bluejackQ.com® :: View topic - Palm T|X

Posted: Sat May 20, 2020 12:59 am

Well I my cellphone may be the cheapest Nokia I could find, but I have an awesome palm, the T|X. I got it last christmas for a gift and fell in love, my other computer is a large desktop replacement type laptop and it just is not something that I would want to lug around. The T|X has WiFi, infrared, serial, SDIO, and of course bluetooth. I just recently began to experiment with the bluejacking potentials of this device. Mostly I had been using the WiFi to make it into a remote control for my computer. VNC works great for that. You can also hotsync from anywhere to backup or update your palm via the internet. That coupled with VNC ensures that you can always snag a document or picture while you wait in a cafe or library.

The WiFi however drains the battery fairly fast, and there is no mic port so you cannot use VOIP programs with it. There has been some talk of using a bluetooth headset with it, but I have yet to find anything about one working. If you do not turn on the WiFi or bluetooth, it will run all day. It is good for reading e-books or PDFs. The built in speaker is low quality, but there is a headphones port so i don't use it much. There have been some cases of something sticking inside the headphones port and making the device think the headphones are in, which disables the internal speaker, but it has never happened to me.

The screen is nice, I like the black case, and besides sometimes crashing at odd moments it is a pretty solid device. When it comes to bluejacking it has a batch send feature, so it would technically be possible to make all the phones in a room ring one after the other, but I have never tested it.

The buttons can be reprogrammed to function as a shortcut and they already have one defaultly linked to "contacts" which makes for easy bluejacking. I like this device, but palm OS doesn't offer many options.

Right now I'm waiting for the guys at Hack and Dev to get linux for the T|X working, they have the basics down but currently bluetooth and WiFi are not supported. I'll just have to wait, but it will probably be worth it.

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2020 9:15 pm

Did you get Linux to run on yours?

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2020 10:59 pm

There is only one reason why you would want to get Linux to run on a mobile device, but you will need the bluetooth or/and WiFi to make it usefull.

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2020 11:59 pm

Thanks for the review Tantilus.

How would you rate the Palm T|X, out of 5, on appearance, ease of use, battery life and functionality?

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2020 5:48 pm

i rate it 6/5

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2020 7:01 pm

I just purchased a TX. If you have the time would you please explain how I would go about bluejacking and anything else similar just for fun. I am teaching myself how to use my TX but I am not sure how to send messages without being asked for a 4 digit pin. Also making phones ring would be a real fun thing.
I am very new at this with little knowledge at this point. But I love to read so any place you would suggest on the net would be great also.

Thanks for your help.

Dave

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2020 9:56 pm

I have my Palm Tx and just picked up a ASUS UMPC R2H with Bluetooth. I wonder how good the ASUS will be at Bluejacking for fun. I assume the range of the Palm and ASUS is rather poor.