Palm Vx

The Palm Vx was considered a professional grade PDA, and retailed for US$299. Its compact size, 11.5 cm x 8 cm x 1 cm, as well as weight, 114 g, made it one of the smallest and lightest models ever offered by Palm. The Vx was based on the Palm V design, with the primary difference between the two being the Vx's 8 megabytes of RAM compared to the V's 2 megabytes. This was one of the last palm models to not include a memory slot. It was also one of the first to feature interaction with email, AvantGo, and other online programs.

pecifications

The Vx is powered by a Motorola Dragonball processor operating at 20 MHz. It has 8 megabytes of RAM. It was originally equipped with Palm OS 3.3, but later models came with Palm OS 3.5. A free upgrade is available from the Palm website. An upgrade to Palm OS 4.1 was formerly offered for sale on the Palm Website but is no longer available.

The device came with a built in rechargeable battery (not replaceable unless the unit is disassembled), and a button on the top of the screen that permitted access to a contrast menu. It also included an illumination feature, which caused the screen to be backlit by a green glow. However, the default backlight behaviour was inverted so that the text glowed while the background remained dark. This had the unfortunate side effect of making backlit pictures appear as negative images and made the display hard to read if the ambient lighting was at the same level as the backlight. The screen was very crisp and clear in bright sunlight and total darkness.

External links

* [http://euro.palm.com/uk/en/products/palmvx/details.html#details Palm.com Details]
* [http://www.palm.com/us/company/pr/1999/holidaydebut.html 3Com Debuts Special Edition Palm Computing Organizers for Holiday Season] , 3Com/Palm Press Release, October 4, 1999