1src Forums - Do you still USE the original palmpilots?

edeab220

10-10-2003, 12:07 AM

I just remembered...

Back in the day (6th grade :p) when I got my first Visor (2MB), everyone started copying me. During the next few weeks, you saw kids bringing in their dad's old 5000 and other older models like that...it was funny :D. Yet, I used my Visor for PIM AND games, and they used their 5000's for games...

Now, as a Freshman, I bring in my NR70, and people pop out their cell phones to try to "impress" me :p. But, I beat them once again w/ my 3650 :D. (and that would be why I'm getting the T|T3)

rob_squared

10-10-2003, 12:26 AM

I'd probably use it if I ever owned one. I mean, you can still grab software for it online and I believe there was a 2MB upgrade.

Univil

10-10-2003, 12:35 AM

I still have my PalmPilot, but I don't use it. Who knows? It might be worth some money. When the Smithsonian comes calling, I'll be ready! :-D

-Roberto

edeab220

10-10-2003, 12:37 AM

Originally posted by Univil
I still have my PalmPilot, but I don't use it. Who knows? It might be worth some money. When the Smithsonian comes calling, I'll be ready! :-D

-Roberto
They already called ;)

http://www.brighthand.com/article/Early_Handhelds_Donated_to_Smithsonian

Univil

10-10-2003, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by edeab220
They already called ;)

http://www.brighthand.com/article/Early_Handhelds_Donated_to_Smithsonian

Oh well, I guess I'll have to make my millions elsewhere. :)

-Roberto

iboar

10-11-2003, 01:48 PM

I didn't see the HP OmniGo 100 in that article's photo! :cool:

I've still got mine (in mothballs). I think it may have been the first PDA to come in a clamshell and tablet form factor.

Clamshell view:

http://www.palmonecity.com/gallery/data/500/232OmniGo100-open-thumb.jpg

Tablet view:

http://www.palmonecity.com/gallery/data/500/232OmniGo100-tablet-thumb.jpg

lioncitysg

10-12-2003, 05:23 AM

wow that's too old!

mr nutso

10-13-2003, 12:14 PM

Hell, I'm still using my IBM PC with 2 floppies and 64K of ram.:rolleyes:

Stefan Knochenhauer

10-13-2003, 02:36 PM

Can't quite remember what I did to my old PalmPilot. I guess I sold it to a friend... I moved on very quickly after the Visor came out... Won a SONY Clie so got rid of the Visor and now I ordered me a Tungsten T3... all within 5 years... and still, I don't do much more with my Clie than I did with my Palmpilot: PIM, Games, News.

sett

10-13-2003, 09:46 PM

mine got stolen two and half years ago (it was in the sports bag), and after a year of euhm'ing and ah'ing, i got myself a t665c and now a zire71 while i wait for something that fits my needs.. what a jump i tell you !

i still remember it with fondness...

ZPWeeks

10-14-2003, 05:02 PM

My best friend, who uses a Clie N760C, has one lying around... He doesn't have the sync software for it, but his sister apparently uses it for PIM stuff.

zackepceo

10-14-2003, 07:56 PM

My friend has a Pilot personal. It has a crack in the screen where the menu button is. He doesnt use it anymore, he got a VIIx and now an m500. I still prefer the pop-up version of the launcher to the seperate app thing.

Omnitron

10-15-2003, 05:33 PM

I've never seen a Palm Pilot --- I only hear the term used by those outside the PDA usage arena in reference to PDAs in general. "3 new Palm Pilots released"

They ought to start using PalmOne somewhere in 2015...

ZPWeeks

10-15-2003, 10:19 PM

It started out just as the "Pilot"... then they added "palm" to the fron of that to make it more marketable... then Pilot (the pen company) sued over the name because the stylus is too much like a pen- so they cut "pilot" and called the new ones just "palm"...

Now it's much more confusing with palmOne and PalmSource....

GypsyJon

10-16-2003, 01:38 PM

I still have my original Palm Pilot Personal 512K RAM...it still works just fine.....one time at the airport when they still hand checked stuff one of those bozos dropped, (not in its case); the whole thing flew apart, circuit board going one way, case one way, door the other way.....I picked up all the pieces and plugged everything back up....You guessed it, turned it on and it worked fine....

Only reason I went to my current 505 was I wanted more memory so I could run a Tide Prediction program that 512K could not handle!

Rick 098

10-16-2003, 09:46 PM

Flew apart and worked fine? WOW

I want to own a pilot 1000

lol..

hotpaw4

10-18-2003, 01:42 AM

You can still find 1996 vintage Pilot 1000's and 5000's (the original Palm/USRobotics handheld's) on eBay. And the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, has one of the original Palm prototype boards that predates even those.

The oldest one I have that is still working is a 1997 PalmPilot Pro.

Rick 098

10-18-2003, 01:29 PM

I have a good start on my own musaum:D for ex, my toshiba lptop is 9 years........

hotpaw4

10-19-2003, 06:55 PM

9 years isn't old. At the Vintage Computer Festival, a lot of people had 25 year old PC's that are still in good running condition. Several science museums have mechanical calculators which are several hundred years old.

HyJack

10-21-2003, 08:36 AM

My Palm Pilot is more than 5 years old and still working. It is my "fall back" and backup unit.

Edlin

10-30-2003, 04:44 AM

I wish mine still worked... similar crack in the screen.

nismo96

11-02-2003, 05:52 PM

The motherboard in my Palm Pilot Personal died a violent death one day. I bought a Palm Pilot Pro and the 2mb upgrade for it the next day. I eventually sold that PDA and have a T3 today.

ryber

11-05-2003, 07:11 PM

I still have a working Atari Portfolio. Runs at a whopping 4.9 MHz. But it's the Grandpa of PDA's, and it did a lot for it's time.

Rick 098

11-21-2003, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by hotpaw4
9 years isn't old. At the Vintage Computer Festival, a lot of people had 25 year old PC's that are still in good running condition. Several science museums have mechanical calculators which are several hundred years old.
My laptop that I USE is 9.

wendo

11-30-2003, 06:42 PM

I still have my Pilot 5000 and it works great. I power it up on occassion for the fun of it. It's a great little machine.

blade40

11-30-2003, 08:36 PM

I still have my first palm, the Pilot 5000 with a 2mb/IR upgrade. It died about 3 yrs ago and thats when I bought my Visor. About a year ago I got bored and took it completely apart, cleaned it and put it back togheter---and it works. It still has a place of honor next to my T3.

a_nonamiss

02-05-2004, 10:48 AM

Wow, I know this is an old thread, but I couldn't resist. I work with a guy who is a hardcore programmer, and he still uses his Palm Pilot 1000 every day. He syncs it both at work and his home PC, and stores all of his addresses, phone numbers and memos on it. He also develops applications for it whenever he comes up with a need.

Every time I see it on his desk, I can't help but comment as to why he hasn't upgraded yet. His response is that it does everything he needs it to do, and he has no reason to upgrade. While I suppose that may be true for him, I'll stick with my T|T3! :)

Breakfast

07-02-2004, 05:12 PM

I have the Palm M100. When i put batteries in it (that are fully charged) it just makes a high pitched humming noise. It will not turn on, no matter what i do

motionmind

07-02-2004, 06:25 PM

I still have a palm Vx and Magellan GPS sled that I use for work-related GPS navigation (since my work can be dirty and grimy at times). I also use it for OBD-II diagnostics with my family's various vehicles when someone is having a problem. I do have a T3 for my main workhorse though.

NJL!2016

07-12-2004, 03:06 PM

Whatever happened to Jeff Hawkins?

edeab220

07-12-2004, 03:46 PM

Whatever happened to Jeff Hawkins? Isn't he the new prez of palmOne?

tnhh

07-12-2004, 04:15 PM

I never had an original PalmPilot, as I was happy using my Atari Portfolio when they were introduced. I still have my Palm IIIx (upgraded to 8MB), and use it from time to time. I sometimes find the monochrome screen for reading e-books than my TH55 (although the larger screen on the TH55 is nice).

NJL!2016

07-12-2004, 06:33 PM

Isn't he the new prez of palmOne?

He's the Chief Technology Officer
http://www.palmone.com/us/company/corporate/executive.html

WatcherJohn

07-13-2004, 12:37 PM

My ancient Palm III rests in a shallow grave in the neither regions of my closet. Memories...
My old Palm IIIx is being used by my wife.

tapf!

07-14-2004, 12:52 AM

I use my old Workpad c3 2MB for reading ebook in the garden etc.

Fabian

hansschmucker

11-29-2004, 07:56 PM

First I had an m105, which I later replaced by a T615c, which suddenly couldn'T charge any more, I switched to the NX70v, which eventually broke (The connector that connects the diplay controller to the display broke), I switched to a Zodiace2 which broke during a game of airhockey, becasue the table was unfortunately at the same hight as my pocket. Luckily I kept my m105 (I used during my army time, whenever I had to work outdoors) and it still works....

Does this answer your question? ;)

treffmeister

11-29-2004, 08:13 PM

Like you edeab220, when I whip out the NX70v I get people trying to impress me with their flip phones which they think are so good.. I just show em the screen - goooooone!

CroCo

12-06-2004, 08:00 AM

I am currently using my Palm Personal upgraded to Professional (no IrDa) palmOS 2.0.5 because my TH55 went to sony to get the microphone checked. My N770C/E is broken. I tried to get the dust out from behind the screen and when I took the thing appart the hotsync connector broke off the circuit board. I was able to glue it back on and to restore some of the wireing. Charging works again, but hotsync does not:-(((
Well so fortunately I still had my PalmProfessional in my drawer and voila loaded all the PIM data...works fine, just the categories are gone. But that will be okay, my TH55 should be back in 1-2 weeks;-)

zire102001

01-02-2005, 06:08 AM

I would like to own a palm pilot -the original. =) but i do like my zire 31 pda right now.

José Muñoz

01-12-2005, 10:16 AM

José Muñoz 1

01-12-2005, 10:23 AM

I have a 3Com Palm Pilot Personal / 480K / System v.2.0.5, it's my everyday PDA. I have somes games on it and an accounts control application; that's all that I need.

My e-mail: jimseg99@yahoo.com

Tam Hanna

01-13-2005, 01:35 PM

Palm IIIc, V, Vii-Protoype all charged and ok(except the V digitizer)

clunkerlover

04-07-2005, 11:46 PM

Believe it or not, I still use the m100. Despite its tiny 2mb memory, I've got an email program, Word to Go, several hacks, a foldable keyboard and a bunch of small games. That and the PIM stuff is all I need... although I would like to add a universal remote program (but don't wanna pay for it) and will likely upgrade when I can get a wi-fi capable web-browsing model and a collapsible keyboard secondhand. Google on the go! (drool)

philpalm

01-11-2007, 04:41 AM

Today I received a palm pilot Professional. There is no beaming capability but it has a roaring 960k memory (using a memory program since menu doesn't give info).

Remember the battery door that opens easy to permit two AAA batteries? There is another door to give you access to a memory board like laptops have!

Everything is version 2.0 and with the date 1997. Speaking of dates, trying to set the month in January is almost impossible for some strange reason.

There are 12 programs, has a left side contrast rotary dial, the imfamous ultra green on button and the old exposed 10 gold plated pin port on the bottom.

There are two sounds, the alarm and the function/game chirp.

The black and white screen is imaculant, but I don't mind scratching up this baby!

BTW the stylus is a solid plastic piece, no reset slim pin!

______________________________________________
A picture of the Palm professional with the back door open:
http://www.xanga.com/PPhilip/562185652/give-one-away-receive-another-free.html

Telyx

01-11-2007, 06:23 AM

The memory board could be replaced/upgraded; Palm's own 2MB card with IR and OS 3 (Flash ROM, too!) came with a new memory card cover with the IR window, and TRG made an 8MB card. I can't remember if it was Palm or TRG that made a pager card with 8MB of RAM. I think the TRG cards required you to provide a ROM image, too.

The screen on the non-backlit Pilot 1000 and 5000 seemed a bit easier to read (except in the dark) than the PalmPilot Personal and Professional's screen. I still have my Pilot 1000, but the screen is badly cracked--I fumbled it while showing off to a salesman many years ago, and it hit a terrazzo floor from about 2 feet up. The battery cover and batteries went one way, the memory card cover went another way, and I had an excuse to buy a PalmPilot Personal.

The funny thing is that you can still get to the Palm OS 1.0 app launcher with those "newer" Palms. Install Launcher III or some other third-party launcher, then delete it without first disabling it. People used to freak out over that--the Applications app (?!) would get you to the newer launcher with the picklist, but the silkscreen button would launch the old single-screen launcher with the heavy black border. (The cure was to reinstall the third-party launcher, then disable it and delete it.)

philpalm

01-11-2007, 03:05 PM

The long article on the 2mb upgrade is still up!
http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue199809/editorial998001.html
Meanwhile I will be needing the old type hot sync cord (given away) and playing girafe learning the old grafiti style writing again.

I wonder if anyone is interested in having another palm pilot? (hopefully the postage wouldn't be like sending to Australia in which I paid around $20)

<lie<onvert

01-12-2007, 06:28 PM

Hello,
I still have my Palm Pilot Professional! I do not keep batteries in it. It has 2 MB of RAM and is in pristine condition. I also have the original cradle and leather case. Although I never used it, I have the Franklin apps suite, too. What a great device! I also have recovered my S320 (had Chris S. repair it), my NR70V is still my entertainment PDA and of course, my TX. I was unable to recover my Palm IIIc. The second owner ditched it a long time ago.
Ahh, history.
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daver

01-20-2007, 02:57 AM

I saw an old Handspring Treo 90 the other day on sale for only $30. i'm tempted to pick it up just for the hell of it! it would be like going back in time... in the Palm of my hand?

ankh

01-25-2007, 04:45 PM

I upgraded my Palm Pilot Pro long ago; it's now being used by a carpenter/contractor friend.
I still use my Palm IIIxe for any cold weather camping (lithium AAA cells work where ordinary alkaline batteries fail in very cold conditions). I use my Visor Edge routinely -- though I've never yet tried using the modem that fits onto it.

It's about time I replaced the Visor Edge battery, I wonder if anyone still makes fresh batteries for it? I never did get its memory expanded, either, come to think of it.

philpalm

01-25-2007, 07:08 PM

http://www.portablebatteries.com/pda-pda-battery.html

PDA battery for Handspring Visor Edge
PDA battery for Hewlett Packard iPAQ HX4700 HX4705 359498-001
$33.10

PDA battery for Handspring Visor Edge
$47.29

Batteries for visor is not inexpensive.....

javi_el_largo

08-07-2007, 09:03 AM

I recently bought a second hand Palm Pilot Personal for a really unexpensive price. I use it to control my AR8600 radio scanner, with a program I made myself with NSBasic. It's very useful! I can change reception mode, tuning step and other settings with a single tap.

pgenie

08-07-2007, 09:54 PM

m 515 given to brother has gone missing (belongs to a new owner :eek: - but i still use a Tungsten C)...

tpelle

01-16-2008, 04:35 PM

My first Palm device was a IIIxe. After using it for several years, it finally was dropped one too many times, and it quit working. I was a little short of cash at the time, so I bought a Zire 21. The Z21 was a piece of junk - lots of trouble with the digitizer, but I knew it was bottom-of-the-line when I bought it.

I then asked for and received a Tungsten E2 for Christmas a few years ago. I was initially very impressed with the E2, love it's newer more intuitive handwriting recognition, love the nicer screen, love the colors, etc. However, after living with it for a while I came to be very frustrated over it's battery charging problems. So many times when it wouldn't turn on, and couldn't be made to charge.

I finally realized that the IIIxe did everything I really needed (and two AAA batteries last for six or eight weeks, and when they start to go low you just stop at the closest stop-n-rob and buy some more), so I bought a refurbed one through the 'net. I converted back to the IIIxe and am content - so content that I bought another IIIxe as a spare for when this on croaks!

Alekz

01-17-2008, 03:41 AM

Using a TRG Pro at the moment after using a Palm IIIx for several years.
The CF extention slot is a great thing - I'm looking to buy a Wi-Fi device for it. Tried with a borowed D-Link device and it worked nice

wildcard_seven

04-29-2010, 09:28 PM

I still have plans for my m100. Rock solid device. I'm gonna make some personalized programs or something. I love the simplicity of it. Not buggy, dead-on responsive. Amazing what a creative mind can squeeze out of 2MB to boot.

I love my TX for multimedia purposes, connectivity, etc, etc...but the price of all the gadgetry is a little more buggy, a little less reliable. They both have their place. In my little kingdom of Palms.