- Palm IIIx
The Palm IIIx is a PDA from
Palm Computing released in1999 , briefly before the scaled downPalm IIIe was introduced into the marketplace.The Palm IIIx improved upon the
Palm III by featuring a new enhanced and easier to readLCD and 4 MBRAM and opposed to the 2 MB in the Palm III. The Palm IIIx also had a 16 MHzMotorola DragonBall EZ CPU that is faster, along with claims to be more efficient, than the 16 MHzMotorola DragonBall CPU found in all previous Palm models.The Palm IIIx featured a new inverse
electroluminescent backlight that illuminated the screen text instead of the screen background. This new feature was an area of controversy as many people disliked the feature while many found it to be an improvement. The Palm IIIx shipped withPalm OS 3.1 which including many fixes over the previous version of Palm OS, 3.0.The Palm IIIx also featured an expansion slot inside of its casing. This slot could accommodate a 3rd party upgrade card and expand the Palm IIIx's functionality or storage ability.
This model suffered from a design defect in its CPU wherein the date would often fail to change at midnight, especially when the batteries were fresh.
OS Upgrade - The last Palm OS that can be downloaded off the www.palm.com website is 3.3, however the last OS for the IIIx is 4.1 which had to be bought at the time it came out on CD (now the CDs are discontinued and a bit hard to find).
ee also
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List of Palm OS Devices External links
* [http://www.palm.com/us/company/pr/1998/palmiii.html Press Release: 3Com Unveils the Palm V and Palm IIIx Connected Organizers]
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