help me th55x ux50

[cid]

I live in Brazil where is difficult to obtain waranty services.My th55 presented a known problem "camera will abort, etc..."', and the support here offered me to change my palm.
here is the dilem.UX 50? Tunstent5?
help me, please, because my loved 55 flew away
thanks
cid

[modernmystic]

Please elaborate.
-modernmystic

[Hari Seldon]

It all depends on what you do with your PDA.

Even though I have the UX-50 and still think it's the coolest, most feature packed Palm OS device there is, you might be better off with the T5, because it uses a form factor you are used to with the TH-55. However, if you are used to using wifi with your TH-55, you probably know that the T5 does not include it. There is a Palm wifi card for the device, but it is something like $120 US. The UX-50 includes wifi and bluetooth, yet the battery is pretty weak when using wifi. There is an extended battery for the UX-50, the EB-40, but it costs upwards of $200 US on ebay for it, and I doubt you can get your warranty service to spring for one.

On the other hand, if you have invested in any Memory Stick media for your TH-55, they can be used by the UX-50 as well. The T5 has only an SD/MMC slot.

The UX-50 has the really great keyboard you might have seen in pictures, but it is still not really useful for massive amounts of text entry. The method of text entry on the T5 would be like what you have used with the TH-55. Namely, Graffiti or the onscreen keyboard. I don't know if the T5 has Decuma or not like the TH-55.

Basically you have to ask yourself which PDA best suits your PDA use. You will find people in these forums that have both of these devices and can probably answer any questions you might have about each.

[antoinepierre]

UX50 is not very speed but TH55 and CliéOrganizer are really too slow.

[cktlcmd]

I would not say the UX50 or TH55 is slow, because it depends on what type of programs you are using. Maybe Mr. Barboy above is using his PDA mostly to play games thus requires a lot of memory and relies more on processor speed. But I bet you, what ever palm device he uses it can not compare to how far the TH55's battery lasts. Plus a built-in BT and WiFi in one device (TH55/E1).

If you ever decide to get a UX50, take note that it has a "serious bug in it", that it will not turn on one day and the only solution is to open up the UX50 and manually disconnect the battery or wait for it to completely drain which might take weeks.

For now, the only device I see out there that can match the TH55/E1 is the Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox 720. But you have to switch to Pocket PC though.

[Hari Seldon]

The UX-50 has no such bug that causes one to need to open the device and disconnect the battery. This may have happened to the person that posted that nonsense, but it is nothing that has afflicted any large number of UX-50 devices. I have had my UX-50 since September-October of 2003 and I use it often, sometimes for hours some days, and it has never failed me in any way, save for a few resets probably due to software. Nothing needing the case opened or messing around with the internal battery to fix.

Plus, you guys that are comparing the TH-55 to anything need to read the post by the creator of the thread. He already had a TH-55 that was experiencing a malfunction, and was offered a Tungsten T5 or UX-50 instead under the warranty from what I can gather. He is well aware of the merits of the TH-55.

If you are just comparing features, and not the relative merits of the OS, most recent PPC handhelds exceed the TH-55 in features (except screen resolution in the case of the non-vga models).

[cktlcmd]

Sorry to disagree with you Hari Seldon. My friend bought a brand new UX40, after 3 months, it suffered such a problem. He was able to replaced it with another brand new unit. After one month, it again suffered the same problem. He sent it to Sony, Sony said nothing is wrong. Did not replace anything, since I assume by the time they got it the battery already drained by itself.

I too had the same experience with my UX50. I bought mine brand new. After charging and a couple of hours of use it died for no reason. I had it replaced for another brand new unit. After 4 months it died too. I had to follow the thread posted here to open it up to manually disconnect the battery. Luckily I bought a 2 year exchange warranty from CompUSA, so I am just waiting for a better Palm device to come out before I have it exchange again.

Plus I am not comparing a UX50 and TH55. I am giving him something to think about before he buys a UX50. Then what after a few months, would fail him again. You might gotten a good batch, then that's good for you. But the fact that this occured to my friend in LA twice and to me too here in NJ. You have to think there is something wrong with the UX50. You can't really blame us for thinking that way.

[Elfyn]

The UX-50 has no such bug that causes one to need to open the device and disconnect the battery. This may have happened to the person that posted that nonsense, but it is nothing that has afflicted any large number of UX-50 devices.I beg to differ. Perhaps not ALL UX50's have this problem, but some definitely do. I had this happen to me just a month or so ago. I have had my UX50 since September of 2003 and also use it daily. One day a few weeks ago it simply would not turn on and would not charge. In fact there were absolutely no signs of life from it whatsoever. Also note that I had done nothing different to my UX50 such as installing software or making changes to existing programs. This just happened totally out-of-the-blue.

Now if I had not already read that "nonsense" that had been posted here, I wouldn't have had a clue what to do and would probably have sent my UX50 in for an expensive and unneeded repair. As it turned out I opened the case (actually a very simple operation), unplugged and replugged the battery and voila, I was back in business in less than 5 minutes.

Now I wouldn't go so far as to call this a "serious bug", more of a mild annoyance if you know how to handle it. Again not all UX50 owners will have this problem, but if you do the cure is relatively simple.

[Hari Seldon]

I am sure there is a problem with some UX-50 handhelds that would necessitate opening the case and disconnecting/reconnecting the battery. Maybe somehow there was a run that the batteries were not connected fully or something. This is unfortunate and it's too bad that it had happened to some people. But it is not some feature of every UX-50 that you have to open the case periodically and fiddle with the battery. It is a problem that only befalls a certain number of these devices. The guy with the Shrek avatar made it seem like it would eventually happen to ALL UX-50's. I don't feel this is the case.

And the first poster from Brazil is not buying a new handheld. From what I gathered he is being offered either a UX-50 or a Tungsten T5 in place of his malfunctioning TH-55. I would hope people that own either (or both) of these devices would give him some information on each so he can decide which to get. I think that was why he created this thread. Saying how cool the TH-55 is serves no purpose here. He says he loved the TH-55 so if they were offering to replace it I can't imagine he would not go that route. Asking for advice on choosing between a UX-50 or T5 makes me think those are his choices.

[cktlcmd]

The guy with the Shrek avatar made it seem like it would eventually happen to ALL UX-50's. I don't feel this is the case.


You are definitely entitled to your own opinion as so am I. But I still think this is a problem that he definitely should consider before accepting the offer. Why exchange a lemon for another?

[Hari Seldon]

I will admit that the UX-50 seemed to have more problems than other PDA's. From the whining screens to this battery issue, etc. Any type of PDA is going to have a few units out of the many produced that have problems. I don't think somebody should dismiss buying something that might be cool because it COULD have a problem. I doubt there has ever been a PDA, or any electronic device for that matter, that had no units returned for some malfunction. You can't think about this before you buy it. Just make sure there is some kind of return policy or warranty and hope you get a good one.