Talk:Tungsten Handheld

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I've added a table showing the various key features of the different models at a glance. The information is mostly duplicated from further down in the article, but I feel this makes it easier to compare across the range than the previous page. RichardGaywood

Merged the Tungsten C onto this page and made a redirect that would redirect Tungsten C onto this page. I also had to make some adjustments to the table to denote the type of input as well as actual, useable RAM as well. I also decided that "Form-Factor" made more sense than "Slider" since we need to know what the form factor was. Collapsable denotes a handheld that has the slider feature. -- Vesther 15:51, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 I'm gonna go ahead and watch it 2 Re-arranged the footnote to the table 3 Some of the PalmOS versions shown may be wrong 4 The Vesther Challenge 5 Tungsten T3 changes 6 Disputed 7 Some segments of the article, too casual? 8 Updated Tungsten T5 information 9 palmone tungsten e2

[edit] I'm gonna go ahead and watch it

I'm gonna go ahead and keep an eye on this article, since I'm a Tungsten User and I want to make sure that all Tungsten Handhelds go into this page, rather than have a separate page, since it's a waste of disk space here in Wikipedia.

Otherwise, any Tungsten user of other models than what I have posted as far as useable memory is concerned should contribute by placing the amount of useable memory on the blanks. Thanks. -- Vesther 16:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re-arranged the footnote to the table

So it can be read at a glance. Hope you like the edit, Vesther. -- RichardGaywood 10:28, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Some of the PalmOS versions shown may be wrong

The offical PalmOne support page showing the various PalmOS versions on all the devices disagrees with our table here; does anyone know which are right for sure? I've linked to the PalmOne page under "sources cited" on the main Tungsten Handheld page. -- RichardGaywood 10:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Vesther Challenge

I need you guys to do me a favor:

Tungsten W--Can any Wikipedian who owns a Tungsten W see how much "Useable Memory" is inside the handheld? I appreciate it.

Tungsten E2--Can any Wikipedian who owns a Tungsten E2 find out what kind of Intel X-Scale Processor it uses? Saying "Intel X-Scale" is kind of vague as I'm trying to give out full disclosures as much as I can.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. — Vesther 00:57, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

• According to a review on infosyncworld.com, the Tungsten W has 15MB of usable memory. --bigjarom 06:30, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

Well, the T|E2 has a PXA255 Processor, despite that Wikipedia says it has a PXA260 in the PDA. Confirmed ut with the PXA Clocker Application. Curriegrad2004 06:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tungsten T3 changes

I've removed a paragraph that seemed speculation:

In the midst of the Tungsten T3's success, Palm started to have concerns about the slider and the smooth, brushed metal casing in the midst of rising labor costs. These concerns would cause friction between Palm and the power users.

Why?

1. Although logical, we don't know that Palm really had concerns about the slider.
2. We don't know why the metal case was changed. I've heard that it saved costs, but I've also heard at least two other good theories:
   1. It made the product more similiar to the Tungsten E, which is Palm's best seller.
   2. It may produce better radio reception.

--Steven Fisher 00:34:22, 2005-09-11 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed

"Whilst a Tungsten handheld, the model signals a move in the company to replace the model names with the first letter of the model name."

The TX is not a Tungsten. Additionally, every other model has also used T-something. --Steven Fisher 18:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Some segments of the article, too casual?

"This results in real confusion as the memory is not equally useable. The desktop software doesn't know what is either; it calls the user memory "Expansion Card" while calling the other "Internal." A very uncomfortable fudge."

"The Tungsten W (known as the i710 during its development period), introduced in February 2003, is a bit of an odd duck in the Tungsten series"

Does anyone think these portions of the article need to be re-written with some formality? --Fire 19:47, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Updated Tungsten T5 information

Many internet reviews of the tungsten T5 complain that the case is not made of metal. The top and bottom metallic colored panels are in fact metal. On my T5 I had an offbrand stylus stick in the unit. While using a car key to remove it (which in hindsight was not the brightes idea) I scraped the edge of the the channel that the stylus is stored in. Its very clear that this is metal and not plastic. I also clarified the section on the memory of the t5 and added a comment about the limits to the bluetooth. Further more,I altered the section that sounded very biased regarding the lack of some important features in the T5. The features listed might be important to some,but not to others. (In fact,I have not noticed the "important" features to be missing at all untill I read this article.)

[edit] palmone tungsten e2

i personally have one and i think that it is amazingly easy to use and rarely diobeys orders when instructed. i would reccomend any palmone to anyone. they are amazing... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 97abouffler (talk • contribs) 15:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC).