright screen, cool stylus. On paper (and in pictures) it is a great product. And if you are one of the ones who hasn't had any problems with it, you will probably be happy. However.... I'm now looking for a non-palm product. I had the TE2 for a year. I had to go through many resets early on but eventually stopped loading a couple of relatively small and otherwise safe programs and the resets got better - but never went away. Periodically the only way I could get docs to go to work again was to uninstall everything. Hard reset. Reinstall everything. I'm not new to some tech issues and really worked hard at fixing this bug. Latest firmware, latest version of docs to go, completely uninstalling and reinstalling everything, and so on and so forth. Bottom line is this - it was extraordinarily unreliable. And that caused real problems for me at times with primarily medical software and uses. So, after about a year it started making hissing noise, the screen became less and less responsive, and eventually it just stopped working. Nothing. Dead. I'm now scouring the net looking for a reliable one that isn't overpriced or connected to a phone service. So far I've not seen anything worth buying. One thing for sure, this item is, at best, a major gamble. Other websites, like Nextag, have far fewer favorable reviews of this product, also. I'd avoid it, obviously. Rating: - Terrible, terrible, terribleHaving never owned a palm before, I wasn't really sure what I would need. Unfortunately, I have learned the hard way. I have owned this for about 1.5 years, and despite treating it very gently, I have been plagued with hardware problems. It started emitting a very loud, noticeable buzz after about 2 months, then the IR went bad about 6 months ago. Today marks a turning point, however, in that the device has completely, utterly died. Do not waste your money on this thing! Rating: - BewareThe touchscreen is "touchy" and mine never worked right. Warranty is only 90 days. I recommend looking elsewhere! Rating:  - The longer I have it, the MORE I love it!I purchased my Tungsten E2 as an upgrade from a IIIxe. I LOVE the color screen and graphics! The software is soooooo easy to use using WinXP . . . interfaces wonderfully. Can't say enough about the contacts, task lists, Calendar, alarm reminders, etc. . . . they more than meet my needs! The simplicity of hotsync-ing with the Palm Desktop is great! I use Documents to Go (Word) for keeping up to date on a book that I am writing. With the wireless folding keyboard that Palm makes (for only $70), why would anyone want a laptop? It's very easy to use and weighs a lot less!! Whenever I have much editing to do, I just whip out my keyboard and go at it! When I get home, I just put my Palm in it's cradle and hit the hotsync button - - and everything is updated to correlate (PC and Palm). I have an older version of Docs to Go, but even with the new version, I suppose the big screen on a laptop would be much better for spreadsheets. Since I don't really utilize xcel on my Palm, I'm not bothered about that. Haven't used Powerpoint either. I use my Palm with RealPlayer as my MP3 player with no problem (and have for over a year now). It's so nice to just drag and drop my MP3's to either the Palm install or directly to a SD card (using a card reader)and have RealPlayer play them! You can also make playlists on the SD card using the cardreader, by creating folders and dragging songs to them. I really enjoy being able to make the playlists using my Palm (which even some of the BIG name MP3 players cannot do). I also use the SD cards to view and edit (add and delete) photos that I take using my digital cameras (saves the camera batteries - the Palm is rechargable). I love being able to use different photos as backgrounds on my Palm, too! I've used it from the beginning to load simple games (ie. solitaire, majong, hangman, and word scramble). I have a DS and still end up using my Palm just because it's so much easier to carry. There are Many software games out there for the E2. I recently discovered that I can play videos on my Tungsten E2. It took awhile, but with the help of Catalyst 3 (for multiple device conversions) and TCPMP, I can watch full length movies, or anything converted from a DVD at my convenience! I understand that the E2 is also capable of displaying podcasts and such, but I haven't gone there yet! Just another wonderful thing that this little Palm can do! I will certainly admit that it would be nice to have the E2 be able to recognize a larger that 1Gig SD card, be able to "plug and play" videos (like an IPod), an many more "would be nice" things. . . but for the price, it's REALLY hard to beat!! I mean sure, my sons have 30Gig Ipod and Zune, but they cannot carry their worksheets, spreadsheets, or Pdf files (not to mention the option of phone and email services that the E2 is capable of). All they get is video and jpegs! Sure, I could wish it would do everything . . . but I haven't found anything on the market that I would trade it for yet! What else fits in your pocket and does all these things???? Rating: - palm pilot pdaGreat time in receiving the product. Everything was included (had a little problem with the disc but nothing I wont be able to take care of. Very good response
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