PalmOne Memory Backup Card (m125, m130, i705 & m500 series)

by Palm

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005B6TM
• Item model number: P10818U
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Style: Memory Card

Amazon.com Product Description

Get peace of mind with the Palm m500 series Memory Backup Card. This secure digital (SD) card is about the size of a postage stamp and is very easy to use. Just slide it into the slot on your Palm m500 series handheld to start backing up and restoring data in one simple step.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Some important info about the Palm Expansion card:, July 9, 2001

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: PalmOne 16MB Expansion Card (m125, m130, i705 & m500 series) (Office Product)

In order to avoid problems and issues with purchasing this card, you should know what it is capable of! This hardware was released before the software vendors were able to update their software to run on it ( if they even intended to ) MOST database programs will not run on this card, most large programs will not run on this card. In fact, it is a RARE program that actually will run on the card! To be specific:

NO palm brand or palm supplied software ( address book, to-do's...) will run on this card NONE of the software supplied on the supplemental software CD that Palm gives you when you purchase the device will work on the card.

Palm offers NO help, info or advice about the card. Palm tech support people not only lack information about what can and cannot run on this card, but their response to every question is ....that is 3rd party software, ask the vendor. Most vendors I contacted told me to contact palm! A few vendors told me they were upgrading their software so that " it should work on the card sometime in the future."

Palm could not supply with the name of ONE SINGLE piece of software that runs on the card!!! I asked what software they may have used for beta testing and they claimed not to know that information.

However, by experimenting with my palm I found that the following was true ( this of course only covers the software I own, there may be some other software that does work better )

This software DOES NOT run on the expansion card: Address book, Memos, To Do's, Calculator, Notes, Clock, Mail, Memo pad, Expense, Any of the Teal products, Michelin restaurant guide, Zagat restaurant guide ( although Zagat did tell me they are working on an upgrade ), Word to go, Fireviewer ( although that vendor did specifically tell me it would work on the card ) Route Expert, Any of the Aramis products ( city travel guides ) Metro-O, or any of the Collins dictionaries

These product DO work on the expansion card: Clock Plus, Currency X, and Unit Convert

So, to summarize...think carefully about what you intend to use this card for because there is a high possibility that you will be disappointed! This may be one palm add-on that you may want to wait awhile to purchase. Instead, buy a Palm back-up card. It works beautifully and seamlessly!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't leave home without it!, July 18, 2001

By 

Kevin P. Westmoreland (Asheville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PalmOne Memory Backup Card (m125, m130, i705 & m500 series) (Office Product)

Having lived through a Palm IIIx glitch that erased all my address listings, when I bought my Palm M505 I vowed to make the Memory Backup Card one of my next purchases.

It is tiny enough to store virtually anywhere (although not in a wallet or place where it will be manhandled). It backs up my Palm, including 3rd party software, in just over 3 minutes. Operation could not be simpler. Pop the card into the SD slot, press backup and off you go.

The card has a small lock switch, which keeps you from accidently erasing the data. One thing that Palm should include is a small case for the card. I use the case for my Sandisk 32 mb card to protect the Memory Backup Card, but this should really be included, especially since the card has exposed contacts that should be kept clean.

All in all, an elegant solution to system backup and worth the price for peace of mind.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Traveller's Best Friend- Protect Important New Contacts, March 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: PalmOne Memory Backup Card (m125, m130, i705 & m500 series) (Office Product)

I bought two of these cards.

Just like it is supposed to, this card only backs up your PDA's built-in memory, not your expansion card memories. The most important thing in my PDA is my built-in memory. It contains my contacts, my calendar and my encrypted PINs- I use an encryption program. I cannot afford to have these lost which is why I use a PDA in the first place. If my PDA is lost or destroyed I can buy a new PDA, but if I just entered several new contacts, appointments, or encrypted PINs since I last performed a HotSync, I have to reacquire that data. I carry one backup card on me at all times in a pill box- along with my other expansion cards- and swap it every week with a backup card I keep at home or in my hotel room. This way I have a week old back up if I need to check something I accidentally deleted without selecting "Save archive copy on PC". If my wife or I enter an important new contact, appointment, or encrypted PIN, I immediately use my back-up card to back up the data, instead of waiting until the next time I am at my computer to HotSync. Most people recommend buying a 16MB expansion card and using a backup program to backup your PDA. I disagree. Since the backup software is hardwired into the card and very simple to use, I do not have to worry about accidentally ruining the backup.

This card is not for everyone. But if you have important data, the ability to buy a replacement PDA, slip the back-up card in, and instantly have your PDA back, makes this a life saver on the road.

-Bj
CJ's Husband

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