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Palm Zire 72?
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Posted by: Chillin

Hey all,

I am looking for a fully featured device (I am currently carrying a V300, a 3300 and a M100)

So, what I need is:

Phone
DigiCam
MP3 Player
Radio
Some light gaming Capacities
PDA (mainly scheduling and detailed notes)
Must have either a QWERTY keyboard or touchscreen
850 MHz

And I want something that I can buy in Canada (not order off the net)

So, I narrowed the list down to
Treo 600
P910a

However both don't work.

The Treo 650 is coming soon, and so I don't want an outdated model is I get the 600.

The P910a is not yet available

So, since I don't seen to be able to get everything in one device, I decided to get a PDA and a phone with BT.

So, the PDA I was looking at was the Palm Zire 72.

It seems to have a great feature set for the price ( $399 CAD at BestBuy ).

So, does anyone use it?

What do you think?

Any other ideas?

Posted by: Mango808

I have one that I use with my SE T637 and Nokia 6230b connecting through Bluetooth just fine.

The camera is okay for taking pictures in daylight, but I haven't tried the video on it yet. The camera only takes 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 pixels, while the video only has 320 x 240 or 160 x 120 resolution.

It uses SD and MMC cards. I only have a 256Mb SD card that I use with it so far as I don't really have much else on it.

In the box, mine came with USB HotSync cable, Power Adapter/Charger, Carrying case, User Setup Guide, Software Installation CD. It comes with Documents to Go Standard Edition (Word Processing & Spreadsheet) Native support to view Word & Excel documents. It also comes with other software for internet, e-mail, RealOne Player for mp3's. It doesn't come with any headphones or Memory cards.

It's my first PDA so I don't know what else to say about it.

I got mine for $279.99US at the Navy Exchange here in Norfolk, Virginia.

Posted by: Chillin

Thanks for your input.

Your Sig is really cool!!! I read it at my normal reading speed no problems at all!

Thats bizarre and really cool.

Posted by: FESCSteve

I have had mine for about a week now and am taking a liking to it. The camera is probably as good or better than most cameras in camera phone (well at least the ones I can afford) - it's acceptable, but I am used to a Canon digital SLR. The thing I like is that I take my PALM wherever I go so I always have a camera ready if needed.

The included real player handles MP3s without a problem. I have added MMplayer for videos and it works well. Processor seems to be powerful enough to watch decent video (get a large SD card if you can),

Have not used bluetooth yet, but have a BT phone on the way.

Screen is great and as bright as you could ever want. Batter life is a bit short, so take a charger with you if you use it more than a couple of hours a day.

PALM also has a hard case for this model with a little door inteh back for the camera (just got mine).

I'm happy and with the $50.00 rebate from Palm, you can have one for around $250.00.

It's cheaper than many MP3 players and can take photos, video and surf the web. What else could you ask for?

I don't regret the purchase yet. Just be warned that the blue paint has been reported to come off easily. Palm has a new silver finish model that should solve this probelm.

Steve