PalmOne P10941U Tungsten T3 Hard Case

Manufacturer:	PalmOne
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PalmOne P10941U Tungsten T3 Hard Case

Average rating: Stars

Palm T3 has to be the worst palm case ever made....

I have been working professionally supporting palms for years and familiar with several models and their cases. This is my 6th palm that I have purchased, but this has to be one of the poorest cases designed for this particular device. They should have put a rubber grip inside the case. Half the time when I extend the screen - it pops out of the case. I have dropped the palm numerous times when just holding the case because the 2 small hooks holding the palm in does not lock it securely. This case gives you little security in protecting this device...

PalmOne P10941U Tungsten T3 Hard Case - PalmOne

as protective as wrapping your Palm in a sheet of paper

PERSPECTIVE: Active Palm owner and user

I would think that a company that makes such useful, expensive, and easily breakable gadgets as Palm does would market a case that would offer significant protection in addition to functionality. Apparently, my thinking is wrong.

I won't wait until the punchline - don't buy this case. It is flimsily constructed, and offers little in the way of actual protection. For example, the first day after purchase, I had my T3 and case in my coat pocket, along with a plastic pen, and I leaned casually against a wall - later, when I pulled out my Palm to use it, I noted that the front cover was bent in half around a pen-shaped indentation! My Palm was uninjured, and I was able to bend the case back into shape with relative ease. Read that again - I was able to bend the case back into shape with relative ease. That's bad.

Needless to say, a few weeks later, I was walking through a crowd, Palm in pocket, and was jostled into a counter. I pulled out my Palm, and noted with horror that the case cover was crumpled, and that my precious screen was cracked and useless.

As to functionality, it has 2 relatively foolproof expansion card slots in the inside front cover. The top the case is open, to allow better card and beaming access. The T3 actually clips into the case by hooking into 2 slots in the back of the Palm itself, which initially seems nifty... until I discovered that even small bumps to the case can cause the gadget to be "unhooked" without one being aware of it. Thus, if the case is tilted, out slides the Palm through the open top, to a fall that may result in a fatal injury to your $3-400 machine.

FINAL WORD: Avoid like the plague. Get the Rhinoskin T3 case instead, which is well-made and less expensive.

PalmOne - PalmOne P10941U Tungsten T3 Hard Case

not so bad...

I had bought hard cases for my previously owned Palms (V and 500) because without one, they were always getting accidentally turned on in my purse, draining the battery. Palm T3 doesn't have that problem because of the placement of the on/off switch. I didn't have a problem with the T3 coming loose from the case, and found it functional - just bulky, a bit heavy and not needed. I'm far happier with a slim leather case that also holds my credit card and 2 expansion cards. But if you are looking for a hard case specifically, I don't think this one is so bad.

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