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The first Tungsten, the Tungsten T, introduced in November 2002 and known during development as the M550, was the first model to use Palm OS 5. The Tungsten T was designed by Palm engineers based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. It had: 16 megabytes of memory, Texas Instruments OMAP (ARM) 144 MHz processor, built-in microphone for voice memos,
The Tungsten series, renamed "T" series in 2005, are the high-end Palm models, with ARM/RISC processors (except the Tungsten W), high-resolution color screens, and SD memory cards. Tungsten T (also known as m550)— Palm OS 5.0 - 144 MHz, 16 MHz, sliding case, voice recorder, Bluetooth
some machines used a Multi-Connector (Newer standard for palmOne and Palm Handhelds) The Connector can be used to charge the device, transfer data to a computer, HotSync , and play audio. It is the new standard to replace the previous Palm Universal Connector , which performed similar functions but did not have an audio output capability.
The Palm TX from 2005 An early model—the PalmPilot Personal. Palm is a now discontinued line of personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones developed by California-based Palm, Inc., originally called Palm Computing, Inc. Palm devices are often remembered as "the first wildly popular handheld computers," responsible for ushering in the smartphone era.
Some Palm devices manufactured between 2001 and 2004 did not use the Universal Connector. For instance, the Tungsten E had a mini-USB connector. The Universal Connector was superseded by the Palm Multi-Connector for the final devices released by Palm, this standard added stereo audio output and mono microphone input.
New Sleek Palm m500 and m505 Handhelds Add Expansion, Mobile Connectivity and Vibrant Color Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, Palm Press Release, March 19, 2001; New Palm m130 and m515 Handhelds Add Spring Color to 2002 Product Lineup, March 4, 2002; Niles, Steve, "Why the Palm m500 Series is Ideal for the Enterprise", September, 2002.
The Palm m125 is the last PDA manufactured by Palm that accepts user-replaceable AAA batteries. The m130 is also powered by the Motorola VZ Dragonball processor operating at 33 MHz. It has a 160x160 pixel LCD screen that supports 12-bit color. [4] It was released on March 4, 2002, and was originally shipped to customers running Palm OS 4.1.
Palm OS 5.0 was unveiled by the Palm subsidiary PalmSource in June 2002 [20] and first implemented on the Palm Tungsten T. It is the first version to support ARM devices and replaced the Kadak AMX68000 kernel with the custom MCK kernel, named for its developer, that was written in-house by Palm. [ 21 ]