Palm m500 DRAM

"Great, useful, but some problems"

I got my first m500 a few months ago, and it was great. Thin, rechargeable, stylish... and the usb syncing was faster than the serial on my old palm VIIx. It was great, except for the problem in that the scribble pad (notepad) wpould not synchronize

This is your typical Palm product. It has the hot link ability, laser link ("talk" with others in the room who have a capable Palm Pilot), lots of downloadable software. What it DOESN'T have, is a decent display. It hardly matters what type of light it is in, you will have difficulty reading or...

(Edited January 02nd by williampr) For the price the M500 can't be beat. I bought mine new 7 months ago for $137 and the price has dropped since then. The size is small-can easily be put in a shirt pocket with the flip cover attached. The battery last a long time with heavy use--I use mine about...

"Wouldn't trade for something else"

If you don't care for bells and whistles, if you think it is silly to run windows application on a palmtop, if you're happy with grey scale, then the m500 is for you. Very thin, very light, very agreable to hold : it comes with me everywhere I go. As

"two returns too many"

The first model I bought had a defective screen which scrolled erratically in response to even the slightest pressure applied to the case (i.e., what is required to hold it in your hand). Palm, to its credit, supplied me with a replacement promptly.

"Great Unit for Trials"

if you are new to PDAs its a great unit to try and see if you really need one. it has basic functions that all PDAs have. too bad its monochrome. i got my unit after i busted my visor. good buy

"The only thing I would change is adding a colour screen."

I haven't had any problems with the M500. The battery life is excellent and it takes very little time to charge. The ability to expand the memory using inexpensive SD cards. Also comes with a lot of "free" software. But like I said it would be nice t

"Excellent PDA for the money"

I bought an m500 when they first came out and have used it for 2 years in the emergency room where I practice. I have 4 medical textbooks on the 16meg expansion card. I love this device. I paid $400 in 2001, and if it ever dies I will just go get

"Excellent PDA for the money"

I bought an m500 when they first came out and have used it for 2 years in the emergency room where I practice. I have 4 medical textbooks on the 16meg expansion card. I love this device. I paid $400 in 2001, and if it ever dies I will just go get

"Excellent value, excellent device"

The price of this model is now less than half of what I paid for it a year ago - I'm encouraging friends to snap one up while they're still available. Palm had some trouble with the cradles that origianlly shipped with this model. I never had trouble