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Originally Posted by Alexander
Gary, do you like your new PDA? Should I order it now too?
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Oh yeah...it's been a treat to play with. There are some weird things about it though, so there's more of a learning curve with this model than any I've had before. There are some strange design-related issues with it that can mostly be fixed by using a case: the back button is easy to tap, causing it to turn on and open the previous screen; if you forget to close the camera cover, you can accidentaly snap a picture; and the power button is plain strange (still haven't gotten used to it).
But...the screen's gorgeous, unit is very responsive, form factor is fabulous, love the smoked plastic cover, and the wifi works well but I'm already tired of the native browser and mail programs and am looking for replacement. Wifi worked first time at Starbucks under non-WEP network, and worked first time at the office in a WEP-enabled network, but I cannot get it to work at home yet with my LinkSys router (am not alone on this...big threads at ClieSource regarding this issue).
All in all, it's a keeper, but there are some changes of habit to take place to adapt, and a few early-adopter wrinkles to iron out, such as the wifi under LinkSys wireless router home networks.
The other oddity is that you can't do a full backup from your old handheld to start with. There are some problems with non-5 OS issues at play. So the transition is a little strange (haven't finished doing it yet either...they provide a migration tool, but require your hotsynce names to be different on the two PDAs for it to work).
All these issues, to me, are minor compared to the positives. Go for it, I say.
Edited Monday. Forget to add two things: I love the little telescoping stylus, although you'll read others hate it. Problem is I'm going to have to buy some spares because it's very easy to lose! Also, major disappointment when I loaded iSilo...doesn't run in full screen!!! There is a T3 fix out, and supposedly a Th55 fix on the way, but I have had to use Palm Reader Pro to play with.