Comments on: Palm m130 Review

I bought a m130 to replace my m100 and what a diference the color makes! I'm no power user, but i find the m130 an excelent buy: the colour screen, the extra memory (compared to the m100), the software (documents to go is a must) and the sd cards are good "excuses" to buy this model.

Good work, Palm!

No body cares about this.

They only care about wireless devices and Sony multimedia Palms.

Why does the m130 have that annoying ghosting effect as mentioned in the article? Why does it have the effect and the m515 doesn't?

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Granted the case is hard and well protected, however, murphy's law (and pretty much every other law) will guarantee that anything held in the hand will eventually drop. How much abuse can this thing take? Does Palm have any test results of drops? Anyone with dropping experience?

Just read some articles about the m130 having trouble with high capacity MMC cards (more than 64 MB). Anyone test this out yet? Figure I'd find out before buying memory that won't work.

Palm m130 is an excellent PDA.
It has great software and features as well as multimedia and expansion capabilities.
For me, it should have been $300...

I recently upgraded to an m130 from a Palm IIIc.

This review confirmed all the positive and negative thoughts I'd had about the two in comparison:

I was tremendously disappointed to not have a Brightness slider; the two backlight options aren't really adequate, and using the m130 outdoors on a sunny day is impossible minus one.

I wish there were a way to tell other than by sound if the m130 is connected to the cradle; the IIIc had an orange LED on its face, and the m130 has a habit of being slightly jostled such that it is no longer in contact with the UC.

The window on the flip-cover is brilliant. I fell in love with that little feature immediately... with the "Stay on in cradle" option enabled and the Clock set as the last application before I cradle Mr. m130 and go to bed, I don't need a normal alarm clock any more. Plus, the flip-cover is superior to the Neanderthal piece of architecture on the IIIc in every way. Instead of being a stiff piece of plastic mounted on crappy little pegs that only flips to a 90 degree angle with the screen, it's a flexible-yet-sturdy piece of plastic on a hinge that flips back flush with the back of the handheld. I've dropped it a couple of times, and it fell out of my pocket while i was riding my bike once... it bounced along the pavement and came to a stop with only a tiny scratch on the bottom of the faceplate (which is replaceable, so I'm not even a little worried). I no longer fear dropping it, although perhaps rubber trim along the corners would make it indestructible... ^_^

The stylus is a piece of crap. It's poorly weighted, flimsy, slippery, and just generally difficult for my large fingers to use. Any word on metal replacement styli? The IIIc had the best factory stylus I'd ever seen... it was heavy, metal, and had all the necessary bits in screw-off ends.

The main reason I upgraded was that 8mb of memory is nowhere near enough. After a day and a half, I'm already down to less than 1mb on the m130. I'm thrilled about the expansion slot, and that justified the expense by itself, but I wish it weren't on the side - I generally keep Mr. m130 in my pocket, and the cards tend to pop in and out while the device is being jostled around in my pocket.

Are there plans to develop an 802.11b card? Between that, a 32mb SD card, and a keyboard, I would be in Palm heaven.

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soulsabre@hailmail.net

Hands down the best colored palm for it's price. Everyting is execellent about this unit. It true, they should of at least made it 16M instead of 8M. But even with 8M I can still store my spread sheets and Doc file with some memory to spare. Pictures and mp3 would need an expansion card. From 1 to 10, I give this an 8! Good work Palm!

My M130

I have an m130, I love it but it's too damb thick. It takes up too much space in my pocket and if I were to get a case I can only imagine how thick it would be then.

Trundling out of the Staples parking lot thru the NYC snow here in Queens NY, I had my birthday gift in hand.. A shiny new M130! Let me tell ya folks, after playing with it for about 3 hours now, I realized that it's quite an upgrade from my Palm Pilot Professional (measly 2 megs ream with B&W display). But the COLOR on the M130? Wow! I'm lookin' at my photo albums and already playing games on my M130. 65K colors' AWESOME. I can't can't tell the difference between Truecolor and 16 bit color. Believe me it looks great.In addition, I was able to take all my personal and business data, as well as my scheduling data that I use on my desktop software and synchronize it IN A FLASH! And believe me. I got a lot a lot a data dada! Buy the M130. It's a lovely birthday gift from my lovely wife and I'm very happy with it!

We're flying on a rock thru space and we're lucky to be alive!

Hi... I am new to the world of pda's.. But I am a PALM supporter. I am interested in a smart, color pda. I don't have a big budget. I have sort of narrowed down my choices to the M130 or M515. Which one should I go for? I am unable to make a decision. I know the M515 costs more than the M130, but thats ok.
Any other Palm OS pda's in this price range???
Thanks again.

Hi! Great review, I think this is a typo: "The m125 runs OS 4.1 on the 33 MHz Dragonball processor. It has 8 MB of internal memory, which is about half what I think it ought to have." don't you mean m130? instead of m125.

thanks

A Proud owner of a PEG-T665C and a PEG-NX70V

I was given an M130 handheld and love it.The only problem is that the instructions were misplaced prior to my learning how to sync it . I am not computer wise and I am just learning. My memory card has popped out and is gone so I now am faced with the hope of trying to hoit sync it to the computer prior to placing my new card in. I am not sure if all my data will be lost, but felt I should try it first. If someone would assist me with the information I would greatly appreciate it. My email is hselby@uniserve.com
Thank you so much.
Hanne

I've just purchased a m130 from ebay, and havent recieved it yet. I'm just wondering will i be able to listen to mp3's on it. As i really have no idea about this thing. THANKs

Hi I Just Got A Palm m130 yesterday from my neighbors dad and i love it i cant let go of it and my neighbors dad hasnt gaven me the cradle (I Think He Lost It) And I Only Have The USB/Serial Cable And When I Plug The USB Cable In It Does Not Wont To Sync I Have A Idea Its Becuase Of Windows Add/Remove Hardware But When I Plug The Serial In It Works And When I Sync. It Syncs Until The Last Item Then It Frezzes Up Anyone Have The Same Problem?

I found one of these at a yard sale, lady said it worked just fine.

I plugged the palm into the cradle yesterday. No lightning bolt or anything comes up.

After some time on the cradle, charging, it makes a beep now when I put it on, or remove it. It did not make that beep when I first put it on to charge. But thats all it does.

I have never had one of these, so dont know if I am missing something.

Thanks