PalmOne Zire 71 Handheld

Average customer rating: 3.5

Great palm. It will serve you well.
Zire long on features hard to use
PalmOne Zire 71 Handheld
I may not be the best judge
SUPER GREAT Zire 71

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PalmOne Zire 71 Handheld

Manufacturer: PalmOne
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00008WFVI
2003-04-23

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Product Description

Keep phone numbers and addresses on hand. Write to-do lists. Take notes in meetings. The Zire 71 handheld helps you do it all - and keep it all organized. The joystick-like 5-way navigator gives you quick, one-handed access to your information. Want to capture a spontaneous moment? Simply slide your handheld open to expose the protected, hidden camera. Then point, shoot and share with friends and family. Take your favorite MP3s, video clips and audio books with you wherever you go. It is a snap to organize and move files from your handheld to your desktop and back again. A new, high-resolution color screen vibrantly displays images, graphics and type. Rechargeable batteries give you plenty of time to enjoy the action. An ultra-fast ARM processor handles the most demanding media tasks with blazing efficiency. Plus, 16 MB of memory gives you plenty of storage space for digital photos, games and applications.

Amazon.com Review

Palm's Zire brand is designed primarily for consumers rather than for professionals. The first Zire was a low cost, entry level machine, this one, the second in the range, is a multimedia extravaganza. The most eye catching feature of the Zire 71, after you've noticed the sleek rounded blue casing for the hardware, is the built-in digital camera. <table align="left"> <TR> <TD> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/zire-71.jpg"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><div align="center">The Zire 71's built-in digital camera</div></TD> </TR> </table> You need to slide the upper and lower body apart to reveal it, and when you do so the Zire 71's screen automatically turns into a viewfinder. Click the button that is also revealed during the sliding process, and you can take pictures, at resolutions of 160 x 120, 320 x 240 and 640 x 480.

Palm has even produced a new version of Palm Desktop to help you make the most of managing digital images. This includes a nice viewer and some editing tools. Palm Desktop also, incidentally, has a new installer which is more efficient than before when it comes to selecting multiple applications to send to your Palm. The Zire 71 runs version 5 of the Palm operating system, which has improved sound features. Install the provided copy of the Real One player and you can play MP3 music through headphones. Gaming is assisted by a joystick style navigation button that sits beneath the screen. But when you want to use the Zire 71 for more traditional personal information management tasks you can tap the application shortcut buttons to launch Date Book, Address Book or Note Pad. The fourth button takes you to your digital photo library. As usual these buttons can be reallocated to other applications if you like.

Only 13MB of to the 16MB of memory on board is actually available for applications and data, but an SD card slot means you can add to this easily. The screen is a superb transreflective TFT type - it is the best we've seen on a PDA from Palm. The Universal Connector means existing peripherals like keyboards which support this should work without problems with the Zire 71. The Zire 71 is a great multimedia PDA which finally puts Palm in a position to rival Sony for its Multimedia crown. --Sandra Vogel

Amazon.com Product Description

Early Adopters Pick: April 2003. First handheld under $300 to have a built-in digital camera.

The Palm Zire 71 handheld helps you organize your life on the fly. View your appointments and addresses on an outstanding high resolution color screen, or capture pictures with its unique hidden digital camera. Listen to MP3s, watch video clips, and enjoy the Zire 71 handheld's long-lasting rechargeable batteries.

Built-in Digital Camera
The Zire 71 handheld features a built-in digital camera with 640x480 (VGA) resolution, auto exposure, and automatic white balance control. To use the camera, just slide the front down to reveal the lens, point and click, and you've captured the images to share with your friends and family.

Display
The Palm Zire 71 features a 16-bit, 320x320 bright transflective TFT color display, which supports more than 65,000 colors.

Expansion
The Zire 71 uses Multimedia Card and Secure Digital expansion cards, which instantly add software applications, additional memory, large databases, and more without taking up built-in memory space.

Operating System
The Zire 71 is powered by Palm OS 5.2.1, which provides higher performance, enhanced multimedia features, support for Bluetooth connectivity and networking, and enterprise-class security.

Extra Software
Along with the standard Palm software, you'll receive a Software Essentials CD-ROM containing RealOne Mobile Player for MP3s, Kinoma Player for video, Audible Player for audio books, RealOne Arcade, Palm Reader for eBooks, Solitaire, Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm OS, powerOne Personal Calculator, Phone Link Updater, Telephony/SMS, VersaMail 2.5, and more.

Compatibility
The Palm Zire 71 is compatible with PCs running Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, and XP, and with Macs running Mac OS 9, version 9.1 or higher, or Mac X, 10.1.2 or later.

What's in the box
<ul>

Zire 71 Handheld

Protective Carrying Case

USB HotSync Cradle

Power Adapter

Stylus

"Read This First" Document </ul> Palm Desktop 4.1 for Windows, which includes: <ul>

Palm Quick Install for easy transfer of Palm OS applications, photos, audio files and more from your computer to your handheld.

Palm Photos for editing and emailing photos from your desktop

Palm Desktop 4.0 for Mac </ul> Software Essentials CD-ROM <ul>

RealOne Mobile Player

Kinoma Player & Producer

AudiblePlayer

Handmark's Solitaire

RealOne Arcade

Palm Reader

VersaMail

PowerOne Calculator

Acrobat Reader </ul>

Customer Reviews:

Great palm. It will serve you well........2007-01-23

I bought this as an alternative to a laptop when I was in college. I purchased a fold-out keyboard and typed my notes in class. I kept my schedule, notes, assignments, photographs and some mp3s all in my pocket, then simply sync'd it to my home computer when I got home. The doodle feature in the notepad was very helpful to me, and the graffiti was equally as easy as the keyboard function. I was able to write substantial chunks of papers at the library or in cafes then transfer them to Word at home. The desktop program is very intuitive. It was so much lighter and less conspicuous than a laptop...especially walking all around campus. The camera feature is easy to use and it holds a ton of pictures. I totally recommend this product to anyone who is considering buying. It is worth taking the time to explore its features and use them!!!

Zire long on features hard to use.......2007-01-05

rating really somewhaere between 3 and 3.5 stars depending on how much hassling with what I am trying to do.
I you are not very computer savy, don't get the Palm Zire 71. It fit my budget however and feature set for my budget. So far, it is filling the bill. It shows photos well, plays mp3's OK (Using real player sucks tho - GUI interface really poor). It has locked up once on me. No clear reason except was while trying to read a PDF.
The cradle is the worst design I have ever seen, you better get it on right or it does not connect and tips really really easy. We'll see if the cradle lasts.
Software included very very antiquated. I am going to have to get tealdoc just to read text files easily. I use it for practicing music on guitar and it works for that but a lot of fiddling.

My wife could never never use this thing.
Screen is excellent, Graffiti is better than my old visor. Seems to work fine with 512 meg sd card.
camera would be useful in a crash to document, not much else tho except really low quality snaps.
MBR

PalmOne Zire 71 Handheld.......2007-01-03

I used this product for very short time. It was good and I give to my friend who continue enjoy it.

I may not be the best judge.......2006-04-18

I may not be the best judge of the quality of this PDA but i upgraded to it from my Palm Visor. It seemed easy enough to use and the camera feature was what drew my attention THE MOST! I loved this palm it remains my favorite long after its untimely demise (my dog stepped on the LCD screen! *cries*), i even tried to find on shortly after but no where could get me one as quickly as i needed it. So i was stuck with the zire 72. Its ok, the camera quality is MUCH better on the 71, and i miss it greatly but 118 bucks to replace for an identical or 120 to fix, just wasnt worth it. I loved this palm and would recommend it to any one! (Get the plug in keyboard too! Its awesome for college note taking!)

SUPER GREAT Zire 71.......2006-03-17

the zire 71 is a great palm. i love it. it has a great battery life, and a high res. screen.(360x360) The backlight is great.the camera is amazing. also the camera has 3 different resolutions.(160x140, 360x360, or 650x480) the mp3 player is great. sound quality is awsome! I hope you get one!

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