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DiscountDelight - Palm LifeDrive Mobile Manager
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List Price: $399.99
Our Price: $336.00
Your Save: $ 63.99 ( 16% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: PalmOne
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Palm
CPU Speed: 416
CPU Type: XScale
Display Size: 3.8
EAN: 0805931013767
Feature: Built-in WiFi and Bluetooth wireless support so you can easily carry all the essentials of your busy life
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: PalmOne
Manufacturer: PalmOne
Model: 1044NA
Modem Description: None
Native Resolution: 320x480
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: No Operating System
Publisher: PalmOne
Release Date: 2005-05-02
Special Features: nv:Processor Speed^416MHz|Display Area^320 x 480 Transflective TFT|Display Colors^65K+ Colors|Connectivity^Infrared (iRDA 1.2)|Connectivity^Bluetooth|Connectivity^Multi-Connector|Connectivity^Wi-Fi|Compatible Flash Media^Secure Digital|Compatible Flash Media^Muti Media Card|Compatible Flash Media^SDIO (Input/Output)|Display Area^320 x 480|Type^Lithium-ion Rechargeable|Width^2.87 inches|Depth^.74 inches|Height^4.76 inches|Weight^6.8 oz.|Operating Systems^Windows 2000
Studio: PalmOne
System Memory Size: 4000
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Features
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Built-in WiFi and Bluetooth wireless support so you can easily carry all the essentials of your busy life
320 x 480 high-resolution, color display with choice of portrait and landscape viewing
Support for POP, IMAP, and Exchange e-mail accounts helps you stay on top of your e-mail at WiFi hotspots around the world
Plenty of room for storage with a 4GB hard drive
Also includes a voice recorder, MP3 player, and photo viewer
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Dead Life Drive.
Comment: I purchased a Life Drive PDA because of the large memory capacity. I upgraded from Sony Clie. I have been unable to get any help from Palm, since my Life Drive crashed after a long holiday weekend. I guess the battery ran down and it will not recharge. A $500 device that is now useless. I have now returned to using my Sony Clie which continues to work. If I were you I would think twice about buying such an expensive PDA that does not contain replaceable batteries. Take a look at Palms website where they tell their customers that sending the device back could cost you more than the amount it would cost to buy another. "Let the buyer beware!"
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Summary: Life Drive great concept - poor software reliability
Comment: The Life Drive - with lots of disk storage - is a great product concept with extremely unreliable software. Unlike the Palm IIIx and earlier models with the rock solid Palm operating system and Graffiti handwriting recognition, the Life Drive frequently locks up and crashes. The Grafitti 2 software has very poor recognition (as well as being less intuitive than original Grafitti), runs slowly, and often cannot recognize "T" and "L". With an unreliable digitizing pad (which causes characters to breakup and be read as other characters), text entry is an exercise in frustration; on average characters must be entered twice. Mine is being returned for repair for the 2nd time in 18 months but it has never operated anywhere near satisfactorily.
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Summary: inquiry for allan lee or anyone!
Comment: I am sorry to use this space for this very technologically novice inquiry, but I enjoyed your review so much, in the sense that I am looking for an excellent PDA, and your comments reflect my hope and sense that this is the one for me...but my question is...(sorry if it is mickey mouse...)....Blue Tooth wireless is one step above Plug and Play technology right? I ask just to verify this because the last technician I dealt with re. transferring my data from my antiquated Casio to the Palm in question that I received(which I am giving away, hoping that the LifeDrive will be the one, and be easier for the transferrence of data too), and a feature that I should look for....at very least right? Again, sorry this was a very novice question.
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Summary: Mine is perfect
Comment: I had the pleasure of reading some of your reviews, and quite frankly, I don't know if I should feel fortunate or laughing out loud, not to be rude, but literally, given that there is absolutely nothing wrong with mine.
After you received your LifeDrive, the unit turned on ok, the jacks don't fall out, the screen is not scratch etc, then, folks, there is nothing wrong with your unit. I can say with 99% confident that it is all software related.
Here's some advices for you that might help:
1). You should not use the operating software come with the CD; instead, you should download the latest version from the Palm site. And you should install the update 2.0. Then you need to know how the unit works, there are two storage areas in the unit, the internal memory and your 4 GB hard drive. You need to understand how backup works, and how to backup your cache as well as the files in the hard drive. Use Drive mode to backup your hard drive to your pc, and resync often for backing up the other portion. There is no need to use LifeDrive manager come with the CD.
2). You must have some sort of Uninstall software installed in your unit, because chances are you will installed something and want to get rid of it. I am using Uninstall Manager from Palm, and it works great. Oh, and for the one who complaints about the unit turned itself off after 3 minutes of inactivity ... There are softwares to prevent that, check the web.
Now here is the truth. This unit by itself may be over-priced; however, the synergy this unit can provide after you cleverly match it with well chosen softwares will give you a return on investment that is completely unmatched even at 2 to 3 times their combined price point. It's like having an assistant working for you 24/7 and you pay him/her 50 cents a day.
My LifeDrive is a powerful breast after I mate it with the following personally chosen softwares: Uninstall Manager, DateBk5, ShadowPlan, DayNotez, Supernames 2.0, Repligo PDF Mobilizer. Doc to Go 8.0, SmartList to Go, MyBible, etc. You get the point. (alternatively, you can replaced Datebk5 with Agendus, and Supernames with Beyond Contact, ShadowPlan with ListPro, or Life Balance etc). I don't play games, watch videos, or listen to mp3, but you can if you like.
I have not had one single reset that I am not aware of. Perhaps the only down side is that the unit does take an extra second to load, but after a while, I hardly notice it. It doesn't have a camera which some of you might prefer. Other than this, great unit.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Palm has the absolute worst customer service
Comment: I've ran into problems HotSyncing my Palm LifeDrive with Mac laptop and have tried four times now to get through to Palm customer service for assistance without any luck yet. I've held on the phone for over 45 minutes each time listening to their crummy music only to have my call abruptly disconnected. It's sad that most companies don't offer good, easy to reach customer service, but Palm manages to out do everyone else in their absolutely horrible customer service.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Quickly drag and drop thousands of files from your PC onto your LifeDrive mobile manager. Your folder structure remains intact so you can easily locate important information when you need it. Plus, select the files you want to keep in sync, and they’ll be automatically updated whenever you sync with your computer.
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