Comments on: Review: Palm m500 Leather Zippered Case

I agree. This case fills a void. The standard case allows the SD Cards to scratch the case. The larger cases out there are too big. The Palm Zippered Case goes in between. I would like to see a case with this set up and size in a non-zippered version.

...with a couple of the cons. I regularly hotsync with the case on - it is flexible enough to fold on the side and hence it is possible to leave it on and have the m505 sync at the same time. Also, I don't agree that it is hard to take the Palm out of the case. After a bit of use, it is loose enough to allow easy slipping in and out of the case. In fact, I think it is a happy medium: not too hard, nor too easy (so that it would slip out when unzippered).

I used this case for about 1 month and have now stopped. The zipper rubs, during opening and closing, against the bottom left corner of the M500/505. It has now removed the finish from my M505. The design doesn't have enough space in that corner. You must be very careful during opening and closing to keep the zipper off the Palm.

You can slide an extra stylus down the pouch meant to hold the notepad, and as long as you've got a notepad in the pouch, it won't slide toward the midle of the case and scratch your 505.

Although I still use it, my biggest beef with the zippered case was not mentioned--it leaves all kinds of grease marks on the screen if you do not have a notepad in the case. I would rather go without the notepad, but I feel I have no choice, because it's the only way to keep my screen clean, even though the notepad leaves a lot of paper dust in the case/on the screen.

Thanks for the good review. For those of you who are concerned about the zipper scratching your Palm, I recommend using a case from E&B Company. E&B cases were available prior to Palm's zippered case. I've been using the E&B case for a few months now. I have no regrets.

You may want to check out this site.

www.ebcases.com

I tried the zippered case, but never took it out of the house. Someone posted earlier that the zipper rubs against the finish of the 505. I recognized this as a problem immediatley. The first pics online showed it with a metal zipper; mine had a plastic zipper that was hard to close. This made it a hard case to quickly open up, do something, and close. I was dissapointed overall with the quality.

In contrast, the body glove cases by GoNeo offer better workmanship, even though they are neoprene, not leather. I'm hoping they come out with a 505 model soon. I'm also going to try the Covey case.

The design allows no cards, nothing but pure leather, to even touch the screen. It has two slots for cards on the back side, and realistically, if you have more than 3 (2 in the case, 1 in the palm) memory cards, you probably carry your m50x in a briefcase anyway.

-Davy Fields
m505 YahooGroup Moderator
Owner m505 FAQ
www.davyfields.com

Any reason why this cant be used with a V or Vx ???