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Proporta Alu-Leather (Palm Tungsten TX / T5 - Book Type) Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Proporta
Category: CE
Buy New: £26.95
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 11617
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5 x 1.9
MPN: 4245
Model: 4245
UPC: 819798002949
EAN: 0819798002949
ASIN: B000A0ZPWS
Release Date: June 23, 2005
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Includes the unique Proporta Aluminium Screen Saver System | | • | Vehicle mountable - perfect for GPS and in car audio systems | | • | Secure internal MMC/SD memory card storage | | • | Cut aways give access to ports and controls so that you can use your device in the case | | • | Secure magnetic clasp closure |
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Product Description
An attractive, traditional leather case lined with rigid aluminium to give maximum protection. The new Proporta Aluminium-Lined Leather Case features the new ?Screen Saver? system, combining the classic styling of a traditional leather case with the rigid protection of aluminium. A hidden magnetic attachment system allows the case to dock securely with the Proporta vehicle mounting system so it's ideal for use with GPS navigation systems.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Website Details Totally Misleading April 5, 2007
Michael Taylor (UK)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
DON'T BUY THIS PRODUCT. Amazon are seriously damaging their reputation by offering this inferior and hence over priced item on their website!! It is totally rubbish, but unfortunately I didn't read the reviews before buying it. All the things said in other reviews are correct; no "removable credit card module", couldn't work out how it could be "vehicle mountable" and to cap it all, (as said in other reviews) the spine to secure it is absolute crap. It doesn't secure the TX properly as it flops about and once on the spine you can't remove it. I didn't want to invalidate the guarantee on my new TX so with Amazon's CS Dept approval I cut the flexible strap off and retured the case for a full refund, which I have now got. To get the remains of the spine/strap out has meant that I have inflict minor damage to my TX. Had there been a photograph of the inside on the website, it would have been apparent how inadequate this spine/strap was in the first place. I just hope Amazon take notice of all these reviews and remove this product immediately from their site.
Redards
Michael
Same problem - palm locked in. March 10, 2007
J. Hughes
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
The description does not tell you that once fitted cannot be removed. Had to loosen rear panel of tx to remove from case.
I then cut off a little of the lower catch - it can now be removed but is loose in the case.
Do not buy unless you are happy with this.
This Is Rubbish ! February 27, 2007
D. R. Cottee (Suffolk, UK)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I totally agree with the 1 Star reviews already listed.
The Build quality on the outside is good, but inside is another story.
The spine that holds the Palm to the case is too wide and therefore the handheld falls about and flops all over the place, the quality of the spine is rubbish and very flimsy, but worse than that...
I needed to remove the case from the Palm and found that the design was so bad that it had lodged itself in the track of the Palm. The more I pulled the more the material tore, if I had pulled any harder I would have broken my brand new [...] Palm.
In the end, I had to cut off the spine with scissors, then with a special micro-screwdriver, take the back cover of the Palm to remove the remains of the case's rubbish spine and bracket. If I hadn't have had a special screwdriver, the remains would still be stuck in the Palm.
This is a crap product, DO NOT BUY IT AT ALL !!!
If I still had the box, I would have sent it back to Amazon for a full refund !!!
Not fit for purpose February 4, 2007
Hale Man (Kent, UK)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Do not buy this product. It was a complete waste of money, and is not fit for purpose. Though the case was well packaged and appeared, therefore, on first openinig the Amazon box, to be a quality product, this was a sadly misleading impression. The exterior of the case is impressive, the leather thick and firm. However, the spine (by which i mean the part that slips into the groove on the Palm itself) is useless. The stiffner is a flimsy plastic rod, covered in leather. This is loosely attached to a band of leather, with a plastic insert, as stiffener. It was impossible to slide the spine into the groove on the Palm, becuase when one tried to do so, the leather covering the plastic stiffening rod, simple bunched up, preventing one from inserting the spine further than the plastic nodule at the end. After struggling for a frustrating few minutes, the leather flap holding the spine to the rest of the case tore away, the leather being tihn and of very poor vquality. This experience seems very simlatr to that of the other one star reviewer. Do not waste your money on this appalingly designed product.
 Better than the others I tried December 23, 2006
S. Hill (Durham, England)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I had two hard cases for my T5 before I bought this one. The other two cases were the hard aluminium type. On the first, the clasp broke. On the second, the spine (by which I mean the bit that you insert into the left side of your PDA to join it to the case) broke. That in the first 6 months of my ownership of the PDA.
So I bought one of these, hoping that it would be better than the hard cases. I was not disappointed.
The leather looks good, the case is well-made, and the aluminium insert offers good protection for the PDA. I have experienced no problem with the spine. My case is showing a few marks after 12 months' use, but nothing particularly noticeable. I use my PDA constantly and, although I am careful with it, I have no qualms about bunging it (in this case) into coat pocket with keys etc. The facts that the case is leather and the PDA is not held rigidly mean you get better shock absorption than you would with a hard case.
The only drawback - and it's a result of the design and easily overcome - is that the PDA is a bit floppily held in the case, which means it's a little difficult to write text when you're holding the thing. Holding it with your thumb in the middle, so that you're securing the PDA and keeping open the top cover, does the trick.
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