A new departure for a handheld device the ability to work landscape as well as portrait, this more powerful machine looks the part and I am sure will be every yuppies desire, that is if there are still such people.
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It is 10.5x7.5x1cm when closed, there is a leather flap that folds
from the top. Pull the body apart by 2.5cm and your screen area
increases from the 320x320 modern norm to 320x480 64k colour. One click
on an icon and the whole display becomes landscape.
The extra space by default opens with the soft keyboard but in most
situations a click on another icon closes this and the whole screen
display enlarges. This is useful in a range of situations but perhaps
the most useful is the spreadsheet (both Word and Excel are supported)
where seeing a little more information can be vital. However be warned
that not all applications can currently take advantage of the extra
screen space.
One application I always port to any handheld is File Maker Mobile
and one of my databases has 4830 records. My own old 5x takes over 20
seconds to search for an item where there are four occurrences,
recently I looked at the Tungsten E and this search took a tad under
four seconds, on the T3 it took just over one second.
The main reasons more memory, 64MB and a faster 400MHz processor. I
recently discovered a shareware image display package and I scanned
portions of maps into the PC and then synchronised to both the E and
the T3 both displayed zoomed and moved across the map excellently.
Anyone travelling to a strange town or city can really take advantage
of the colour brightness and speed, there are ten levels of zoom.
As with most modern handhelds extra memory can be added by using SD
or MMC cards. These mean that you can watch videos and play MP3 files
using the built in applets providing the files are stored on the cards.
The T3 has built in Bluetooth support so connectivity is easy for
those who can never be uncontactable. It is technically possible to
download messages with attachments up to a massive 5MB using the pre
installed VersaMail 2.6.
Graffitti 2 is standard and to me anyway is more logical than its
predecessor. It is also possible to write anywhere on the screen rather
than just in the small area at the bottom as with earlier units.
If you need Bluetooth then this is the handheld for you, if you
major applets take advantage of the extra screen size then like wise.
However it is twice the price of the Tungsten E and for some then that
may prove the better purchase.
Shortly I shall go to the other extreme and look at the new entry
level Palm Zire, no colour and perhaps that will wean me back to my 5x
gently.
Link : http://www-5.palmone.com/uk/en/products/tungsten-t3/index.html
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