iConcepts Travel Charger for Palm (i705, Tungsten T & m500 series)

by iConcepts

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005V9C0
• Item model number: 55446
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 12, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The iConcepts Travel Charger is a lightweight portable traveling charger. Simply connect it directly to your data port on your organizer to charge. Leave your cradle at home or in the office. The charger comes with a standard 110-volt plug and automatically adjusts to all voltages and frequencies worldwide. The iConcepts Travel Charger is the perfect traveling companion, giving you the ability to stay charged anywhere in the world and prevent data loss. Fits Palm M130, M500 Series, i705.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Charger or Discharger? Beware., April 24, 2003

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Don T "iMage" (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: iConcepts Travel Charger for Palm (i705, Tungsten T & m500 series) (Office Product)

No instructions tell you to plug the unit into the wall before connecting your Palm. If you connect to the Palm first, the green power light on the unit will turn on even though it's not plugged into the wall. That's a bad sign.

After enough time, the Palm will not turn on because the charger has depleted the Palm. It will still charge the Palm (wall first, then Palm), but after 2 months of daily use my Palm went dead and could not be revived, either by soft or hard reset. Interestingly, placing the Palm in its OEM cradle showed its power light on, so it was (I think) still taking a charge.

Luckily, my Palm was still under warranty and I got a replacement, no questions asked. With my replacement Palm Tungsten T, I have kept this travel charger away from it completely. I am glad to see that this product is no longer available from Amazon. However, I'm still out the [money].

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars product is garbage, do not buy., April 11, 2003

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andy stacklin (Berkeley, CA. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iConcepts Travel Charger for Palm (i705, Tungsten T & m500 series) (Office Product)

you plug it in , it does nothing. great money making idea for the company. they also charge 3 dollars a minute for customer support. it cost more than the product itself to tell them it does not work. the genius who came up with that should get a raise. it seems that iconcept is more of a scheme than a business, beware.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, small, cheap - pick three, August 12, 2002

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S. Lionel (NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iConcepts Travel Charger for Palm (i705, Tungsten T & m500 series) (Office Product)

This charger is tiny - and that's good, as it packs easily. The plug folds into the body of the charger for compactness. Unlike some Palm-oriented accessories I have seen, the Palm-end connector fits fine and is easy to remove. An LED on the charger illuminates to let you know it's working, but then, so does the LED on the i705 itself.

For the price, I don't think you can beat it. It would have been nice to include some foreign plug adaptors, but you can pick those up almost anywhere. The only odd thing I have noticed is that the charging LED on my i705 will sporadically go off and then on again, while it is charging. I don't see this with the regular cradle. But it doesn't seem to actually be a problem - I suspect it's due to the regulator circuit in the charger.