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Palm Tungsten W review

7.3

Editors' Rating

Very Good

8.2

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 449

Verdict

Palm's handheld/mobile phone combo is generally well designed, but there are a few deficiencies that prevent it from being an outright winner... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Incorporates tri-band GSM/GPRS phone
  • High-resolution screen
  • Usable thumb keyboard.

Cons

  • Uses older 33MHz processor and runs Palm OS 4.1
  • Lacks built-in speaker and microphone (phone only usable via handsfree kit)
  • Battery is not removable.

Key Specs

Dimensions (W x H x D): 78x17x138 mm
Weight: 183 g
Built-in devices: keyboard, phone
Operating system: Palm OS 4.1.x
Software included: Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, Note Pad, World Clock, Calculator, Security TealLock 5.0, Graffiti, Jot, Palm Web Brower Pro 1.0, Expense, ArcSoft Photobase, Palm Reader, Acrobat Reader, PowerOne Personal, JOT, MobileDB, Worldmate, VersaMail, Palm Web Browser Pro 1.0, Palm WAP Browser, SMS, Pixer MMS, Documents To Go, ICQ IM client2, AvantGo, SIM Manager, Mobile, QuickConnect
Processor: Motorola DragonBall VZ
Clock speed: 33 MHz
Memory expansion: SD/MMC
Installed ROM: 8 MB
Installed RAM: 16 MB
Display size: 3.1 in
Wireless PAN: infrared
Wireless WAN: GPRS
Expansion slots: SD/MMC

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Member Opinion

8.2

Average Member Rating

Excellent

8 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

so cool!

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10

Perfect


Anguis fragilis

Anguis fragilis

This isn't a phone

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6.5

Good


Anonymous

Anonymous

Wonderful Palm -- the best on the market

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10

Perfect


Patrizio Menchetti

Patrizio Menchetti

Great product for business users

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9.3

Spectacular


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