Product Description

The sleek and powerful Palm Tungsten E handheld comes packed for business and priced for value.Access your calendar, contacts and important information anywhere. Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint-compatible files on the run. Synchronize with Outlook's calendar, contacts, tasks, notes and email right out of the box. Stay productive using updated features to Palm's award winning organization software. Listen to MP3s, watch video clips and view photos wherever you go.A powerful ARM processor lets you listen to MP3s while looking up an address or scheduling an appointment. Watch the latest movie trailer or a new sales video. Carry digital photo albums of friends and family, students and co-workers, even the latest real estate listings. Plus it's expandable, and with 32MB of memory there's plenty of room to customize from more than 18,000 applications (sold separately).

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2529 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Palm
• Model: P80880US
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Memory: 32MB SDRAM
• Native resolution: 320 X 320

Features

• Packed for business and priced for value
• Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint-compatible files on the run
• Listen to MP3s, watch video clips and view photos wherever you go
• Easy-to-read, high resolution, 320x320 transflective color screen
• What's in the box: Handheld device; Palm Desktop software, including Documents To Go; all basic utilities such as Calendar, Contacts, Tasks., etc.

Amazon.com Review
If you're still tapping away on a Palm Vx, it's time to upgrade to the 21st century with the brightly colorful, expandable, and powerful--not to mention affordable--Palm Tungsten E. Designed for the budget-conscious, yet still stylish professional, the Tungsten E offers several key advances over even the m500 handheld series, including:

• Palm OS 5.2.1 enhances Palm applications such as Calendar and Contacts as well as Java application support.
• Multimedia audio support and headphone jack enables you to use the Tungsten E as an MP3 player
• The zippy 126 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP311 ARM processor induces whiplash when switching programs.
• A 32 MB RAM memory (28.3 MB user accessible) adds more room for applications, while the expansion slot enables access to MP3and video files, e-books, games, and more.

Best of all, the Tungsten E ups the display ante with a bright, crisp, high-resolution 320 x 320 pixel color screen (the m515 only offered a 160 x 160 resolution) that puts it on par with Sony's high-quality Clie screens. Your family snapshot slideshows look sharper, as do graphically intense games such as Monopoly and downloaded video (like the most recent Hollywood movie trailer).

The Tungsten E offers a powerful array of multimedia options. With the included Kinoma Player (and desktop Kinoma Producer software), you can convert a myriad of video file formats (from QuickTime and Flash to AVI and MPEG) to be played on the Palm OS. And now you don't need to fumble between your PDA and portable MP3 player, thanks to the included RealOne Player for Palm. MP3 files are stored on optional Secure Digital or MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards, and we recommend purchasing a 128 MB card if you plan to access a lot of audio. You can listen to music via headphones or relive the '70s using the tinny, AM radio-like built-in speaker.

At 4.6 ounces, the Tungsten E is lighter than its forbearers despite being about the same dimensions as the m515 (4.5 x 3.1 x 0.5 inches). The ultra-slim Tungsten E isn't as curved as its m500 or V series predecessors, but we found the gentle slope near its base to be quite comfortable in the hand. The stylin' case is fully metallic and feels very durable.

The Tungsten E includes the familiar suite of Palm applications (Calendar, Contacts, Memos, and Tasks) as well as a number of third-party software title (ranging from Acrobat Reader to Documents To Go for accessing Microsoft Word and Excel files). Calendar has been given an Outlook-friendly makeover, adding a useful Agenda view that consolidates all of today's appointments, tasks, and new e-mails.

Java has also now entered the Palm OS arena, expanding the application development opportunities. The T3 comes with a few sample applets (including a periodic table that would be handy at our local pub's trivia night), but we'll have to wait for more development before Java becomes a full Palm OS tool.

In an effort to make this package as affordable as possible, Palm includes only a USB cable instead of the standard synchronization/charging cradle. The USB cable is fine (and can provide a low-wattage charge from your PC when needed), but we've become accustomed to Palm's cradles and were disappointed at its omission.

While missing a few key add-ons (the USB cable and expansion card) and not offering such bells and whistles as the Zire 71's built-in digital camera or the Tungsten T3's landscape screen, the Tungsten E sticks to what Palm does best--personal information management. And the Tungsten E packs a lot of powerful Palm tools into an affordable PDA package, one that will keep you connected to your daily calendar and important documents for years to come. --Agen G.N. Schmitz

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Customer Reviews

3 years of loving this PDA
This is my first PDA, and so far my only one. No problems other than not reading directions (my bad) and when I did finally look up a problem I found it was operator error (me) and easily correctable. Since I haven't had a different PDA, I can't say how it compares to others, but it's easy to use, easy to program, easy to download things, easy to update. Don't know how I'd entertain myself in doctors' offices waiting for appointments or waiting for anything. I play games on it and the screen is bright and clear and easy to read. I download books and music on removeable memory cards and just use it in so many ways. It stores all the contact info I need, with as much detail as I want to put in. I love that I can handwrite notes on it, when I need to write something down in a hurry.. when I suddenly remember something I need to pick up on the way home. I paid about $185 for it about 3 years ago, and it was a refurbished one, so I'd say this Amazon price of $45 is a real deal. It does what I need and so easy to use. Definitely one of my favorite things.

PalmOne Tungsten E
It was recieved in good condition but unable to download any PDA software, IT would have been nice to have ability to download with windows vista, and even nicer to have gotten a user manual or at least be informed of what was and was not included.

Best money spent
I bought a used Palm from Amazon Marketplace for school, and I am just pleased with it in every single way. The functions were incredible for this little machine. When everyone else had a backpack full of textbooks and PowerPoint slides, I just carried my Palm in my pocket. I had my textbook in PDF and my PowerPoint slides all stored in my Palm. When people are busy writing down notes in class, I just typed away with my Palm and wireless keyboard. When presentations were given, most presenters had a stack full of note card and printouts of their PPT, I had them again in my palm. The Palm also allowed me to play videos and music from my SD disk. And with all these functions, this PDA has a great battery life. It had certainly made college life much easier. I had my Palm for about three years now. It is still running strong. I rarely, I mean rarely die on me. What else could you ask for?