The hard drive is certainly big news, but were equally as thrilled to see that palmone finally got the message and integrated wifi into the lifedrive, in addition to bluetooth. As always, it helps you keep track of your schedule, your business and personal contacts, your todo list, even your microsoft office and multimedia files. When i first heard the specifications of the lifedrive, primarily the 4gb hard disk, i was. It means enough space for all your data storage needs, allowing you to carry approximately 1,200 office documents, 6,000 emails, 10,000 appointments, and 10,000 contacts, and on the multimedia side, 300 songs 1,000 songs if used solely as a music device. Resetting your palm lifedrive hard reset lifedrive palm on rare occasions your device may not respond when you press a button or tap the screen. I have synced my tx to my vista64 bit laptop, and windows 8. When i hold the power switch to the right and then reset, it just resets as normal. This site is supported from advertising revenue, software purchases, and donations from people like you. The mobile manager product line revolves around media and taking your data with you. This means that the hard drive is processing information, and you could lose. Palm lifedrive mobile manager pda with 4gb hard drive. Throw out your old pda and mp3 player, cause the palm lifedrive is here to replace both. The palmone lifedrive long rumored as the tungsten x handheld looks very impressive on paper.
View and download palmone lifedrive mobile manager user manual online. Palmones lifedrive has a 4gigabyte hard drive you can fill with documents, songs, photos and videos. Lifedrive manager on the pc, provides a live windows explorer like view into your hard drive and sd cards. This innovative, new software system saves time, making it easier for a mobile. The palm lifedrive uses an internal 4gb microdrive, which is partitioned into a 64mb storage heap, a 22mb rom image, and a 3. Since then, palm has spun off their software division, has been renamed a few. In fact, the folks at palmone consider it a mobile manager. To install palm desktop software, the lifedrive manager application, and other important software, insert the cd into your computers cd drive. In addition, the company has posted drivers for the palmone wifi sd card and a number of other device update including the tungsten c and treo updater have been released this summer.
Palmones new lifedrive packs almost everything youd want from a laptopdocument editing, email access, and plenty of storage for photos and mp3s. How to replace microdrive with compactflash in palm lifedrive. Use the lifedrive manager in the same way as a usb drive to upload your files to a mac or pc. The lifedrive, however, is the first palmos based model designed with a hard drive, as well as being the first mainstream model in the u. For those who demand more, palmone introduces the all new lifedrive mobile manager. One of the major drawbacks of using the lifedrive for music is partially software and partially hardware. The palmone lifedrive has an integrated 4gb hitachi hard drive. The device came preloaded with ereader, documents to go, and wifile software. With a 4gb microdrive, wifi and bluetooth in a sleek package, this is a truly powerful pda. The hard drive is certainly big news, but were equally as thrilled to see that palmone finally got the message and integrated wifi into the lifedrive. Going where no other handheld maker has gone before, palmone unveiled today the lifedrive mobile manager, a device that includes a 1inch, 4gb hard drive. Palm lifedrive hard reset details hardreset before you give your handset to repair shop or buy new handset, please try the following procedure to repair your device.
Lifedrive from palmone 1 chapter 1 your mobile manager your new lifedrive mobile manager from palmone takes mobile computing to a whole new level. Do a hard reset to clean up the cf card and it should just work magically. Its the same microdrive as those found in mp3 players and digital cameras. With a huge 4gb hard drive and builtin wifi and bluetooth wireless support, you can easily carry all the. The hard disk used in the lifedrive was selected by palm for its fast spinup speed, but delays in application launching were inevitably longer than with flashbased. But whereas that fits into an already existing market, the 4gb harddiskbased lifedrive is trying to create a whole new genre, which palmone is calling the mobile manager. Additionally, the lifedrive also offers some unique software features which hopefully will soon make their way to our treo as well. Because it is a hard drive and not all flash memory, loading. The lifedrive featured bluetooth and wifi connectivity, the first palm handheld to feature both. I think the software on the disk would convert pictures and videos to the proper format before uploading it to the device. Caping months of rumors, leaks, and tremendous anticipation, palmone has officially unveiled the lifedrive mobile manager, its first handheld with a builtin 4 gb hard drive. Ive looked around the palm website but havent found any helpful info. I have lost the software cd but downloaded the palm desktop.
This puppy does it all, it works hard and plays hard. Rather than meshing a phone with a pda, the lifedrive merges the pda, hard diskbased mp3 player, photo viewer and portable video player into one machine. Palmones mobile manager range of devices is aimed users who want to use as much digital content as possible, including music, video, email, and. Im trying to hard reset my lifedrive and im running into an inability to complete the task. The lifedrive was a palm osbased handheld personal digital assistant device that was produced by palmone, a former incarnation of palm, inc. We ask that you consider purchasing software through our store andor making a donation via paypal. The lifedrive manager lets you sync documents between your computer and the palm lifedrive and keeps the files safe, even if you have forgotten to recharge the battery. Aside from the standard bits like an ir port, headphone jack, sd expansion card slot and 64mb of ram, it features bluetooth and wifi wireless networking, a voice recorder, a 416 mhz processor, and a 4gb microdrive.
Chapter 2 your 4gb hard drive using lifedrive manager when you copy a photo or video to your device, note select the option format for device if you plan. I get a palmone remote library failed to initialize message. Ratings the palm lifedrive uses an internal 4gb microdrive, which is partitioned into a. Thanks to the great folks over at makers of new palmos garnet devices, usb drivers for 64bit vista, windows 7, and win 8 operating systems are available. Lifedrive from palmone iii table of contents about this guide xxi tips for viewing this guidexxi. May 18, 2005 venturing beyond its wellknown focus on the handheld and smartphone markets, palmone today introduced the lifedrive mobile manager, a product that fuses business productivity tools. When the tungsten t5 came out last fall, many longtime palm os handheld users were unsatisfied, not feeling it was a worthy successor to the venerable tungsten t3. Palm lifedrive the first palm with a hard drive has its pros and cons summarythough they have been available in ipods and other device for a while, the new palmone lifedrive is the first pda ever that comes with an internal hard disk. Take care of your device be especially careful with your device when the amber indicator light is flashing. Its at but from memory you hold the up button on the 5 way and power up.
The lifedrive ships with the same hotsync cable with sync button that. As its name suggests, palm intended the lifedrive to be capable of prov. Separately, it has to be said that is one of the best looking pdas that palmone or any other manufacturer for that matter have released in a long time. I purchased my lifedrive about a year ago initially left me angry as the software had lots of bugs. On the bright side, some applications take to the microdrive like a duck to water. The lifedrive mobile manager from palmone is the perfect companion for your digital lifestyle. Includes email support, plus mp3 player and photo viewer.
Would appreciate any assistance from the electronics gurus out there. It also lets you drag and drop files from your pc, but additionally gives you the option to sync, format for the device or just copy to the lifedrive. Page 50 chapter 2 your 4gb hard drive lifedrive from palmone choose one of the following options. Unfortunately, palmone has chosen to keep the same implementation of drive mode as is used in the t5. Seven pounds lighter than your laptop, the lifedrive mobile manager has. As expected, palmone on wednesday launched its lifedrive, the first harddrive based pda from the company. Back up the hard drive to your pc by using the drive mode. The bottom line there isnt too much the palmone lifedrive cant do with its integrated hard drive, its wireless connectivity, and its multimedia. I cant get to the screen that say reset, erase all data.
The lifedrive sports 4gb of internal storage, a 320x480 highresolution color screen, and. Its no secret that palmone has been readying a new model, and that leaks have been coming like rain in seattle. The hard disk used in the lifedrive was selected by palm for its fast spinup. The device was palmones first and only foray into the mobile manager device category.
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