Palm Tungsten T3

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Palm Tungsten T3

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Richard Poelling
Kurtis
Palm
Mar. 11, 2004

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First Impressions

When I first saw the T3, I thought it was rather small compared to the other PDA's which Palm sells. In its unexpanded form, the T3 does seem to be smaller than the Tungsten E. The complete lack of the graffiti writing area was the other major difference I noticed. Upon expanding the display to its full glory, I realized I had more than an ordinary PDA in my hands. I had a whopping 320 x 480 stretch display! Upon further investigation, I located the other major feature of the T3, landscape mode. Palm didn't just enlarge the viewable area; they enabled the ability to alter its use. Now with a click of the stylus, you can go from the standard portrait to the new landscape viewing mode. There is a reason why all of Palms advertising shows the T3 viewing a spreadsheet, it was made for it!

Getting Started

With a PDA, the first order of business is to locate the stylus. Unlike many other PDA's, the T3's can be retrieved by first depressing it, which then causes the unit to spring up. Once up, the stylus can be removed. Once again Palm has come up with an interesting solution to an age-old problem.

The T3 comes with a CD containing a nice array of software. Besides the software, the T3 also came with a standard power adapter to charge the unit along with a USB cradle. The cradle allows charging and synchronization of the T3 with a computer. I always like to see a cradle since I think it is important for your PDA to have a good solid home. It also makes it harder knock off the desk. Also included is a flip-over screen protector to ward off any large pointy objects that may fly toward your precious display.

As with other Palm products, upon initial power-up you will be greeted with the standard startup screen and a little tune. The T3 will ask some basic questions, such as the time zone, etc... This will also be the time to calibrate the stylus. After all this, The T3 will launch into the Quick Tour. From here, all the great features that have been integrated into the T3 will be revealed.

Similar to the Tungsten E, the Tungsten T3 uses the 5-way navigator. There are also 4 other buttons located next to the navigator for such things as the calendar, notepad, contacts list, and task manager. What is missing is the standard graffiti writing area. To find out where it has gone, you will just have to read further!

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: First Impressions & Getting Started
Page 3: User Interface
Page 4: Testing
Page 5: Quality Check
Page 6: Software
Page 7: Tungsten T3 Photos & Conclusion

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1 - Posted by Guest on May 19, 2005 - 1:43 am

I would like to know if the T3 has the same memory as the T5. That is, will the memory be wiped if I run the battery down all the way? I have a bad habit of doing this to my electronics.

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