Applications

Significantly, Palm has improved the T3's and the Tungsten E's core applications and Personal information management software. There is now a new agenda view that shows future appointments and daily tasks, as well as color-coded calendar options, similar to what third party applications, such as Agendas, have been offering for years with icons.

As for scheduling, users can now beam multiple appointments with a single command, schedule events that last past midnight and view location details. Additional contact data includes support for more multiple contact addresses, more phone numbers and email addresses, instant-messaging IDs, Web site addresses and birthdays.

Other features include repeating tasks and alarms for easier scheduling of Tasks for recurring assignments and chores, as well as larger memos and notes, something Palm users have long waited for.

The bundled Documents to Go 6 Professional Edition from DataViz delivers native Excel and Word document support, which means you can directly view and edit those types of files on your handheld, such as those that arrive in email as attachments and are transferred from a PC.

Other preloaded applications include the latest version of Kinoma Video and Palm Photos. The handhelds also feature IBM's WebSphere Micro Environment for running J2ME applications. Kinoma Producer lets you convert AVI, DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, and Quicktime video for viewing with the Kinoma Player on the handhelds.

The Tungsten E offers one of the best values in the Palm OS world. The lack of wireless connectivity could be a deal breaker form some though. And not having a cradle may save money on the cost of the unit, but it sure isn't convenient.