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Palm Hard Case For Tungsten E
Palm (
02 October, 2003 )
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Decent protection, lousy design  |
Im guessing Palm has monkeys working in their case-design department, because this product shows no signs of someone actually putting thought into the process. Good points: the somewhat thin aluminum protects the scratch-prone Tungsten E, and is a step up from the absolutely useless cover provided with the unit. Looks like a cigar case, so maybe someone will think youre cool. Bad points: Thin aluminum, so its not going to stand up to a lot of abuse without buckling, but theres a tradeoff between being bombproof and light. What is inexcusable, however, is the poor ergonomics. The clasp is cantankerous, you need to partially flip the Palm out of the case to access the power button and stylus. Lying flat in the case on your desk, there is no way to insert the power or sync cable without tilting the Palm slightly. Anybody with half a brain would have realized in a blink of the eye that making the clamshell case asymmetric, so that the cut-line fully exposed the cable plug-ins and power switch, would have been dead easy. The case comes with a nifty double-articulating hinge, so why oh why didnt they do this. Summary: at the moment the only hard case which fits the Tungsten, but its going to be an expensive paper weight after someone produces a proper case.
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T3 is brilliant !! BUT PLEASE DONT BUY THIS CASE !!!  |
The Palm Tungsten T3 is a fabulous piece of kit; expensive but worth it. Sadly the same cannot be said of this case. I wasnt impressed with Palms own case for the Palm M505 and the same applied to their case for the T3. It is not up to the job.Cost of the T3 means the case is essential and I always prefer a metal case. So when I bought my T3 I bought Palms T3 metal case. I put the cased T3 in my trouser pocket for about 15 minutes. When I took the case out the front cover was badly buckled; the T3 was alright inside. After such a short time such buckling was totally unacceptable. It was obivous that the case would not stand the rough and tumble that my previous metal cases have taken on an almost daily basis. I have now but a leather case by KRUSSEL via E-Bay and that appears to be doing a much better job than Palms own case. So my advice, if you can afford it buy a T3 ((and Amazon.co.uk are currently the cheapest seller in the UK)). A case is essential but please not this one.
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Snappy protecting wallet, but some drawbacks  |
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The wallet is just that: a wallet that protects the Tungsten from scratches and knocks. It has room for two credit cards and a couple of SD cards. You could also get paper receipts in there too. Dont expect to use it as a replacement for your wallet (I was hoping to, alas). The Tungsten is held in the waller with a plastic clip which works well, but you have to take the Tungsten out of the wallet to synchronize it.
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