On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, David Fedor wrote:
> Yes, as you can see the Palm IIIe device was launched today, and we messed
> up again by not telling you about it beforehand. It was our intent to send
> an email notification last week, but obviously that didn't happen. We
> really feel badly about it; please accept our apologies.
Thanks for the response. Do you happen to have images of one in a clear
case? And another element is it would help if we could have *ORDERED*
one to arrive at the same time, if not the day before they were released
to the general public.
> Jesse Donaldson already posted the basics on this forum... think Palm IIIx
> but with 2 megs of memory, no flash, no upgrade slot. But it is $229...
> entry level, growing the market for people who really need something more
> affordable but still want the modern features.
Which memory chips? BGA or TSOP? Are there 8Meg jumpers?
Do they have differing serial numbers in the ROM, or are all absolutely
identical?
Is the rest of the hardware the same as the Palm V and IIIx (don't they
have slightly different ROM images?)? E.g. a contrast wheel v.s. switch
with dialog? 16 level greyscale?
What is the size of the dynamic heap?
Does FtrGet or any other OS call return anything unique for the IIIe?
Another post mentioned it included ParensLite - is there any API if I want
to access calculator functions? Does the ROM include MathLib (or is the
Lite a lack of enhanced floating point, or is there another fp lib)?
> The reason we hadn't done much big in the way of letting developers know
> was because there wasn't much to say, and nothing really that would impact
> your code. But the courtesy of letting you know a little before consumers
> know was what we messed up, again.
Is the old III (328 NON-EZ) with expansion slot out of production?
> The lack of flash means it is obviously not going to get the new OS
> versions, but on the other hand it will bring more simple users up to Palm
> OS 3.1 whereas they would otherwise have bought a used PalmPilot and thus
> kept us in 2.0-land. I think that's a good thing for developers and the
> software world. Users who need to stay more current, and who are
> technically savvy enough to move along, will upgrade via flash. Not
> everyone is in that camp, though probably nearly everyone on this list is.
When new versions of the OS become available for flash, will the IIIe be
produced with that new image?
