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36 of 36 customers found the following review helpful:
 Perfection (nearly) in the palm of your hand, 2005-10-18
I had a Palm III followed by a Palm V and I was pretty pleased with both these older model PDAs. After some study, I opted for a Palm Zire 72 and I am very pleased with the features.
Important to me, the Zire 72 has Palm's suite of information management applications and the ability to edit Word- and Excel-compatible files and synchronize with Microsoft Outlook (Windows only). This is one reason I got the Palm; my Blackberry is not good as a PDA and I love the easy-to-use and fast PalmOS.
The Zire 72 features:
1-megapixel image resolution (1280 x 960 pixels
32 MB of memory --64 MB in the special edition
Video capture with sound
Digital
Voice recording capability.
Wireless Bluetooth connectivity to connect to the PC or your Bluetooth-enabled phone
4.8 ounces wieght
Palm OS 5.2.8 Operating System
Software
USB cable for linking to PC
Slot for SDI memory card
16-bit 320x320 TFT screen capable of 65,000 colors.
Capabilities Rundown:
PIM and software:
Zire 72 features Palm's suite of information management applications for expenses and note, and it has the ability to edit Word- and Excel-compatible files and synchronize with Microsoft Outlook in Windows. Our own company email system will support the Palm and Pocket PC while it will not be supporting the Blackberry Enterprise System anytime soon. So the Outlook support is very important.
Bluetooth:
The Bluetooth seems designed for devices to enable mobiles, LAN and PC connections to give web capability. It would be clunky, in my view, to connect via a cell phone, so I'd love to see WiFi. But this feature can be added with a $99 card put into the SDI slot. Bluetooth is not as easy to configure; the set-up wizard seemed to be a bit difficult and there are only a few cell phone models included in the preset configurations. If you can get the 72 connected, you can use it to dial numbers, send SMS, MMS and e-mail, and browse the web using the Web Pro 3.5. Or you can opt for a WiFi card and surf at MacDonalds and Starbucks. Phones that are listed:
Sony-E T68i
Sony-E T610
Nokia 6310i
Nokia 3650
Siemens S56
Not a super list.
For PC interfacing or Palm-to-Palm there still is an infrared port.
Egonomics:
Complaints were made about the blue paint on the regular edition flaking off. I have the special edition with the silver body and this is not an issue. The control is a rectangular navigating button. The screen has the familiar Palm division between screen and stylus pad below. The Graffiti 2 was easy to use--the letters are almost exactly like written print, as long as you know where to begin the the letter, but that's practically intuitive. The sensitivity and accuracy of the stylus-pointing is a huge improvement over the very early Palms like the PalmV.
My system came with a Cordura nylon case, very nice quality and a huge improvement from the old flimsy leatherette flaps of early days. Without a case, you have to get something to cover the screen. The stylus is the same type of rod that attaches to the side by sliding into a slot.
MP3:
You need a SDI card (Secure Digital card) to load MP3 songs with RealPlayer onto the system for playing back with MP3. These are not hard to find, you may even have one floating around the house (we did.) Drag-and-drop songs onto the card on your PC, put card in Palm and go. There is a headphone jack.
There are "speakers" (tiny) and a voice recorder. Great for memos.
Camera:
The 1.2 megapixel camera has onboard adjustments for contrast and light (I needed to take down the exposure for a shot of my deck at dawn.) Digital zoom. No cover for the camera lens. The resolution was ok. The memory will hold about 85 shots, and you can move them to the SDI (optional) card. No flash.
Software:
The installation CD comes with Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm, plus a calculator, a reader-- Documents To Go which allows you to read Microsoft Word and Excel. It's recommended to download AvantGo to add internet features. Sites such as www.palmsource.com, www.freewarepalm.com, www.palmgear.com, www.download.com have many free or inexpensive applications for the PalmOS.
There is no manual, it's on the CD.
Summary:
For a PDA, this is about perfect. To be perfect, they'd have to include WiFi and or a better phone setup list for the Bluetooth. I am quite thrilled with the Zire 72--it does what I want it to do, mainly be a PDA and keep my appointments and handle some data. The camera and MP3 are nice for travel.
9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
Great gadget, 2005-10-17
As a Palm devote, I can say that this fealous had been doing there homework...
Excellent screen display. Excellent audio features.
Why buy an iPod when, for a similar sum, you can have a mini-computer with digital camera, mp3 player, voice recorder, bluetooth, etc.
The bad: 1 - Should spend some extra 50$ in memory to store video and a good number of mp3...
2 - Need to recharge battery every 2 to 3 days.
7 of 7 customers found the following review helpful:
i love it!, 2005-10-14
This is my first PDA. I've been using a Sharp memomasters and casio organizers for a long time.
I'll be honest with you, the camera is not great. But it is not meant to be. You want a camera, go buy a Kodak. The Camera is just for fun shoots, spur of the moment things that you did not plan for.
I went to the library to do some research on plants. Well the librarian gave me a stack of material to go through. It was late and I was not about to photo copy all that. I quickly looked through the pages for the intersting stuff and photographed them with my Z72s.
I visited a friend of mine and as we were talking, I remembered how much I really loved this person, so I pulled out my Z72s and snapped a picture. (I don't live next door so going for the 3MP kodak was not an option, not to mention my mood would have changed)
The Sound is great
Screen is excellent although it started the awful whining noise.
Moving around the PDA is very fast and quick. Having used the memomasters and other electronic organisers I was accustom to the instant on, which some PPC devices don't have. I was amazed at the speed of the Palm OS.
It does not have back ground applications except the audio player. But that is great, cause on a 3 inch screen. I can only work on one thing at a time, and besides that; half of the crashing on PPC devices is because the background applications don't actually close. Device runs out of RAM and bang. Hard reset!
So my opionion. Go get one!
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
zire 72 is just Special, 2005-10-13
the zire 72S is like a secretary in my pocket. is all that I need. my books, music, memos, photos and video of my families and friends are ever in one of my hands.
3 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
 Zire 71, 2005-09-18
My mother just talked me out of my Zire 71 (3/6/06) It was a great PDA for myself and was used rather heavily. Mostly for reminders and a few other programs. I have read lots of complaints about screen noise but never had this happen to me. This is one of the few Palms now that has a replacable battery. The Palm TX and Palm Lifedrive do not. If it goes out and you are past your 90 day warranty your out of luck. Customer service isn't something it seems Palm gets gold stars on lately. This is too bad, because of this I probably won't stick to the Palm line and instead am likely to get a Dell Axim.
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