T5 Ordered

Well, I practically have almost all my applications installed, so far a total of 202 (a little over 30 games).

The totals on the space I have left:
22.4 mb on the T5 itself
119.1317 mb on the DiskOnChip internal card
955.9 mb left on the expansion card.

I started out with:
64 mb on the T5 itself
161 mb on the DiskOnChip internal card
1000 mb (1 gig) on the expansion card

All in all, the T5 does have some minor unstability issues with some applications. I have had some crashes. I am running CrashPro. Until I read somewhere here, I didn't know I could log my crashes, but I am now.

I have to hard reset a total of three times while I was reloading. I have figured out that each hard reset was attributed to me being impatient, trying to reload to much at one time, and not remembering to format the DiskOnChip internal card when I did the first hard reset.

The T5 is faster that the m500 series, but I do not notice a markable difference between my previous T3 and this one.

I am running PowerRun that allows me to move a lot of my applications stored on the internal memory to the expansion card and still act as if the applications are on the internal memory.

I do like the four channel favorite screens that can be customized. Each channel has room for 8 applications or folders that the user chooses to put on each channel.

All in all, I have no regrets in going to the T5. It is clear that Palm has stepped up to the next level and there are a few bugs that need to be worked out overall.

The T5 doesn't necessarily like loading larger applications while also synchronizing the entire device. I have had to install some applications in parts, if that was possible. Also I have discovered that if you install without synchronizing the entire device there is a higher success rate that the install will not fail. Once the application is installed, there appears to be no problems with the operation.

I haven't decided if I want to look for a T3 to purchase as a backup. I have a strong feeling that I will be doing this, but I need to get this one settled first.

I wanted to give everyone an update to see where I am and my progress....if I run into more issues or problems, I will let you all know.

Carol
 
Hey moose. Do you have a T5 and the Palmone Universal Wireless keyboard and does the keyboard program on the T5 run without crashing? I've reinstalled the latest keyboard driver and reinstallled the wi-fi drivers and each time I try to run the keyboard program, I get a fatal exception error. The keyboard does work however, I just want to get at the keyboard settings. Any ideas? thanks
 
I've just got around to using the new improved security features on the T5 and have hit a snag. I have my T5 set up to stay on in the cradle but otherwise to power off after 3 minutes. This worked just fine until I invoked the security. Despite the fact that the device is set up to autolock after 30 minutes, the darned thing powers off after 3 minutes even when it's in the cradle. I have emailed P1 but so far no response.

Has anybody else experienced this?
 
Seems to me the T5 is working exactly as the T3 when it comes to power off when in the cradle and SECURITY is on.

The idea is that if you have security invoked, it overides the "no power off" function. The reason for security. If it were left on indefinitely, anyone passing by would be able to access the information in the Palm.

It may be a "Catch 22", but it is secure...

One caveat, I don't have the T5, but the T3 functions exactly as you have described.

fnagle
 
On my T3 (not T5) it gets fatal exception if I ALSO had Phone Link Update (#2 - 11/29/04) installed.

If it's easy to hard reset and restore, then I suggest doing that. Sorry if I sound like PalmOne support. :D

Frst thing after reset load keyboard driver and you should see that it works. Then restore things carefully to find conflict. I've found it's easiest to restore from SD if you own a backup program. What I do is restore by the letters - letter A, test if things are okay, then letter B, etc. (letter A means restore apps/DBs that start with letter A in the backup set).

Please note that hard reset erases data!!!
 
P1 have confirmed that there is a bug in the 5.4 OS which causes the device to power off when in the cradle with security switched on (even though it actually shouldn't (sorry fnagle). Device should lock after preset time but not turn itself off.

Hopefully we'll get a fix soon.
 
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