My poor brain!

[gilana]

My palm pilot seems to have died last night. It suddenly stopped turning on. Tried a soft reset, tried charging it -- nothing. Of course it's out of warranty, and it's a Tungsten T3, which they don't make anymore, and none of the new models have the stretch display I love on this one. Just tried to call Palm to deal and was on hold for 11 minutes without speaking to a human, at which point they hung up on me. According to the web site it would cost $169 to have it repaired, and I'd probably be without it for a while.

So. Do I order a new one today? Get it repaired? Start hunting eBay for a used one which will probably also die on me soon? Any words of wisdom or comfort? I'm twitching without it already...

Comments

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

You might try talking to Phi about this when he gets back from Hawaii. I tend to use him for all my Palm questions/decisions. :-)

[ckd]

Irritatingly, it doesn't appear that they offer the "advance exchange" deal for the T3, either. If they did, they'd send you a refurb and then you'd send yours back, cutting the time you'd be without.

The new TX has a large screen, but no slider, so it's a larger unit. On the other hand, it also has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, if those are of use to you.

this is rly wierd!!1

[quilla.livejournal.com]

i was watching a woman the other day on the metro looking through her palm pilot. i started thinking about these gadgets and how useful they are, and clearly how dependent we become on them. like my cellphone. when my first one fell into the ocean (don't ask), i was twitchy! and i had been using it for only three months at that point. i had a backup little black book, but it didn't have any of my new phone numbers. when i went to buy a new one, i had to have the exact kind, because i couldn't dream of trying to get used to a new one with different menu options etc. gah! so anyway, i inevitably thought of you and your palm pilot (now, with bluetooth technology! well, not any more. :P ) and what would happen if you, that most punctual of people, were to lose/ruin it...

and here we are.

[johnromkey.livejournal.com]

I recently replaced my T3 with a TX. I like the TX a lot. It's only slightly larger, and the increased size doesn't really bother me. Having built-in wireless is great. The only things that annoy me about the TX are the lack of a charging LED, the lack of a vibrating alarm, and the fact that they moved the home button off the row at the bottom of the screen to one of the physical buttons (in order to make room for the wifi thingie).

I'm very happy with mine. I also use Missing Sync on my Mac instead of Palm's software, and the latest version (5.0) has some great improvements, including syncing categories and doing some very smart syncing with itunes and iphoto.

I found mine for about $260 on Pricegrabber, which coincidentally is what I sold my old T3 for on Amazon.

I'd definitely recommend replacing your T3 with a new machine rather than a used T3. You may still be able to sell your broken T3, or at least the accessories, on ebay if you want to get a few bucks back for it.

The TX, of course, uses a new connector, so old accessories won't work with it. It uses the same connector as the T5, the LifeDrive, and the latest Zires (and probably latest Treo, though I'm not certain about that).

It's possible that it's just the battery. Or the backlight. Does the LED come on when you try charging it? If you try turning it on, even though you see nothing, try holding the screen up to a bright light... if you see it on, then it's the backlight (or if you can sync it even though it appears to be off). Which, of course, doesn't really help you to know.

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

I agree: the TX is Palm's first really compelling machine since the T3, and the price point is good, too. It sounds like it doesn't matter any more, but I'd be happy to try to revive the T3; often bad connections on the button board or dust in the bezel can keep the slider machines from powering up.