here is a well-known issue with the Palm Tungsten E, which appears to have been resolved with the release of the Tungsten E2. A large number of users are have reported a continuous buzz, which makes the use of the handheld quite unpleasant, especially in low-noise environments. An on-going discussion in UseNet reveals more details.

Only yesterday, a group member stated:

The E2 doesn’t have a screen buzz, at least the two I’ve tried in different stores didn’t!

On the contrary, Colleen confessed that she was a victim of this fault:

My E2 has the buzzing noise, but only when I have my headphones in. I must admit, if I could hear it all the time, I would rip out my hair…

Yet another reader adds an opinion:

There have been a number of reports of the TE2 having screen noise also. Like with the TE, it is a rare occurrence. But when millions of units are sold ‘rare’ occurrence can mean a substantial number of units…

Lastly, let us add possible solutions to the mix:

I remember reading the buzzing sound had something to do with the processor speed so I tried out LightSpeed but it wasn’t stable enough to use on my TE. When I tried the two E2 units at two different stores I just figured that the increase in processor speed corrected the problem.

…when I changed the clock speed of the processor the buzzing went really low, almost to the point of being undetectable but the software I was using wasn’t stable…

There were more messages involved in this large on-going thread, which keeps developing at this very moment. The bottom line is that this buzz is endemic in the Tungsten E, but may affect the Tungsten E2 as well.

Cited by: PalmAddict

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