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Encyclopedia > Palm IIIe

The Palm IIIe is a PDA from Palm Computing released in 1999 briefly after the more expensive and more advanced Palm IIIx. palmOne Tungsten T5 (CDAs) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... Categories: Corporation stubs | Electronics companies of the United States | Defunct computer companies of the United States ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Palm IIIx was released in 1999 just breifly before the scaled down Palm IIIe was introduced into the marketplace. ...


It shared the same screen as the Palm IIIx, which improved upon the Palm III's screen by featuring a new enhanced and easier to read LCD. The Palm IIIe had 2MB of RAM, which is the same as the Palm III. It had a 16MHz Motorola Dragonball EZ CPU, said to be faster and more eficient than the 16MHz Motorola DragonBall CPU found in all previous Palm models. The Palm III is the first PDA in the Palm III lineup and is also Palm Computings first handheld to support infrared file transfer and a Flash ROM based operating system. ... LCD redirects here. ... Look up RAM, Ram, ram in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... CPU can stand for: in computing: Central processing unit in journalism: Commonwealth Press Union in law enforcement: Crime prevention unit in software: Critical patch update, a type of software patch distributed by Oracle Corporation in Macleans College is often known as Ash Lim. ... Motorola Dragonball Microprocessor Motorola/Freescale Semiconductors Dragonball is microprocessor design based on the famous 68000 core, but implemented as an all-in-one low-power solution for handheld computer use. ...


The Palm IIIe featured an inverse electroluminescent backlight that illuminated the screen text instead of the screen background. This same feature was found on the Palm IIIx. This feature was an area of controversy as many people disliked it while many others found it to be an improvement. Electroluminescence is an optical phenomenon and electrical phenomenon where a material such as a natural blue diamond emits light when an electric current is passed through it. ... Backlights are lights that are attached to LCD displays so that they can be seen at night. ...


Like the Palm IIIx, the Palm IIIe shipped with Palm OS 3.1. However, unlike the Palm IIIx, the Palm IIIe did not have an upgradable Flash ROM, instead using a permanent ROM. As a result of this the Palm IIIe had no operating system upgrade path. The Palm IIIe was the only Palm III series model not to ship with Flash ROM. Palm OS is a compact operating system developed and licensed by PalmSource, Inc. ... Flash memory is a form of EEPROM that allows multiple memory locations to be erased or written in one programming operation. ... Read-only memory (ROM) is a class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. ... An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ...


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The devices are the Palm IIIe, Palm Vx and the Palm IIIc.
The Palm IIIe is considered an entry-level offering and has the striking feature of a clear casing.
Palm Vx is one of the first to feature the Palm OS 3.5 and is set to offer users many new features such as "Agenda View", which allows for the simultaneous viewing of the appointments and "ToDo" list on the same screen.
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