Tungsten T3

Palm, Inc. enhanced its Tungsten line once again on October 1, 2003 with the introduction of the Tungsten T3, the third of its Tungsten line of PDAs. The Tungsten T3 debuted with 64MB of memory, a much faster 400MHz processor, and a new 320x480 transflective TFT touch-screen. One of the most apparent improvements of the T3 was the new screen that featured a virtual Graffiti 2 area with the typical Tungsten line slider. With many other additional features, the T3 was released with the same $399 retail price tag as the Tungsten T2 until the release of the Tungsten T5, when it was reduced to $349.

The machine runs Palm OS version 5 and has an in-built speaker, as well as a microphone for use with the included voice recording software. It comes with all of the usual Palm software, including Palm Tasks, Palm Photos, Palm Contacts, Palm Notes and so on. There is a stereo headphone jack, making it a viable rudimentary music player when in combination with a Secure Digital (SD) flash memory card. The machine has 5-way navigation buttons, and a Palm Universal Connector with which it sits in the included USB cradle unit, used both for charging the PDA (at the mains supply or through a desktop computer) and for synchronizing the Palm's data to a PC or Mac (software is included for Windows and Mac OS X, but with the pilot-link software, the unit synchronizes perfectly with a Unix machine).

The PDA can be operated by tapping the screen with the included stylus, which slots into a special spring-loaded stylus hole at the top, or with an optional keyboard.

See also

• Tungsten Handheld
• PalmOne, Inc.

External links

• Review at Palm Infocenter