Why are Palm products not reliable ?

I have been a devoted fan of Palm PDA's for at least the last 10 years but I am probably on my fifth handheld by now.
I currently have my second Z22 and all was well when I hotsynched yesterday morning. However, when I turned on my laptop this morning and launched my desktop application, most of my calendar data had disappeared and I have no idea why.
All the problems with my previous Palm PDA's have also been related to data disappearing without reason - but at least now I religiously back up and back up the back up so I can restore.
In this case, I uninstalled the desktop app, reinstalled it and then had my handheld override my desktop. All seems well as of now.
However, it's uncomfortable being in a state of constant paranoia about the safety of my data and reliability of my handheld. It literally is my life and I use it constantly and rely on it completely.
Are my expectations unrealistic ? Is an approxmiate two year life span normal ? If there were any products out there that allowed me to set reminders up to 99 days ahead (as the Z22 does), then I'd seriously consider switching but there aren't, or at least not that I have found so far.
Post relates to: Palm Z22

Reliability is in the eye of the beholder...and user. Generally speaking, the Palm OS is a rock-solid platform. But stuff happens, on PCs, Palms, even (dare I say it...) on Macs. There are third-party apps or data which could cause instability or compatibility issues. There could be a corrupt record somewhere which causes data loss. There's the physical connection between desktop and handheld which can suffer from imperfections. Hardware failures from lots of repeated use. Electromagnetic influences. Tides...insurrection....acts of dieties. The list goes on and on.
Every once in a blue moon, my TX will glitch out. Mostly it just resets itself, but about once a year or so, it will lose data. I have a ton of third-party apps on it, and any one of them could be a cause at any given time. But the TX has an expansion card slot, and I faithfully run an automatic backup application on it every night so that if I ever have a spontaneous data loss, I am literally 2 minutes away from a full restore from the night before. Unfortunately, the Z22 was the budget model in Palm's most recent line of handhelds, and does not have an expansion card slot.
One thing which you can try to see if your Z22 has any corrupt records or "blobs" of data is to visit www.pimlicosoftware.com and download/install DbFixIt. It is a free utility which will let you delete any blobs or corrupt records it finds. For a small registration fee, the paid version lets you repair any damaged databases it finds.
smkranz
I am a volunteer, and not an HP employee.
Palm OS ∙ webOS ∙ Android

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