Palm tungsten c wifi wpa

Their shapes are the same, but the Tungsten C lacks the wireless phone nub, so it measures only 4. It's also slightly lighter at 6. The news here is a brighter, more uniform transflective screen with a xpixel resolution and a palette of 65, colors. On the down-low: The C is somewhat slender, so it's pocketable. Below the screen is the same thumb keyboard found on the Tungsten W. It's relatively roomy, and most of the keys have multiple uses; for example, you can key in common typographic symbols and use Palm shortcuts to bring up the menu or change screen brightness.

But you can still use Graffiti if you like. Below the keyboard are four function buttons and a five-way navigator, all also inherited from the Tungsten W. The buttons come set to launch Palm's calendar, contacts, VersaMail application, and Web browser, but as with earlier Palms, you can remap them to launch other programs.

Unfortunately, there's no built-in microphone, and no microphone headset ships with the Palm. Common cradle: Palm includes the standard cradle for both syncing and recharging the battery. A protective cover, an AC adapter, and a cradle also ship with the Tungsten C. As with most Palm devices since the m series, the cradle is for both syncing and recharging the device, so you must pack it if you plan to recharge while traveling.

The Tungsten C resembles the W, but inside, the unit differs considerably from earlier Palms. Palm has also updated the OS a bit; version 5. Better yet is the Tungsten C's integrated Wi-Fi Most of us didn't buy them for speed--video, music, audio; if you wanted those things you could get a Pocket PC.

If you wanted your data quickly--phone numbers, addresses, email--and wanted the battery to last for weeks or months, you got a Palm. Now there's serious power at hand. Its power is still hardly harnessed with the various multimedia applications that are starting to appear. Palm will tell you that clock speed isn't that important, and that's generally true when comparing the MHz StrongARM with the TI OMAP, due to several enhancements in the latter, but clock speed surely does something, because there is a noticeable speed improvement from the T to the C.

I use the term because though they're related in looks, they're quite a bit different inside. The W has the same shell, the same keyboard, the same stylus, and basically the same flip cover, as well as the same mAh battery. This is important to mention so people don't get confused, thinking similar looks mean similar characteristics.

Get used to this baby, and all other handhelds look like their backlights are failing. In this case, the brightest competitors pale indoors; outdoors, others are slightly better see Zire 71 story for more.

The screen has amazing viewing angles as well, and colors are vibrant. Photos definitely pop on the new screens, and contrast is excellent.

You really have to see them. Other changes from the W are found on the back: a speaker is planted back there, where it's not as loud as it should be, and the SD slot has moved from the lower right side, as it is on the W and i, to the top, a better choice, especially for SDIO peripherals. The top has the IrDA port, a charging light, and an audio jack, intended for the same headset that the W uses.

Available as an optional accessory, the headset will serve two purposes. Initially, it's for voice recording, since the Tungsten C has no built-in microphone as is included on the T. A press on the headset's mic button starts and stops recording. This solution would enable inter-campus phone calls without requiring callers to be at their desks. I don't think the jack is capable of stereo output; but I can't be sure, because the jack is 2.

The four conductor jack is supposedly equivalent to the Nokia-style. Like the W, the Tungsten C is big. It's fairly heavy at 6.

It's a chunk compared to the Tungsten T or Palm V. In fact, it marks the first time in Palm, Inc. But what the Tungsten C gives up in cutting edge looks and light weight it gives back in pure functionality. I do think it's handsome in its own right, but it's not really a competitor to the Tungsten T. Beyond bundles As they did with the Tungsten T, Palm has done some software work in important areas.

This time they've gone beyond bundling applications from third parties on the included CD and have begun integrating them smartly into the software, both on the devices and the desktop. Programs like DataViz's fine Documents to Go are now in Flash, coming up on the device automatically, even after a hard reset.

World Clock is one of my favorites, simply because it has an automatic update to Atomic Time. Just tap on the Atomic symbol in the clock application and the device goes out over WiFi to a time server for an update this is also included on the Tungsten W. Computer clocks are notoriously inaccurate, so I'm glad that Palm devices have this feature now available on most notebooks and desktops.

Just as the T had a helper application to connect to a cell phone via Bluetooth, the C comes with two major aids, one to easily set up your Tungsten C for network HotSync, and one to quickly find and connect with a WiFi access point AP.

The HotSync setup was most impressive. The unit then goes out on the LAN, finds and lists all the available computers, and you simply tap on the name of the one to which you want to HotSync.

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