The Palm IIIc was the first colour
PDA
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Science and technology
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made by
Palm, Inc., released in February 2000 for $449USD.
It ran
Palm OS 3.5, the first Palm OS version to have native colour support and supported paletted
8-bit colour
8-bit color graphics are a method of storing image information in a computer's memory or in an image file, so that each pixel is represented by 8 bits (1 byte). The maximum number of colors that can be displayed at any one time is 256 or 28.
Color ...
modes. Using the Palm OS Upgrade Install CD, the Palm IIIc could be updated to
Palm OS 4.1. The machine has a
TFT LCD that is bright indoors. The Palm IIIc features the classic III-series connector, 8MB of
RAM and a 20MHz
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EZI
CPU
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. The unit also has a
lithium ion
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rechargeable battery
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and a slightly modified version of the original
Palm III
The Palm III is a personal digital assistant that was made by the Palm Computing division of 3Com. It went on sale in 1998 as a replacement for the PalmPilot handheld. It was the first Palm handheld to support infrared file transfer and a Flash RO ...
chassis.
See also
*
List of Palm OS Devices
References
External links
Palm, Inc. Introduces The Palm IIIc Product Industry's Smallest, Lightest Color Handheld Computer Palm Press Release, February 22, 2000
Palm OS devices
68k-based mobile devices
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