Bought a Palm Life Drive

RandomEncounter · 19th June 2006, 3:06 PM

So I bought myself a Palm Life Drive a week ago and I thought I'd post so that if anyone out there is wondering what they were like I could let you know!

I personally love it. I've never owned a PDA before and although lots of threads around and about seem to get rather angry about the apparently unjustified lag, I personally can go more than 2 seconds without my patience running out and honestly haven't found it frustrating at all.

Connectivity to access an internet connection through a PC or Mac has been problematic, but I haven't really troubleshooted it yet so the verdict is still out on that one.

Best thing is obviously the massive storage space (about 3.8 GB actual) which means pics galore and some favourite albums and a bunch of ebooks, plus extra skins, games, and other applications.

Screen quality is very good, bright and clear (320x480).

Any questions and such just ask.

Techneon · 19th June 2006, 3:37 PM

G'day,

My life is currently managed by my wife, and my T3, and was just curious what the battery life is like on a full charge for reasonably heavy use (ie. video/movie watching, playing music while writing documents etc). To be honest I haven't actually read much about the LifeDrive, but I'm certainly curious in a potential upgrade down the track

aussie7 · 19th June 2006, 7:11 PM

Try this forum for all your Palm needs

Brighthand Palm Forum

RandomEncounter · 20th June 2006, 7:49 AM

Thanks for the link.

Not exactly sure about the battery life, will have to try it out and will post the answer.

jlccarv · 20th June 2006, 12:43 PM

I had a play with a LifeDrive a few days ago. I was totally under-whelmed by the colour reproduction of its screen. it was incredibly dull. Startup time was incredibly loooong and the lag was present (and annoying if you're used to flash based PDA's).

But you have to love the 4GB HDD, for shear storage space

19th June 2006, 3:06 PM	#1
RandomEncounter Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 33	Bought a Palm Life Drive So I bought myself a Palm Life Drive a week ago and I thought I'd post so that if anyone out there is wondering what they were like I could let you know! I personally love it. I've never owned a PDA before and although lots of threads around and about seem to get rather angry about the apparently unjustified lag, I personally can go more than 2 seconds without my patience running out and honestly haven't found it frustrating at all. Connectivity to access an internet connection through a PC or Mac has been problematic, but I haven't really troubleshooted it yet so the verdict is still out on that one. Best thing is obviously the massive storage space (about 3.8 GB actual) which means pics galore and some favourite albums and a bunch of ebooks, plus extra skins, games, and other applications. Screen quality is very good, bright and clear (320x480). Any questions and such just ask. __________________ GA K8N Pro-SLI ; AMD Athlon64 3200; 1GB PC3200 Kingston (2x512MB) DDR400 DIMM; XFX GeForce 6600GT; 80GB Maxtor SATA; BenQ DVD-RW; Antec TX640B; Smartpower2.0 400w

19th June 2006, 3:37 PM	#2
Techneon Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kingston, Tassie Posts: 1,043	G'day, My life is currently managed by my wife, and my T3, and was just curious what the battery life is like on a full charge for reasonably heavy use (ie. video/movie watching, playing music while writing documents etc). To be honest I haven't actually read much about the LifeDrive, but I'm certainly curious in a potential upgrade down the track __________________ Antec Lanboy - ANTEC/CHIEFTEC CASE OWNERS/MODDERS MEMBER #150 In Soviet Russia, noun verbs YOU!

19th June 2006, 7:11 PM	#3
aussie7 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Leichhardt, Sydney Posts: 1,491	Try this forum for all your Palm needs Brighthand Palm Forum __________________ lending money to friends is like gambling and you should only gamble what you can afford to lose PCDB Entry FS - AMD MB / 3000+ / 1GB Ram

20th June 2006, 7:49 AM	#4
RandomEncounter Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 33	Thanks for the link. Not exactly sure about the battery life, will have to try it out and will post the answer. __________________ GA K8N Pro-SLI ; AMD Athlon64 3200; 1GB PC3200 Kingston (2x512MB) DDR400 DIMM; XFX GeForce 6600GT; 80GB Maxtor SATA; BenQ DVD-RW; Antec TX640B; Smartpower2.0 400w

20th June 2006, 12:43 PM	#5
jlccarv Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: melbourne Posts: 1,132	I had a play with a LifeDrive a few days ago. I was totally under-whelmed by the colour reproduction of its screen. it was incredibly dull. Startup time was incredibly loooong and the lag was present (and annoying if you're used to flash based PDA's). But you have to love the 4GB HDD, for shear storage space __________________ Sony Vaio Club Member #4