Palm T|X and Z22 Reviewed

robf writes "The eagerly awaited Palm T|X and Z22 have been officially announced. Palminfocenter has reviews posted for both the Palm T|X and the Palm Z22." From the article: "The T|X and Z22 are the first new models to return to the Palm name, after the company reacquired the rights to the Palm name. Palm has decided to drop the Tungsten sub brand, in order to highlight the strong Palm name brand."

Real men...

[Anonymous Coward]

...use a notepad and pencil.

Too little, too late

[drgonzo59]

This is like trying to revive NeXT or OS/2. They had the whole handheld market "in the bag" and messed up. It is time to move on...

Re:Too little, too late

[nine-times]

Yeah, who on Earth would use NeXT? Even if they upgraded it, made it prettier, and wrote a whole bunch of software for it, I think I'd still stick with OSX.

Re:Coralized

[Milican]

That sucks. Could you write the admin and ask them to unblock it?

JOhn

The TX is close...

[benmhall]

but Palm still hasn't come up with a PDA to beat Sony's last Clie models. My Tj-37 is two years old and has WiFi, a camera, lots of expansion, a small form-factor and great battery life. And before anyone goes on to say that "a business PDA doesn't need a camera" let me say that I use the crappy camera in my Tj-37 all the time. Sure, it's not a 2MP wonder, but I do have it with me all the time.

If and when my Tj-37 dies, I'll likely replace it with a Clie TH-55. [brighthand.com] This thing has wifi, 320x480 and absolutely awesome 8+ hour battery life again in 2003. The EU version even had bluetooth. With the camera and small form-factor, Palm still hasn't come up with an equal to this device. Really, Palm 2005 is just now catching up to the Clie from two years ago.

It's a shame, when Sony pulled out of the market, Palm OS and the Palm platform just stagnated.

Re:Too little, too late

[birge]

Funny, the last time I made the same point, it was modded down as flamebait. I guess it pays to post in the right topic: If you're going to say something about Apple, do it on a story about Palm.

Re:PocketMod is my new Palm

[XxtraLarGe]

Here are simple step-by-step directions:

1. Go to library.
2. Check out book you want to read.
3. Open PocketMod to pages 3-4
4. Insert book you want to read
5. Enjoy!

Re:Garnet or WinCE?

[doublem]

What is Palm's strategy with regards to operating systems?

Slap together whatever can, put it in a cheap, fragile shell, add some new graphics so it looks new and snazzy, and send it to production.