Palm Zire PDA

I purchased this PDA for basic...

Strengths: Battery life, Ease of use, EXCELLENT screen resolution.

Weakness: Memory.

I purchased this PDA for basic use. That being said, this is an excellent PDA. It has alot of intuitive controls and functions not found on more expensive models. This PDA has only 2mb of memory, hardley a storage warehouse. However if you are looking for BASIC functions only (Address/Phone book, Calandar, Appointments, Etc.) Then 2mb should be more than enough room. If you want to play games...
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I purchased this PDA for basic use. That being said, this is an excellent PDA. It has alot of intuitive controls and functions not found on more expensive models.

This PDA has only 2mb of memory, hardley a storage warehouse. However if you are looking for BASIC functions only (Address/Phone book, Calandar, Appointments, Etc.) Then 2mb should be more than enough room. If you want to play games then simply look for another PDA.

Bottom Line: This is a great PDA for those whose needs are basic. If you fall into this catagory, you can't go wrong!!!!

By Lifelover1972 - Sep 17, 2004

This PDA is a PDA for people who...

Strengths: Lithium Ion Battery, Ease of use

Weakness: 2 MB of Memory, different controls than other Palms, most Palm apps are not compatible.

This PDA is a PDA for people who do not want to spend money on a PDA. It is basicallly for storing addresses and keeping a schedule and nothing more.

By bmwxcoupe - Dec 30, 2003

I bought my Palm Zire after...

Strengths: Palm OS® 4.1, Light / Easy to use.

Weakness: No back-light. Not alot of storage space.

I bought my Palm Zire after Christmas day of 2002. I really like what it has to offer. Entries are easy to add, sort, and etc. As I am getting more advanced, as a student, I would need a more powerful PDA Device. I do recommend the Palm® Zire for the starters (and basic/easy to use).
Thumbs up!

By dynamyte8013 - Jul 14, 2003

This is the most practical PDA...

Strengths: Battery Life, Size, PalmOS 4

Weakness: No back-light, 2M ram, no expansion, non-upgradeable, hard to find sync cable

This is the most practical PDA I've yet seen. The biggest plus the long battery life and rechargeability. I find that the trickle charging it does while hooked up to the USB is enough to keep it charged. I NEVER have to worry about the battery. You are not going to find that sort of convenience in any other PDA less than $200. You have to be careful what you load, because of the 2M ram. (e.g....
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This is the most practical PDA I've yet seen. The biggest plus the long battery life and rechargeability. I find that the trickle charging it does while hooked up to the USB is enough to keep it charged. I NEVER have to worry about the battery. You are not going to find that sort of convenience in any other PDA less than $200.

You have to be careful what you load, because of the 2M ram. (e.g. Avantgo plus the morning paper is going to eat up half of your ram.) But if you hunt around for non-bloated alternatives you can pack lot onto the device. (I run an exercise tracker, a document reader, a couple of games, a guitar tuner, and a few other apps and still have over 1.5 M left over for data.) Pic one doc format, find a small footprint reader, and find a decent conversion script or app to get docs into that foramt. It works pretty well if you are careful.

Two gripes: 1) The sync cable is a hard to locate accessory (unless you buy a $25 sync kit for the $5 cable in it) - it's an A to mini-B USB cable. 2) Palm should have put together a suite of small footprint third party apps on the install CD.

By kinaidos - Jun 3, 2003

I enjoy using my Zire. It works...

Strengths: cost

Weakness: low memory, no backlight, only 4 keys

I enjoy using my Zire. It works fairly well, and its low cost is one of its best features. If you are looking for an easy to use, basic pda, I would highly recommend the Zire. It is not good for some uses though, do to its skimpy 2MB of memory and lack of backlight. Another complaint is its lack of the traditional 6 buttons, which makes it a much more capable gaming machine (it doesn't complicate...
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I enjoy using my Zire. It works fairly well, and its low cost is one of its best features. If you are looking for an easy to use, basic pda, I would highly recommend the Zire. It is not good for some uses though, do to its skimpy 2MB of memory and lack of backlight. Another complaint is its lack of the traditional 6 buttons, which makes it a much more capable gaming machine (it doesn't complicate many other features though). If you do get a Zire, I recommend downloading some free software. Try palmgear.com and the PC World download center. My highly recommended program is AvantGo(avantgo.com). It allows you to pick websites from a comprehensive list with news, weather, sports, entertainment and more, and lets you put this info on your palm. Check it out, it works great. Bottom line: Before buying the Zire, check out the older, m105, which, although older, has more memory (8MB), a backlight, and more keys. I wish I had bought it, but the Palm is a good second choice.

By aeroandy88 - Feb 22, 2003