zAb bracht ons naar The Tech Zone die hun blik hebben geworpen op de Palm PDA serie. De ongezoute kritiek laat weinig heel van een aantal modellen, maar ook weinig over van de concurrenten zoals Windows CE en Handspring. Over de laatste zegt de reviewer het volgende:
I've heard nothing but bad things about Handspring. Their cases are flimsy and are more prone to screen-breakage than a Palm. And god forbid you try to RMA your broken PDA (if you ever get it from them to begin with) because this will plunge you into a special circle of hell made just for you, the valued Handspring customer.[break]Toch blijft het jammer dat hij Handspring niet heeft meegenomen in zijn vergelijking omdat vooral de Handspring VisorDeluxe een leuke prijs/prestatie verhouding lijkt te hebben. Na de voors en vooral de tegens bij elk model te hebben gegeven is er de conclusie dat er eigenlijk maar 1 model de moeite waard is: de Palm IIIxe[/break]This (Palm IIIxe) is the PDA to own. Palm has packed so much PDA goodness into this small package you should never need anything more. There's 8mb of RAM. This alone would make it worth the $250 retail price. You can easily fit tons of programs into this space, along with e-books, which are simply books in digital form for you to read on trips. This PDA also has a Flash ROM so you can always upgrade to Palm's next OS.
This PDA also includes the internal expansion port in case you should ever need any more RAM, or something else that comes down the pipe, like a pager addon.
Enough good things cannot be said about this device, it's simply the best anyone can get. Sure, Palm has several other models out, some more expensive by far, but if you don't need a flashy aluminum case or a built in modem, than the IIIxe is perfect for you.