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First off, the 755e PDA is very fragile and resets constantly and was poorly engineered. The tech support person I was dealing with originally would never return my call, nor did the support manager. In the end, I ended up with a refurb unit for the price of a new one, that also failed after 1 year of use. However, the buttons are easiy hit, so no matter how you carry it, the unit comes on and drains the battery. You can take the risk if you want to, but I will never buy another Toshiba product of any kind as long as I live. I sent mine back to Toshiba under warranty for repair, because the touchscreen went out, the serial number on back was worn off because the unit label wears off after a couple of months use. When it works, it is very nice. I thus, gave up since it would cost more to sue them than I lost.
I enclosed the original serial number label from the box with a letter explaining the malfunction. Toshiba sent me a replacement unit, then later they charged my credit card for $499 (price of a new one at the time) and sent my old one back, because they said it did not have a serial number. Therefore, in my opinion, Toshiba's warranty is worthless and the unit will likely not last more than a year or two before it has major issues. They burned me once, but never again.
I'm sure it's a matter of finding the right usb driver. I resort to sync via cable.The Mobile Media Player is not very good with this unit. My battery was completely drained.If you don't use the voice memo feature very often then I suggest you turn off the button to prevent the creation of many, many voice files. I rarely use IrDA so I don't mind much. Works well; but, I wish Maps had directions on the mobile.I've not been able to get it to work with a portable hard-drive yet. I did change a jukebox setting to prevent it from powering off from not touching it (so I could use it as a jukebox) and eventually I just hit the power button to turn it off. I loaded a freeware jukebox (I forget the name) and that improved things greatly.
This was fine until I put it in my pocket and must have hit the stupid voice memo button. This turned on the unit, it recorded a one second voice file, started the jukebox application, and never shut off because of that stupid setting. I've had my e755 for over two years now and have been satisfied with its performance.I did have to return the unit last year; of course it was out of warrantee by then and had to pay $100 for a refurb, when I dropped the unit the touch screen got erratic.I've had no problems syncing the unit with the cradle; however, I've only once been able to get it to sync over WIFI and that was only after calling Toshiba's tech support. Now, in order to hit the play button I have to turn it sideways and tap the play button. That was incredibly stupid placement. The remote software I could never quite get working right so I unloaded it and now only use IrDA when printing.Once you have all the software loaded that you want make sure to do a backup and store it on the CF or SD memory.It took a while to search for a RS232 driver for the USB port; but, I found it and was able to load the GPS with Microsoft Maps 2006. I've not had problems web browsing. Now if only I could load Ubuntu on it I would be happy.
I only had Media Player running and was getting silent gaps and slow performance. That's one thing that should be easier: finding the right drivers for usb devices.Other reviewers have mentioned the multiple places to edit WIFI network stuff. They put that button in the worst location.IrDA port is also in an awkward place. Let's say I load a remote control software on my pda. It sucks but I think that was M$ at their worst. I just wish there were a firefox for pocketpc.
Toshiba seems to have gotten out of the Pocket PC business which is a good thing. Even when new there was zero support on this product.
I've been using for over a year and have been through thick and thin with this Pocket PC. I got the expansion pack and found some drivers that make it USB Mass Storage Device Host capable. I also have a 5GB Rio Carbon. Still works just as well as before. Which is awesome. Windows Mobile 2003 gets screwy every once in a long while. I dropped a couple months ago and it got a dent. Flash memory USB keys can be read using the expansion pack.
I just reset the device and it is fine. I use it as an MP3/video player. I can plug that up to the USB port on the expansion pack and the e755 can access it. I can't play videos from it but I can play music.Durable, Reliable, Powerful too bad there isn't a linux OS for it.
Big screen, fast processor, very cool. So, i forked out $100 for them to repair something that a Toshiba cable broke. I'm thinking, WHAT. This time I include the pda AND cable. I told them I was using a Toshiba cable but it didn't matter.
Of course, once it gets there, they connect the cable without problem (the problem didn't happen all the time, it was intermittent). After reading lots online about it, I realize i am hosed. Somebody sent it in (still under warranty) and Toshiba hit them with a $150 charge to fix it. It was still under warranty so I sent it off to Toshiba to get repaired.
The cable would sometimes get stuck and on one occassion, taking it out actually broke the connector prongs at the bottom. Everything was going great. You push in the buttons and have to wiggle it gently side-to-side." I'm thinking, my other cables you don't have to do that and trust me when it got stuck, i did that too (wiggle side to side). I purchased my e755 brand new from Amazon. So, to prove my point, i called Toshiba and they sent me an RMA to send it in. I get a call a few days later saying it's gonna cost $100 to fix.
They are arrogant and rude; hopefully, you will never have to deal with them. no problems whatsoever). Oh, where to start. So, i get another call saying, the cable connects just fine. The tech support person asks (like i'm an idiot), "Do you know how to remove the cable." I say, "Of course, just push in the side buttons and pull it off." And in a huff she responds, "NO.
Needless to say, i had them ship it back to me.About a month ago, I got the infamous white screen of death (my warranty has expired).
So, i get it back and everything is great again.
This item works well when it works, but the minute something goes wrong (and it will), you will not be pleased with Toshiba's tech support.
I purchased a toshiba cable to connect to a serial port.
It's a shame that a company like Toshiba has to resort to such lowness.
(Just so you know, i have other cables that I use to sync up and they connect just fine.
I use the Toshiba cable again (I was using it to hook up the PDA to my GPS for navigation) and noticed it was getting stuck again.
Toshiba tech support does NOT care about its customers.
I'm buying a new PDA and you can bet it will not be a Toshiba.
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