[pianotech] smart phone vs. pda

[Tom Sivak]

Palm PDAs have only a 90 warranty.  My Tungsten E2 died recently, after 11 months, and I thought it was still under warranty.  Imagine, a $350 item that is only warranteed for 90 days.  I would never buy another expensive Palm product, considering the lack of warranty and the frequency with which they break down.  (The longest I've ever had one continue to function was about 22 months.)

So this time, I bought the cheapest Palm available, a Z-22 for $75 and it's already acting up.  I called Palm and told them of my problems (It occasionally will not turn on.   The battery is fully charged but it's just dead.  Do a hard sync and it's fine again.) and they wouldn't take it back and look at it.  I can only hope that it totally dies within 90 days of my purchase of it, otherwise, I'm SOL.

Just a word of warning to the rest of you.   Check the warranty on that Palm product before you buy it.  I've had Palm PDAs for about ten years, but no more.  They don't stand behind their products.

Tom Sivak
Chicago


--- On Wed, 1/7/09, piannaman at aol.com <piannaman at aol.com> wrote:

> From: piannaman at aol.com <piannaman at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] smart phone vs. pda
> To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net, pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 3:31 PM
> David,
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> I like having a separation of phone and appointment info.?
> I don't like too many eggs in one basket.? If one has a
> problem, at least you have the other one.
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> I have an HP IPAQ that is a great unit.? I have contacts,
> appointments, tunelab, maps (which have been superseded by
> the GPS my wife got me for Christmas),? It has the computer
> synch feature, as well as a card slot (great for backup).? 
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> I went into Office Depot just before New Year's Day and
> tried to get a new cradle and found out that they aren't
> carrying PDAs at all anymore because everyone's going
> with smart phones.? So I went online and found a used PDA
> same model as mine for really cheap, in perfect shape.? You
> can find them for under $100.00, whatever model you choose
> to get.
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> If you're one step behind the cutting edge, you can
> save $$$.
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> Dave Stahl, RPT
> Dave Stahl Piano Service
> dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
> dstahlpiano.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
> To: caut at ptg.org; pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:44 pm
> Subject: [pianotech] smart phone vs. pda
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> My Palm Tungsten E2's battery isn't holding a
> charge.?? I'm considering a Treo but wondering if it
> will hold it's charge for a day, i.e. 2 devices in one
> piece of equipment vs. phone and pda...
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> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA 94044