Impressions of a new Palm T|X

Like Terry Thiel (see comment 21) I also have the Palm T/X and a Motorola e815 cell phone but unlike Terry I have not been able to sync them over bluetooth. The e815 is not one of the phones listed in the TX's phone setup and it is not in Palms Phone Link Updater application either. Does anyone know of a site that will let me download the patch to make the two sync? Or some other way to make them sync? Thanks for any info you can give. By the way I have not had such a good Palm year so far. My Tungsten E just froze up after 6 months and no soft or hard boot would work on it. Decided not to spend the money to try to fix it and bought the T/X. It did not work right from the start (home button opened up the contacts, contact button opened the task menu, the calendar button opened the contacts, and it would not sync with my PC), so I returned that one after a day of frustration and exchanged it for the one I have now. It seems to work fine except for not being able to sync with my phone. So all in all I am no better off then I was when I had my Palm V, expect thing are in color now. Also does anyone know of a phone number for Palm tech support? That is not an easy thing to find.

Just purchased a tx having problems with bluetooth dun and my motorola e-815 I've managed to connect to the internet using bluetooth but it seems the phone times out and disconnects to quickly about 20 seconds. I did not have this problem with my toshiba pda. Hope someone has solved this because i like this PDA and would hate to have to return it.

Hi, I just got the palm TX I tried to install iSilo (using the modifying software fore the T3 to compensate for the large display on the TX), but the screen i totally messed up.....The status bar dissappears, redering the palm completely useless.(I use G3 iBook with OS 10.3.7) So I had to do hard reset to fix it again. Is there a way to fix this problem, or another application that can do the job of iSilo (i have no previous experienct with PDA's).

Scott Dye: great questions, I'll try to hit on them all: 1) It works pretty well with Podcasts, though I use a newsreader app called Quick News to collect them. I've only downloaded one, just to do it, and it was an mp3. I do all my other podcasting through iTunes and my nano, just cuz it's faster and easier imho. Playing AAC's on the Palm is tricky, is there isn't a lot of support out there yet. An app called Aero Player has a plugin you can buy to do it, and Quick News now offers support for outside media player apps to play the podcasts in. 2) I don't think it's possible yet to play iTMS videos on the Palm. Nothing I know of supports the iTMS DRM schemes, making the files un-openable. 3) The HotSync software that comes with the TX out of the box can support bluetooth syncing. If you go to Palm's support site, chose the TX and look or search for bluetooth syncing, they have an easy how-to walk through to set you up. I don't know about WiFi syncing out of the box, but I personally purchased Missing Sync, as it offers a TON of other Palm syncing options (such as iPhoto integration, downloading compatable songs from iTunes, desktop folder syncing, etc) and it supports WiFi syncing and a VERY simple setup to do it. 4) I've never even looked into using Apple's BT keyboard, but my first guess is no. Sorry, but you'll have to google for that one. 5) Everything I read the day the TX came out said the cable probably won't charge the TX, but what-do-ya-know: it does, at least when plugged into my iMac G5. (USB2 is needed, I bet) I haven't tried this on my 12" powerbook, which also has USB2. Thanks for asking, as this makes me really happy. Hope this helps!

I am interested in a TX to replace my current CLIE and (for the most part) my gen2 iPod. I have to have a PDA, and it has gotten to where I only listen to a couple of weekly podcasts on my iPod anyway, so I'm hoping to listen to those on the TX instead of carrying around both devices. I played with one in the store, and absolutely loved the portrait mode. I do have a couple questions I hope can be answered in the full review: --How well does the TX work with podcasts /mp3s/AACs - is it a difficult process to manage/transfer audio files to the TX? --Is there any way to play the videos from the iTunes Music store on the TX? --Can it sync with a mac via BT or Wi-Fi? --is there any chance of using Apple's bluetooth keyboard with the TX? --Does the USB cable charge the TX on a mac (I believe I read that it does on a PC, without always having to use the power cord)?

what a relief. i, a modestly competent but persistent palm lover, have been trying to solve this dilema for a week. you reported: "WiFi works well and it maintains a strong signal. One quirk so far: the T|X couldn't connect to my AirPort Express with WPA security enabled. Guess I need to learn a little more about wireless security compatibility." i'm just glad it wasn't my fault.... and please report back when you find a solution. thanks

How can we sync the TX with Mac OS 10.4 using wifi or bluetooth?

The case its not steel its plastic. The screen is the same as the T5. I have a TX and I'm not sure that its that great a buy yet. Windows Mobile 5 on Pocket PC looks pretty good especially on a VGA screen. I also have a new Motorola e815 bluetooth phone that works great wtih syncing over bluetooth.

The case its not steel its plastic. The screen is the same as the T5. I have a TX and I'm not sure that its that great a buy yet. Windows Mobile 5 on Pocket PC looks pretty good especially on a VGA screen.

There is no "drive mode" and we can't download it. The reason is there is no seperate "disc" like the lifedrive and the t5 both have. The lifedrive's 4 gig, and the T5 had kinda an internal sd card, so it showed up as another drive in both. The TX only has it's regular memory all in one place, thats why there's no drive mode. What I do is use missing sync and I can mount my sd card in my TX on my desktop, I know it's not the same, but it's close.