Comments on: Deal on the Palm TX, a Recommended EReading Device

By: J Henry Phillips

J Henry Phillips — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:00 +0000

I bought a Palm Tungsten for that very purpose. It froze the first time I tried to save a file, but no biggie… I didn’t buy it for word processing, only to read rtf text, which it did for a while. Now it won’t synch. Palm has hundreds of evasive pages of instructions to burn up the life expectancy of millions of irate customers unable to make the contraption drop old files and accept new ones. Net result is I’ll never buy anything ftom anyone if it claims to “sync or synch” files, and am still looking for a reader. I got a cheap Kaser mp3 player that reads simple text with no synchwarez and am pleased as punch.
The only way Palm will ever get me back is to trade me something that reads text for the crappy Tungsten, or offer firmware that eliminates the synch function and makes the thing drag and drop.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:29:57 +0000

Ordered! And since I was going to get the keyboard, too, it was almost half price for the package deal. Thank you, Jane, because I never even would have known about it if not for your keeping your finger on the gadget pulse!

By: whey

whey — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:00:55 +0000

I’m so tempted to make a grudge/anti-Kindle buy. I’d happily pay $100 for a device that was only an ereader. Another $100 to get the additional functionality of a PDA, totally reasonable. The free shipping/keyboard, yeah, more incentive. Sold.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:05:29 +0000

I’m dying waiting for my husband (and his credit card) to get home, utterly convinced they’ll sell out in the time it takes him to drive from Home Depot to our house.

By: Leeann Burke

Leeann Burke — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:49:46 +0000

I just might have to put this on my Christmas wish list (if I don’t order a copy first). I’m still using my Palm 100 and it eats batteries like candy.

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:35:25 +0000

Good deal.
Does anyone know a good library application - I’m trying to get my books into some sort of organized order.

By: Jules Jones

Jules Jones — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:28:29 +0000

But still 235 quid in the UK [cries]. Wonder how much it would cost to get it sent to a friend and then shipped here…