Quickies: Some m505/m515 Stuff and More
STNE Corporation can now do upgrades to 16 MB of memory for the m500, m505, or Visor Neo for $115. -Will
Best Buy has the m515 on sale for $380 and the m130 for $266. -FE
The m505 FAQ has been updated to become the m515 FAQ. -Davy
QueueSoft has released a beta of a conduit for Entourage for OS X that works with the beta of the Palm Desktop for OS X. -finkelt
TakTik 1.1, the strategy game from Kickoo, now lets users play against another handheld via infrared. A new difficulty level allows a kind of handicap, making games interesting even when an opponent is much stronger or weaker. This works against the computer, too. -Daniel Morais
Beginning this month, Palm Japan will only sell the m500 and m505 in the Japanese market, according to ZDNet Japan. Currently it's selling all its old models at reduced prices: the m100 for 4,900 yen (about $36), the m105 for 9,800 yen (about $72), and the IIIc and Vx for 12,800 yen (about $95). Like Handspring, Palm has been cutting prices of its models since December of last year. Palm declined to comment on whether it will create Japanese versions of the m130 and m515. -Eugene
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RE: m100 $36?
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(But I like the 8MB ROM it has :) )
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maybe someone should try with 0S4.1
Back to Palm
Off topic but
The screens look wierd for Palm's new models.
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Lie is the future.
Memory Upgrade
The SkyTraveler
RE: Memory Upgrade
Compare Palm's m515 to Sony's T615...
Am I crazy, or do I have a point?
RE: Compare Palm's m515 to Sony's T615...
RE: Compare Palm's m515 to Sony's T615...
Gordon from Edinburgh
*I love PPCs - but I couldn't eat a whole one*
RE: Compare Palm's m515 to Sony's T615...
Most English palmwares work fine with Japanese PalmOS devices. (as I do.)
Major disadvantege is that menus and dialogs are Japanese (But you can reflash English OS?) and silk screen area.
Major advantege is that they have double-size flash ROM. (Of course except m100 & m105.)
RE: Compare Palm's m515 to Sony's T615...
i wanna put hard/cases #1 on must have acc.
Argg sony! why did u made such lousy up/down buttons! i would have bought one!
btw, any news on upcoming sonys? or palms? so far ive only seen the fliptop sony.
graph
Better than Best Buy
No one selling M515 untill Thursday
RE: No one selling M515 untill Thursday
m515 FAQ?
Off topic: LEather flipcover for m505?
Ive been researching about m505s durability compared to the Vx's because i dont wanna use any hardcase or softcase for it anymore. i want to start using the leather flip cover for it. But is the screen fragile like the VX? which means a few feet will smash it? i havent seen any m505s in palmgraveyard.
I want to know to who is using the flipcover and for how long have you been using it?
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RE: Off topic: LEather flipcover for m505?
>the flip cover is all you need unless you work in a rough environment
> OR if you are clumsy and hard on your things.
> In regards to the m series durability, I've dropped mine a couple of times
> and it survived, but that means little. It depends on how it lands, what it
> lands on, etc.
How did these not answer your question? What more do you want? 500 comments? Geez.
RE: Off topic: LEather flipcover for m505?
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RE: Off topic: LEather flipcover for m505?
A little durability story: Back in January, I stopped to help a child who was being assalted. The attacker turned on me (don't know where his two friends came from!) and I wound up with a broken leg and busted nose among other things. My Palm was knocked out of my pocket while they were kicking me in the head,.. we found it later in the dirt and it had been stepped on and mashed into the ground. It only had the stock flip cover, but after cleaning it off, we found it had no damage except for a small nick on the back!
The metal/plastic sandwich construction helps a lot, and I recall seeing some inside photos which looked like there was a gasket or something to cushion the screen, but I could be mistaken. The IIIe had the screen right up against the edge of the case, and my own IIIe screen cracked after a TWO foot drop onto carpet. Like mentioned in the other posts, it depends a lot on the angle of impact, the surface material, and of course, velocity. Remember that the screen is glass, and if the glass itself is hit, it will probably break. If durability is a major issue you may want to consider the M130... the screen is smaller and plastic, both of which help ruggedness.
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m100 $36?