DO be put off by the battery problem!!!
I've had 3 palms, Most recently I was one of the first to buy The Tungsten T5 (unfortunately) at a very high price for the time. In short, the T5 software turned out to be crappy, requiring a hard reboot after most synchronizations with my computer and frequent other problems. From what I've read online this may have been specific to the hastily-released T5. I was very happy with my prior Palms software.
However, I have other issues with Palm:
First, their support for my attempts to solve the software problems was essentially nonexistent. Every download, update or fix took forever to complete and required that I reload all my other software every few months. None of it solved the problems and their customer service department was unhelpful throughout.
Second, within days of the limited warranty expiring the battery died and that was that! Yes, they would replace it, at the Palmfactory, but not at a price I considered reasonable at the time. Since then I have done without a PDA, but I am probably going to look for another. If I go for a Palm it will be entry-level priced, and I'll treat it as a 1-2yr throwaway item. If I'm spending more than $200 then it must have a user-replaceable battery.
Hope this helps.
PS I'm alsoin the medical field -- as faras I know, all the major medical resources I used were all available for PC and Palm
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