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Important
Please read tester report below before purchasing
The Palm IIIx carries on the tradition of the attractive and popular Palm line of PDAs. With its 4MB memory, this connected
organizer is rated to hold 12,000 addresses, 5 years of appointments, 3,000 to-do items, 3,000 memos, and 400 e-mail messages.
The "x" in IIIx stands for expandable, and the Palm IIIx offers memory expansion with an internal slot for upgrade
cards.
Setting up the Palm IIIx was easy--we just inserted two batteries, connected the cradle to a desktop PC serial port, dropped
in the software CD-ROM, and followed the installation wizard.
You can navigate through the Palm IIIx's main applications--memo pad, to-do list, address book, and calendar--with six
push buttons or by tapping the stylus on the backlit display. Palm OS 3.1 facilitates drag-and-drop linking to Microsoft Word
or Excel and provides network synchronization and automatic configuration with Microsoft Outlook. The CD-ROM that comes with
the Palm IIIx provides all the necessary software to manage tasks on your desktop, too.
The Palm IIIx is PC- and Mac-compatible (an inexpensive MacPac connection kit is required for Mac users), and, as with
the PalmPilot Professional, the Palm IIIx uses the industry-acclaimed HotSync technology to exchange data with your desktop
PC. The documentation is extensive and well written; it includes a Getting Started card, a handbook, a software-and-resource
guide, and an accessory catalog.
In our test of the Graffiti Power Writing feature, which allows you to write on the Palm IIIx using Graffiti's shorthand
alphabet, the Palm IIIx interpreted a full paragraph with no errors. We easily and successfully transmitted the text to another
device through the infrared transceiver. We found Palm IIIx's expansion slot beneath its cover. While memory upgrade cards
are not yet available from 3Com, other manufacturers do make compatible cards.
With its increased memory and OS 3.1, the Palm IIIx is a great evolutionary step in the Palm line.
Pros:
* Expandable for possible add-on hardware and memory upgrade cards
* Easy to set up, learn, and use
* Widely supported by third-party software, shareware, and freeware
Cons:
* None
Product Description
The next evolution in the award-winning Palm III series, the Palm IIIx organizer gives you twice the memory of other Palm
devices, an advanced LCD screen for razor-sharp clarity, and an open memory slot for room to expand. Carry thousands of names,
addresses, phone numbers, appointments, to-do?s, and even e-mail right at your fingertips. The Palm IIIx organizer is small,
smart, easy-to-use and totally connected to your desktop PC. Forget messy paper schedules, to-do lists and sticky notes. The
Palm IIIx organizer will simplify your life.
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3Com have actively encouraged Palm software developers, and so there are games, improved Personal Information Management applications
of all flavours, graphics viewers and editors, text editors, Web browsers (the current Palms have TCP/IP built in!), offline
content viewers (download content from a Net-connected PC and read it offline on the Palm - check out www.avantgo.com for
a really nifty implementation of this idea), e-mail clients, and, for serious geeks, an actual working port of the Linux operating
system - see www.uclinux.org. Less hard-core Linux lovers will be pleased to learn that there's a proper Linux-based suite
of sync software for the Palm, too. You can even get sync software for the Amiga.
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