Comments on: Quickies: NR Series, 7135, Screen Replacements, FastCPU, and More

If you are interested in this model and haven't read this review, I recommend it highly:
www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=3729

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1. You can set the flip to answer phone on open, but not to hang up on close.

2. Text entry by the phone's keypad does NOT use predictive text entry. I apparently dreamed that or something. So to get the first four letters of Gellman you can't just hit 4355 (that's GDJJ) but have to hit 4 33 555 555. Too bad. The problem I mentioned with entering numbers by toggling the #key is gone, though.

3. The screen is even better than I thought on first impression. I find it works pretty well even in direct sunlight (by holding at the right angle to reflect) and is bright enough to be quite visible in indirect sunlight.

More in full review to come.

Note:

1) it is plenty bigger than my cell phone. Although not as wide or tall as my 515, it is much thicker. Maybe double the depth of my 515. I think it is comperable to the Treo although I didn't have one to compare it to. I do think it is a little thicker than the Treo.

2) Screen - looked pretty good. 160x160 but the size was small - like a Treo. Very similar to the Treo's screen. It had makeup and grease on it from use. That might be a hastle. We took it outside and it was much harder to read than my 515, but much better than my Samsung A500.

3) Graffiti area is smaller than usual, but easy to write on. There is a phone button that replaces the calculator button on the silk-screen. From there you see a "phone" menu that has a top half that give you the time etc... and a bottom section with things like "phone book" "Options" etc... that you can scroll through using the up/down rocker.

I said I wasn't totally sold on the combined machine yet and she said she loved it. She said she puts it on speaker when she wants to use it as a palm while on the phone. She said the size was ok in practice since she was able to ditch her old palm. However, she did admit that she grabbed her husband's phone over the weekend because "it is heavy and I didn't want to carry around a very expensive phone all weekend."

She said Verizion will have it in November for $500-$600 - no firm price decision yet.

Looked pretty good - just kind of big/bulky for a phone. If you want a phone centric palm, this may be a great choice. But if you want a cutting edge palm, Tungsten/Sony will be your top choice this winter.

http://forums.pdabuzz.net/attachment.php?postid=273968

"As far as being big bulky for a phone CleverClaire, try putting your phone on top of you 515 and then tell me which one is bulky."

Ok. But the 515 isn't a cell phone. The 7135 is. Granted it is also a palm, but the question is does it make a good cell phone?

"if you are being critical, comparing the size and weight of the 7135 to a m515 stacked on top of a Nokia 3390"

Again, not my point. I carry my 515 in a pocket or purse and clip my tiny A500 on my belt. I don't stack them up. I very much see the benefit of having only one device in my pocket. But how functional is the "phone" and how functional is the "pda."

If a phone has a built in TV, DVD player and VCR it has a lot of neat functionality. However, it would be the size of a laptop computer. That may be smaller than a TV + a VCR + a DVD player to carry. But it is still to big to be useful as an everyday cell phone. Can you picture me holding my laptop up to my ear???? lol

The comparison was not meant to be critical, just to point out that it is significantly bigger than modern cell phones and that may be a trade-off that some people will not want to make. I was just reporting the facts.

Thanks for your posts,

Claire

If Sony has already ceased listing the NR series, I would bet money they will announce new models within the next few days. Especially considering all the press Palm is getting with Tungsten|T.

Whatever Sony has up its sleeve...you can expect it to be a show stopper!