Doesn't work with any of the syncing apps and though palm says they're switching to linux they don't provide any linux support for the T5. The T5 is a buggy PDA in general, even under Windows. Frequent lockups and incompatible with many older palm software titles. Missing key features the T3 had like vibrate, voice recording and no charge LED, so you have to guess whether it's plugged in correctly. No WiFi either and plugging in a T3's SDIO WiFi card crashes it. In fact, many T3 owners consider it a downgrade instead of an upgrade.

Works fine with evolution and gpilot-applet (with a little massaging) but it worked flawlessly on 6.06 (Dapper Drake). To be honest, many of the syncing problems lie with gpilot itself, especially in terms of the braindead sync behavious of some of the conduits.

As for the device itself, it's fast, has a lot of memory and is generally well-designed. With correct patches applied, it's as stable as any other Palm, and has several handy features - the extra-large display and rotate features being two of the most useful. The 'Drive mode' which allows the PDA's use as a USB drive, is a real killer app. Onboard wifi would have been nice but there's a card available, and the device has bluetooth.

Also, you *can* tell whether it's plugged in properly; the batter icon gets a lightning overlay.