PalmOne Zire 71 Handheld by Palm
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Digital camera reviews of PalmOne Zire 71 Handheld
Digital camera Review: speaker
Summary: 4 Stars
everything is cool except for the speakers. after a while it doesnt seem to make any kind of noise. only when i put in my headphones i can hear the noise. is there anything i can do to fix it???? somebody help!Digital camera Review: Good, good...
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a medicine student in S?o Paulo, Brazil and I've been using my Zire 71 for 1 year. I've got no complains about the product itself. It's 13mb of memory aren't enough if you are a heavy user (as I am), but a memory card can solve this problem (I've got a 128mb card and it isn't full yet, even after 1 year of use).
I'm running Zlauncher and Documents to Go and the pda never (and I mean NEVER) crashed. I can put all my medicine books inside the pda (most of then as iSilo databases) and read it anywhere. The screen is somewhat sensitive and it scratches if you are not careful (or if you don't use a protection plastic).
The camera doesn't take good pictures but it is really useful to capture some images (saw and interesting X-ray image? You can take a picture of it and see it again later). You can't use as you use other digital cameras. Come on, it's not a Sony Cybershot but it can be useful sometimes.
I once had a problem with the internal speaker of the device and the technical support was perfect. Believe me, a good technical support is something you don't see everyday in Brazil. It took only 10 days to get the palm back fixed (and that's really fast for a brazilian customer).
Why not a five stars rating?
The software package is poor. Documents to Go should be inside EVERY pda that wants to be taken as a serious portable computer. It lacks a good file manager too (and Zlauncher has a good one inside). The camera should be better, etc. It is, also, a bit expensive in Brazil (I payed about R$1800 on it, that's almost US$600!).
Digital camera Review: Doesn't Last
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this hand-held around last September. In August, it started having problems of freezing up and not recognizing anything on the screen. My husband managed to get Palm to take it back since it was still on warranty. I don't know if they sent me a new one or redid the old one. It is now October (one month later) and the new/refurbished one has the same problem. I've given up on it and Palm.
I have owned three Palm products in the last 4 years and each has lasted only about a year. Their products appear to be too unreliable. I am now looking at alternatives.
Digital camera Review: It stops working just after the warranty is over
Summary: 1 Stars
After one year and two months of little and careful use, my Zire 71 stop recognizing any touch on the screen. I researched in the internet and discovered that a lot of people who bought a Zire 71 around the same date have the same problem as I do. PalmOne just said that I would have to pay 1/3 of the purchase value if I wanted to get it fixed.
So, do not buy anything from a company which does not respect your rights as a customer. This is obviously a project flaw or a defect in production batch, but they do not admit it. Ethics? I do not think they know this word...
Digital camera Review: Buy from Overstock.com, it's cheaper and shipping only $1
Summary: 1 Stars
Buy from overstock.com, it's cheaper and shipping is only $1 for a limited time period. KM Electronics don't communicate well and they are very RUDE!