PalmOne Zire 72 Special Edition Handheld Silver

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I love the Zire...

Good product but......

The do almost everything PDA

Great expectations

Almost 2 years and (almost) no problems

PalmOne Zire 72 Special Edition Handheld Silver

Manufacturer: PalmOne
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Product Features:

Bright, 320x320 transflective TFT color display supports more than 65,000 colors

312 MHz Intel PXA270 processor, Palm OS v5.2.8, 32 MB RAM (24 MB actual storage)

Integrated 1.2 MP digital camera that also shoots video

Expansion slot that supports MMC, SD, and SDIO memory cards

Palm Desktop Software for Windows and Mac and Software Essentials CD included

ASIN: B0002ZAEYA
Release Date: 2004-12-01

Product Description

When it comes to productivity, the Zire 72 handheld means business. Now you can shoot photos and capture and watch video clips anywhere you go. Listen to MP3s, create and edit Word- and Excel-compatible files, or get wireless e-mail and Internet access with its built-in Bluetooth.

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Building on the success of PalmOne's Zire 71, the Zire 72 is the first Palm-based handheld that can capture digital video with sound and shoot digital still photos. This special silver version of the Zire 72 also features bright 320 x 320-pixel color screen for optimal playback of video and photos as well as voice recording capability and an MP3 player for listening to your own soundtrack. Other features include Bluetooth wireless connectivity, a 32 MB memory, Secure Digital card expansion, and a fast 312 Mhz Intel PXA270 processor. And, of course, the Zire 72 features Palm's suite of information management applications and the ability to edit Word- and Excel-compatible files and synchronize with Microsoft Outlook (Windows only). It's also available in the original blue version.

Upgrade Features
The Zire 72 offers the following improvements to the Zire 71:

1-megapixel image resolution (1280 x 960 pixels); the Zire 71 had a maximum 640 x 480 resolution.
32 MB of memory (24.7 MB user available); the Zire 71 had only a 16 MB memory
Video capture with sound; the Zire 71 only shot still images.
Digital zoom for closer image capture and in-handheld editing.
Voice recording capability.
Wireless Bluetooth connectivity (the Zire 71 connected to your PC only via the HotSync cable)
At 4.8 ounces, it's 10-percent less weighty than the 5.3-ounce Zire 71.
Palm OS 5.2.8 (versus 5.2.1 for the Zire 71).

Built-in Camera
The back of the Zire 72 holds the built-in still and video camera, which does not require you to slide the back of the PDA to activate it (like the Zire 71 did). You can shoot video with sound turned on or off at 320 x 240 pixel resolution and 15 frames per second. Just use the handheld screen to frame the video, tap the "record" button on the display, then save your video to an optional expansion card after tapping the "stop" button.

For still photography, it features a 1.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with a fixed focus range of about five feet and a 2x digital zoom. It captures up to 1280 x 960 pixel images, as well as 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 resolution modes. The camera also offers such customized image setting controls as white balance, brightness, saturation, contrast, and sharpness. You can also add date stamp or effects like sepia, black and white, and blue.

Audio
The included RealPlayer for Palm OS enables you to listen to MP3 music files stored on optional expansion cards via the built-in speaker on the Zire 72 or, for stereo sound, using optional stereo headphones or ear buds.

With the built-in digital voice recorder, you can create voice memos, then synchronize them to your desktop PC and email them to friends and colleagues.

Display
The Palm Zire 72 features a 16-bit, 320 x 320 bright transflective TFT color display, which supports more than 65,000 colors.

Connectivity and Expansion
With the built-in wireless Bluetooth connectivity, you can synchronize the Zire 72 with Bluetooth-enabled computer from across the room (within a range of 10 meters, or approximately 30 feet). But that's just the start. Using a compatible Bluetooth-enabled phone, you can send and receive email and connect to the web, send multimedia (MMS) or text (SMS) messages, and even automatically dial any number in your handheld's Contact's application. You can also synchronize data the "old-fashioned" way via the mini-USB connection at the base of the handheld.

The Zire 72 uses Multimedia Card and Secure Digital expansion cards, which instantly add software applications, additional memory, large databases, and more without taking up built-in memory space.

Operating System and Software
The Zire 72 is powered by Palm OS 5.2.8, which provides higher performance, enhanced multimedia features, support for Bluetooth connectivity and networking, and enterprise-class security. It useses the intuitive and easy-to-learn Graffiti 2 writing software to input data into the handheld (as well as an on-screen keyboard). Windows users can synchronize calendar, contacts, tasks and notes with Microsoft Outlook. The Palm OS features the following organizer applications:

Contacts: Lets you store several addresses for each contact, and it adds new contact fields for more phone numbers, multiple email addresses, instant messenger IDs, and a website for your contacts.
Calendar: Use the new Agenda view to see upcoming calendar events, tasks due and important email, and color-code your events to provide an easy way to reference your Calendar in the Agenda, Day, Week, and Month views. Take more notes, or synchronize more details from your desktop, into the larger Memos and Notes fields on the handheld.
Tasks: Use tasks with alarms and repeating tasks to set reminders for important commitments.

You'll use Graffiti 2 allows you to enter data quickly into your Palmª handheldÑbut it's even more intuitive and easier to learn

Along with the standard Palm software, you'll receive a Software Essentials CD-ROM containing PalmOne's VersaMail, Web Pro, Messages (SMS/MMS), Palm Reader, Documents To Go Standard Edition, Acrobat Reader, Solitaire, powerOne Personal Calculator, and Audible Player for palmOne handhelds (Windows only).

Compatibility
The Palm Zire 72 is compatible with PCs running Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, and XP, and with Macs running Mac OS 9, version 9.1 or higher, or Mac OS X, version 10.2 or 10.3.

What's in the Box
This package contains the Zire 72 Silver Edition handheld, built-in rechargeable battery, carrying case, mini-USB HotSync cable, power cable, stylus, CD-ROM with Palm Desktop 4.1 software for Windows and Macs (as well as bonus software), and printed Getting Started guide. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery that has a battery life of between 3 and 4.5 hours depending on screen brightness settings and usage.

Customer Reviews:

I love the Zire..........2007-03-08

When my Zire 72 recently suffered a screen malfunction, I started shopping for a newer model -- I thought I'd find an updated Palm with more bells & whistles. To my surprise, none of the new models have the video and camera that the Zire has. I suppose it's Palm's way of pushing you towards buying a Treo -- but I don't like the phone/Palm combo, so I went for another Zire. I have to admit I paid more for this one because it's silver and soooooo pretty -- much nicer than the standard blue I had before -- but I'll just count that as the cost of being a girl. :o)

Good product but.............2007-01-21

Good Product but i had never understud the software. I sold it and purchase an IPAQ 2700 series with wifi. Windows CE. (another thing)....

The do almost everything PDA.......2006-12-27

I've had my Zire 72 for around a year and half and I love it. It does about anything I need in a PDA. I looked at others and found they lack some feature that the Zire 72 has like a built in speaker, camera or voice recorder.
The Good:
- Documents to Go: love this, I have read long docs on the plane when I had nothing else to do (while listening to music on the MP3 player)
- Voice Recorder: missing in many PDAs, Handy when driving and you need to take a note
- Built in speaker: Not great, but beats having to plug in earphones to hear your voice memos or check audio
- MP3 player: I use it for music and audio books
- Video Media player: I work in video production and have demo reel on my palm now. How cool is that!
- Camera: Ok, not great quality, but has been good for documenting things and location scouts
- Great color screen: I had a mono Palm VII before
- SD slot: Great for storing tons of MP3 files

The bad:
- Can't replace battery yourself: The one thing I hate about this little gem. I'll look into self fixes on-line
- No Wi-fi built in: but you can add it with a SD card.

I've added a keyboard and have written scripts and artilces with my Zire.

Scott

Great expectations.......2006-11-12

I enjoy using the Zire 72 and understand compleely why it's such a popular and successful model; at the aame time, I understand why Palm pulled it from their line-up. It has a lot to do wtih user expectations. When you use a PDA, you assume that its individual features will run easily. While the vast majority do, and very well, the Zire 72 loses points in the "bells and whistles" department - just the area where it's touted as being so unique.

1. Although the Zire 72 boasts a digital camera, the grainy image and poor white balance makes a good cell phone's images look considerably more appealing. Do not expect the camera feature to function as you'd hope.

2. Everybody raves, and rightfully, over the wonderful color screen, which is easily bright enough to read and work by. Eyestrain is unlikely. But it comes at a cost - an unuually fast loss of chorge. While you can plan for it by charging often and carrying a cord, it's a danger with longer periods of use.

3. The Media Player is, like the digital camera, useless. It requires the installation of expensive memory chips, and saps fuel at a frightful rate. You're best staying with your iPod instead of using tbe Zire's player.

4. Battery replacement is a challenge. There are online options for learning how to replace the battery, but it's not for beginners, and you stand to break your PDA. Some feel you're safest paying the extra money to have a pro do it for you.

I use and enjoy my Zire 72, and hope you don't take this as an unnecessarily one-sided review. Rather, it's meant as a means to put the PDA into perspective. As long as you know which features you'll be able to use (and which you won't), you'll be able to make a much more intelligent consumer decision.

Almost 2 years and (almost) no problems.......2006-10-07

Minor problems, but very good so far. Had a Zire71, moved up a little. This one should have a shrine built if it ever dies.

SYNCING, Use Avantgo free service for all news, sports, magazines like CNET, PCWorld, RollingStone, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Seattle PI and much more. Syncs addresses and calendar using Outlook as its main database. Patience can be a bonus; When putting videos on it, it can take up to 15 minutes or more. Music is a bit faster, Real takes care of all that.
CAMERA is very low quality, washed out, poor resolution, poor definition of edges, blurred. Hard to shoot a good one, but sometimes (rarely) it does okay. Expect to do a lot of touch up when you download the pics onto your pc. Videos are washed out, sound quality okay, distorts badly with high volume, like an idling hotrod at 20' sounds like pure static. BUT the camera is very handy if you left your digital camera at home. i.e. car accidents.
VOICENOTES hangs computer when syncing, i don't use VN anymore.
REALPLAYER works great, sound quality is excellent on sony earbuds. Have 150+ songs, 60+ pics and 30+ vids on 1MB SD card w/360MB still free.
MEDIAPLAYER Works great, just drop videos onto the desktop converter and into the palm they go. Longest video i have on it is about 10 minutes.
WIFI would be nice but that's available in a different model. Maybe a card coming.
SOFTWARE is a little disjointed, would like the databases and calendar to tie together better. It could benefit from a lot more automation. Calendar is invaluable, haven't missed a birthday, anniversary or important biz meeting yet. Contacts uses Outlook as its server.
WINDOWS APPS Documents-To-Go makes it completely win compatible.
FREEZES & CRASHES Probably 10x in 2 years, up and running in seconds after a reset. Far fewer problems than my buddy's $500 win handheld. He often must redock to reload all his software and contacts. A huge problem when you're not near your pc, totally cut him off one time, no contact info. See Quirks below.
AGE & BATTERY May be pushing 2 yrs old, battery life is down to about 5 days off the charger.
DURABILITY No glass screen to break like the old V series. Bounced off cement floor from shirtpocket more times than can remember. Screen covers are a must. Keep forgetting to remove from pocket while sandblasting, powerwashing, walking to work on rainy days. Sand once wedged sd card inside, pulled it out with needle nose pliers, surprised it still works. Power washed entire side of building with it in pocket, set it in the sun to dry it out, still works fine. (it dripped when held on end) Often gets rained on when walking to work, set it on pc monitor to dry it. Puppy chewed it once, after repeated freezes, hangs, weird buttons being pressed during setup (when i didn't press them), figured out the front cover teeth marks were pushing hard enough on the touchscreen that the palm thought I was pressing entries.
BLUETOOTH, works as advertised. Setup was a little goofy, but got it done.
QUIRKS Watch out for crumbs, crud and dirt (and teethmarks) between the screen and the front fascia, crud will press on the touchscreen and cause all kinds of weird startup & freeze problems.
I will buy another one when this one dies.

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