Customer Reviews

Belkin USB PDA Adaptor Cable

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Completely useless. Made my Mac crash everytime I tried to hotsync. Returned it and got the Palm Connect USB adaptor which works perfectly (and was cheaper too.)

I could not even get the Targus drivers to install on my Windows XP Home Laptop--had to return product because it did not work.

This product doesn't work with Apple OS X 10.1.
Amazon and Belkin's manual say it needs Mac OS 8.6 and above.
On the back of package say Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x
I tried to find a drive for OS X on Belkin's web site, but none is available.
I am returning the product.

Belkin has beta drivers for Mac OS X 10.1 and 10.2 at http://www.belkin.com/beta/#1 ... I think the trick (stupid though it is) is to disable HotSync in the HotSync Manager and then re-enable it, after having selected the USB seria port as the desired connection. From what I've seen, you don't even need to quit HotSync Manager between disabling and re-enabling the HotSync.

Belkin's website has a Vista driver, but don't bother using it. Driver setup application hangs. Managed to get past the hang by launching the driver under a debugger (ntsd.exe) and continuing past all the access violation breaks. Once the driver was installed, I found that the throughput is horrible. Communication through the serial port is roughly 25% the speed of what it should be, no mater what baudrate you use. I am definitely returning this device.

Crashed computer several times, tech support less than helpful. Package says XP compatible but not really. Removed all drivers installed from my laptop and returned product.

USB is a quite convenient and fast interface to connect nearly everything. Normally, it is much faster than any traditional interface.

After reading the description of this product on the box and Amazon, you could be convinced that this is a great opportunity to get a USB interface for your Palm. However, be advised that this is a USB-to-serial converter. That means that you will still need a cradle or serial cable to connect your Palm.

I have my cradle connected to my work PC. I bought this for my home, but it came out that I will not be able to use this as is: I would have to but an extra cradle or serial interface.

Don't buy this if you have an available serial port. If you have an available USB port, you still will need a serial cable or cradle.

The cable is mearly an adapter to connect your serial port cradle to a PC that has a USB port. Completely worthless when you have a Palm 505 which only comes with a USB connection. I thought this was a direct connect to a PC for quick connects and synchronization.