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BrandPalm
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Operating SystemPalm OS
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Technical Details
- Bright and easy-to-read colour screen
- Built-in 8 MB memory stores thousands of contacts, appointments, to-do items, and notes
- Expandable via Secure Digital and MultiMedia cards--add memory, applications, and content
- Features Palm OS 4.1, USB cradle, rechargeable battery, and add-on applications
- Windows and Macintosh compatible--includes desktop software for both platforms
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Advanced technology and colour for everyone!
The Palm m130 handheld brings advanced technology and colour to everyone; all the technology you need to organise your personal information, and a splash of colour with the 12-bit colour display and array of optional faceplates.
The Palm m130 handheld brings advanced technology and colour to everyone; all the technology you need to organise your personal information, and a splash of colour with the 12-bit colour display and array of optional faceplates.
The advanced colour screen is perfect for photos, video clips, spreadsheets and games. Palm OS 4.1 features easier data entry, enhanced security and event reminder options. The 8 MB of memory allows you to store personal information and add a multitude of applications. It is possible to add content, storage capacity and data backup solutions using the expansion card slot.
The contoured design features a soft, flexible flip cover and a Sonic Silver and Dark Blue faceplate that can be swapped with one of the many optional snap-on faceplates available.
The rechargeable lithium-ion battery lets you go for up to one week without recharging. The Palm m130 comes USB ready for Mac and Windows giving you fast, one-touch data synchronisation on the platform of your choice.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
This PDA is good value for money. The colour screen is very clear, and Palm have finally made a good colour PDA afforable to the masses. The design is slim, elegant, and sits very comfortably in your hand. You can benefit from the use of M500 series peripherals, such as fold-away keyboards, GPS receivers and modems. You can also use SD cards to store large programs or files on, and the recently released Bluetooth card brings interesting connectivity options as well, in terms of wireless communication with bluetooth-ready mobiles, printers and other devices.
Palm's operating system is well-tested and efficient, and there are 1000s of programs out there on the internet to download, from route-planning and streetmapping, to spreadsheet and word processing packages, as well as e-books, internet software, and also some pretty nifty games as well, like Tetris, Scrabble and Monopoly. The bottom line is that this is a cool device at a fair price - you can store your contacts, plan your diary and to do lists, surf the internet, read your e-mail, play games. What more do you want?! The bundled software suite is excellent too, allowing you to view colour image files, video clips, and work with Word and Excel files. The only area to fault is perhaps the battery life of the lithium ion rechargeable battery - some users report that they are only getting 2.5-3 hours use in between re-charges. Nevertheless, the battery can be topped up in 10-15 minutes, so I don't think this is that much of a big deal.
Palm's operating system is well-tested and efficient, and there are 1000s of programs out there on the internet to download, from route-planning and streetmapping, to spreadsheet and word processing packages, as well as e-books, internet software, and also some pretty nifty games as well, like Tetris, Scrabble and Monopoly. The bottom line is that this is a cool device at a fair price - you can store your contacts, plan your diary and to do lists, surf the internet, read your e-mail, play games. What more do you want?! The bundled software suite is excellent too, allowing you to view colour image files, video clips, and work with Word and Excel files. The only area to fault is perhaps the battery life of the lithium ion rechargeable battery - some users report that they are only getting 2.5-3 hours use in between re-charges. Nevertheless, the battery can be topped up in 10-15 minutes, so I don't think this is that much of a big deal.
All in all a 5-star product from Palm!
47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
This is my first PDA and I love it! My life has become much easier now, since I have all my data in this cute baby. And I don't have the fear of losing my data ever, because of the hotsync capabilities, I can backup the information really easily to my PC. And with its expanding features I'll also be able to backup onto an SD card, which is really handy. The main applications already included are extremely useful, and the best thing is that you can customize your pda in any way you want by downloading literally thousands of applications. Not to mention the games of course. Still, you shouldn't expect too much from m130, it is only best when you're intending to have a useful, expandable and colourful handheld. There has been some rumours going on about the quality and the resolution of the screen. It is true that it has a 160x160 pixel resolution screen, which some people call it "low resolution", whereas it isn't. I agree that it could look quite dotty next to the 320x320 pixel hi-res Sony Clies, but believe me, this baby has it more than enough I think. I wouldn't need any more, because it does its job literally perfect! Also there is this issue: If you like playing fast-paced games, then m130 might not be your one, because it is true that the transition of the colours on the passive matrix screen is quite slow, which means there tends to be a fogging effect on the screen. But once again, since this was designed to help people organise their lives, which was my main intention on buying m130, it is a perfect gadget. It also works great as an e-book reader. There are tons of titles available now, but even as more titles come up, I'll be carrying my fav books in my tiny library, my PDA. If you are looking for a wonderfully fun, yet affordable piece of beauty, you should definitely go for m130. I'm really happy with mine. Highly recommended!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I bought one of these as I had a new handbag and my old paper diary didn't fit in it (sad but true)- yes I know woolworths sell them for £3.99 but I had a huge amount of dates, info phone numbers etc in there. I also had outlook on my pC but often didn't remember to back up dates etc. Now the two are perfectly syncronized - every time I make a new contact, write a note about something I need to do, even write notes in a meeting, it is backed up onto my PC and then I can action it, dump the notes into word to write reports etc. Also have found useful the documents to go facility where I can have key spreadsheets, powerpoint presenatations and word documents on my hand held to refer to or edit and then they will be updated on the pc or vice versa. Have downloaded a couple of games too from the handago site - who wants to be a millionaire and bejewelled - great for filling in odd moments waiting in the car in between appointments, and it looks like you are really busy too!! Lastly really like the photosuite facility, haven't really used it to full effect yet, but now don't need to have dog eared photos of the family in my purse, I have a slideshow of them to look at!
Lots of people have shown me their pocket PCs which are great, but for me I prefer to do my main work on the PC, so this does exactly what I want it to do, and at not too horrendous a price should you lose it. Fantastic buy!
Lots of people have shown me their pocket PCs which are great, but for me I prefer to do my main work on the PC, so this does exactly what I want it to do, and at not too horrendous a price should you lose it. Fantastic buy!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Solid little performer
I got this about 4 years ago for a Christmas present. It's simple and easy to set up. The PDA goes in a cradle, the cradle connects to the back of my Mac. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2006 by GM
good but no substitute for a laptop or desktop PC
This is a good budget handheld. It's main selling point is that it is very robust, the screen is extremely scratch resistant, and I have dropped mine a few times to no ill effect... Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2003
excellent
i am possibly one the most disorganised people in the world, this palm hasnt changed my life but has made it a lot easier, very simple to use ( i didnt need to read the... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2003 by I. P. Baughen
New to PDA's, then this is the one!
Having looked at the growth in popularity in PDA's, I decided that I should really look into buying one. So I did. Read more
Published on 20 May 2003 by "ridgebackman"
Palm m130...THE BEST
After having bought the palm m515, I decided to go to the palm m130, simply because I thought the screen was just a tad on the pixely side, and I wanted to explore palm's amazing... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2002 by Despe da Silva
M130
I was using a Palm III so this is quite different. Stylish and pleasantly tactile little handheld. Its very nice not to have to worry about battery life anymore(provided you use... Read more
Published on 8 April 2002
The Best PDA I've seen
The Palm m130 has got to be one of the best palms around. With the transreflective screen and the amazing 16 bit colour advantage, this computer has it all. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2002
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