Reading this review of the PalmOne Tungsten T5 on BargainPDA is sort of painful, as the new flagship PDA from PalmOne is slowly taken down, notch by notch, from being a premier PDA worth consideration by anyone, to a half-baked device full of missing options and unpolished design decisions. That feeling is amplified by the fact that for non-Palm devotees, the T5 is the PalmOS unit to prove that there is still life in the slate PDA form-factor, and it really feels like PalmOne can’t afford anything less than a home run with this one.
There are lots of things they’ve done right (the non-volatile memory) and lots of things they’ve done wrong (the wonky power button), but one thing sticks out more than anything to me. It’s Q4 2004 and Palm is still shipping units with missing Wi-Fi device drivers for their own wireless cards. Are they just treading water until the Treo saves their reputation (again)?
PalmOne Tungsten T5 Review [BargainPDA]
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