Customer Reviews
Good feel but Glitchy Performance 
2004-07-29
This unit feels great in your hand, screen is small but very clear. The big complaint that have and I'm not sure if its isolated to this unit is when I replace the batteries it gives no alternative but to erase the data, then restore it. Not good to say the least, makes this unit useless if I have to take it on the road. No way to fix that problem in the field.
Great features - Short Life 2004-03-24
Until yesterday when my M125 died for no apparent reason, I was happy with my m125. It was small and relatively light, and was comfortable to hold. It was a replacement for my old Palm III (Which the new owner tells me is still working) so learning Graffiti was not a problem. Call me crazy but I expect the product to last more than 17 Months. Yes it was bought new, not a refurb. The SD card was nice to hold large documents.
If you do get this model, make sure you do a hotsync before you change the batteries. If you fumble with a battery for a second, the changeout will take too long and you will have to restore from backup. I average 1 set of AAAs a month, so I have no complaints about battery life.
With the service fee being $100, it was not worth repairing beyond the online try this first FAQ on the palmone site.
Usability 4.5 Stars
Long life 1 Star
Overall 3 Stars
This Palm is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
2004-03-19
This PDA is the one I have always wanted!!! This PDA is Stylish it has many features and it has a memory chip for downloading and saving things.
Let the buyer beware 2004-02-28
When Palm's products work, which in all fairness is most of the time, they're great. But pity the poor fool who needs to call customer support - a $25 fee to answer a question? absurd!
I have to give them some credit, when they could not fix my problem over the phone, they did refund the $25 and offered me a 20% discount on an upgraded model - I declined. Take some friendly advise and read what people who've bought Palm (or Sony or Handspring) products have to say in their reviews. Since my Palm crashed about a month ago I've been reseaching what to replace it with- the jury's still as all products seem to get mixed reviews. It's too bad, I really miss my little handheld but I may just stick with my Dell laptop. Good luck.
Very Pleased 
2004-02-24
I purchased the palm 125 as a gift for my husband. I ended up with it for myself because he was looking for a differnt version. I absolutely love it! For eveything I recieved, the price was spectacular. Everything works wonderfully! Thanks!!
Palm m125 user and advice 2007-03-25
I am satisfied with this product except for the battery usage. Turns out that in some of these units the 'ultracapacitors' were leaking and eventually were shorting out. Ultracapacitors maintain the device memory during battery changes. This leaking/shorting caused the following:
- immediate loss of data memory when batteries removed
- high drain of new batteries - sometimes only lasting 1 day in my case
If you are technically handy with a soldering iron, you can order 2 new ultracapacitor parts from Digikey (<$10) and solder them in yourself. I did this 3 years ago and have had great results - no loss of memory when changing batteries and new batteries last over 3-4 weeks with moderate use.
PERFECT! 2006-03-28
The m125 is deffientally worth it's wieght in gold. At my middle school, there has been a Palm Pilot craze, and at the same time, I found myself wishing for something to help me keep organized. I tried a paper panner, but it was too bulky and heavy to carry around all day. I was just looking for a simple Palm Pilot and found the m125. It was PERFECT!
I love the m125! It is perfect for 13- year olds like me who just need something simple and nothing too fancy. The m125 is what I found to be a wonderful Palm Pilot. It has lots of expansion cards and I bought a games one, an eBooks card, and the E-mail expansion.
I also like the m125 because of it's size and price. I can tuck my m125 in my binder and carry it around with me. And I found it to be one of the cheepest, best working Palm Pilots i've ever seen.
But one thing, the batteries run out really quickly(like anywhere from 4 days to one week), and my family is getting tired of our battery "bill".
But overall, if you need a small, compact Palm Pilot, then this is you "Ticket". I highly reccmond getting a m125!
A Great Palm Pilot 2005-08-26
I was given an m125 as a gift to help me keep track of my appointments. I found it to be very useful, and the one I had worked optimally. It takes notes, has a calendar, lets me make lists, draw little pictures, play some simple games... it's great. And if I use it normally without playing games much (just to save info, which is the main use for it after all) the batteries last a few weeks, and it's no big deal to back up the data at the end of every day, just like I would charge my cell phone at the end of a long day. (Make sure you always back up your data! It won't save it when you remove the batteries, but it's very easy to restore it at synch time once you put new batteries in.)
It's a great PDA... Palm is pretty awesome. Sure, there's always something to be desired - we always want more than what we have, but for the basic things, this is a great machine.
I really don't think it is fair for a few people to write reviews based on a units that are basically malfunctioning. I strongly suggest people ignore reviews like that. Before you pay for a unit, see that you have some kind of protection ahead of time, if you are really worried, check with your bank or credit card company first.
Palm, a Disappointment 2005-05-29
I have been a user of PDA's for quite awhile. I have only owned Palm Pilots. The first one I owned worked fantastic, it was my life. I used it for appointments, directions, and a rolodex. It was my life blood. Somewhere, someplace, I lost that Palm Pilot. I figured I would upgrade and I purchased the new version M series. I got the M125. After awhile I could not set my time or date, I just could not press the lower left hand done button. I ran out of battery power and by the time I got back to my computer, or a drug store, for new batteries, the memory was wiped out. No problem if only I could set the date to coordinate my calendar with the true date. I looked on the web and found that it was a prevalent problem with the M Series. To replace the touch screen would have been $40.00. I purchased a fairly new M125 on eBay and sure enough, it had some issues. But I was able to set the date. I guess when I have the money to invest in a color screen like the Compaq unit, which I see is a flawless product, I will purchase it.
I don't think I would ever purchase a Palm product again.
Must be like the old Volvos 
2005-04-02
Remember when you were a kid and automobiles were less "consistent" than they are now? I can recall friends of my parents who had Volvos and either loved theirs or hated it. You either got one that worked well, or you got a lemon. My m125 is a lemon. My wife bought it for my birthday a while back and I made the mistake of putting off using it. By the time I tried to get it to speak to my computer (Outlook never happened), stop freezing up, move from one function to another, and just BEHAVE, there was no warranty left. It is a dog, with fleas. Customer Service sent a lengthy form tutorial via e-mail, that basically told me to "reboot". Fool that I am, I tried that a few times. My wife gets to stare at the world's cutest white elephant every time she sits down at her CPU. Her disappointment is palpable. The lesson, then, was two-fold. Take it out for a spin during the warranty period, or don't buy it at all. My own lesson will be to get a Dell.
