YAOBtD - The Sequel
Jul 31, 2004 09:41 PM Filed in: PDA
The Palm Tungsten T3 that I broke is fixed, kind of. I decided to go ahead and send it back to palm for the screen replacement at a cost of $125. I sent it out last Friday via USPS (about $10 w/ insurance). I got it back in exactly 1 week, and they sent it next day. They didn't exactly fix it, they send me a "new" one, probably a refurbished unit.
It turns out to be a good thing because as you might imagine my previous unit had quite a few dents and scratches on it from my abuse. This one is pristine and shinny. I've also noticed that the battery indicator is a little more accurate. I found before that the indicator would show full for a while then suddenly start to drop. The screen is noticeably different. Before I broke it the screen would emit a high pitched squeal, it wasn't too bad but sometimes would bug. No noise from this one at all. The color reproduction seem a little better as well. So I guess I got an upgrade for my $125.
[Update:] looks like I was wrong. They have replaced the bottom portion but I keep the top portion. I noticed today a nick in the palm logo that was there before.
It turns out to be a good thing because as you might imagine my previous unit had quite a few dents and scratches on it from my abuse. This one is pristine and shinny. I've also noticed that the battery indicator is a little more accurate. I found before that the indicator would show full for a while then suddenly start to drop. The screen is noticeably different. Before I broke it the screen would emit a high pitched squeal, it wasn't too bad but sometimes would bug. No noise from this one at all. The color reproduction seem a little better as well. So I guess I got an upgrade for my $125.
[Update:] looks like I was wrong. They have replaced the bottom portion but I keep the top portion. I noticed today a nick in the palm logo that was there before.

