Price: 299.99 - 299.99
Palm Zire 71 deifnitely gives you the most out of a handheld for its price. For $300 you are getting a color-screen PDA with expansion capabilities, a good amount of memory, a digital camera, and an MP3/video player among other things. It also has the nice feature of a 5-way navigator that lets you perform functions without having to whip out the stylus.
The design is lightweight, sleek, attractive, and fun. The color screen is bright and provides high quality, sharp images (and fairs much better in sunlight than previous color screens).
Theres only two complaints: 1) The case that comes with the Palm is terrible. Everytime I slip my Palm in, it turns it on...so expect to purchase a new carrying case if this will bother you. 2) Beware of Palm customer service. I previously had a Palm IIIc, which I dropped accidently (after the 1-year warranty was over) and it froze. I called Palm Tech Support and there was a $25 charge to troubleshoot over the phone and $125 fee to have it sent it to be fixed. What a rip off!
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