Palm IIIc

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The Palm IIIc was the first color PDA made by Palm, Inc., released in February 2000 for $449USD. [1] It ran Palm OS 3.5, the first Palm OS version to have native color support and supported paletted 8-bit 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 DragonBall EZI CPU. The unit also has a lithium ion rechargeable battery and a slightly modified version of the original Palm III chassis.

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