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May 24, 2003
Palm Fried Itself
My Palm died a few days ago. It reset itself two or three times in the space of about ten minutes. It was extremely inconvenient, since I was in the middle of filling out a job application at the time :O.
After it reset itself, it wouldn't come back on, so I was trying to use the reset pin on the back to bring it up. At that point the screen started flickering wildly until it finally went entirely white. It has remained in that state for three days, although I'm pretty sure that the battery must be dead by now—the auto-off feature isn't even working!
I have a 2 year extended warranty from Office Max, and I've used it a couple of times to have it replaced, but since Office Max no longer carries the model I have, they instructed me to call the 1-800 number listed in the warranty. They're going to send out a prepaid shipping label so I can send it in for repairs. If they can't repair it they'll send me a check for the full price.
If anybody out there is thinking of buying a Palm, I would definitely recommend getting some kind of warranty. It has saved my butt enough times that I can safely say those were some of the best 40 bucks I've ever spent.
Posted by Joey at May 24, 2003 01:06 AM
Comments
I have a palm... and it has worked just luvely! :)
Posted by: Kristen at May 27, 2003 08:16 AM
I have 2 palms... and they both work great for the most part. One of them has a little scratch right in the middle of it, but it doesn't seem to be affecting it too much. And it is getting fixed as we speek anyway. Seriously though, I am almost out of room for phone numbers and addresses. I suppose I could remove some of the older ones that I no longer need (as I am now married), but I would have to find the soap first.
ugh... i wish i had a job.
stu
Posted by: stu at May 29, 2003 08:07 AM