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Six months later with the palmOne Tungsten T3 (continued)

[Post publication update: Jeff Arnold sends, "Palm Desktop 4.14, which includes HotSync Mgr 4.1.0, for the Tungsten T3 is, in fact, available for download. The official download that PalmOne wants you to use is:

http://www.palmone.com/us/support/downloads/windesk414.html

"The e-mail form on that page can be bypassed by downloading directly from:

http://www.palmOne.com/us/support/downloads/windesk414_legal.html

Cheers!"

Thanks, Jeff. -- DG]

Of all the applications I've put onto the T3 for testing or review, only ListPro and Warefare Incorporated survive on the device today. ListPro contains a list of my DVDs generated by the fabulous Movie Collector application from Collectorz. Warefare Incorporated was a fun game that got very frustrating very quickly (I am neither a patient nor good gamer and Warefare Incorporated doesn't appear to have any cheats). It's likely to be removed the next time I need space.

The T3 also comes with a bunch of little Bluetooth applications, but I've yet to put the Bluetooth feature of the device to any use whatsoever, so those applications haven't been used. Were the device equipped with WiFi instead of Bluetooth, I'd probably be using it constantly to browse the Web, but that's not the case with this unit.

Other than the Big Four applications, the one I use the most is the one I'm using now: Documents To Go's Word To Go word processor, which also comes with the device. I often take the T3 and the palmOne Wireless Keyboard out to coffee and write my articles. These make a winning combination.

So, there you go. This is still a very nice device and I'd still recommend it. Back in October, I rated it a 4 out of 5 and I'd still give it the same rating.

OUR RATING: 4 of 5

Product availability and resources
To read "Palm's triple play," visit http://www.computingunplugged.com/issues/issue200310/00001107001.html.

For more information about the palmOne Tungsten T3, visit http://www.palmone.com.

For more information about the Tapwave Zodiac, visit http://www.tapwave.com.

For more information about the Dell Axim X30, visit http://www.dell.com.

For more information about the Navman PiN, visit http://www.navman.com.

For more information about ListPro, visit http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/lp/listpro.htm.

For more information about Movie Collector, visit http://www.collectorz.com.

For more information about Warfare Incorporated, visit http://www.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=182.

For more information about Documents To Go, visit http://www.dataviz.com.

David Gewirtz is the author of How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The Emails Gone? For more than 20 years, he has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com and you can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/DavidGewirtz.