Palm Vx
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The Palm Vx was considered a professional grade PDA, and retailed for $299. Its compact size, 11.5 cm x 8 cm x 1 cm, as well as weight, 114 grams, 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 8mb of ram compared to the V's 2mb. 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.
[edit] Specifications
The Vx is powered by a processor operating at 20MHz. It has 8 Megabytes of RAM. It originally came with Palm OS 3.3, but later models came with 3.5. A free upgrade is available from the Palm website. An upgrade to Palm OS 4.1 was available for sale on the Palm Website but is no longer offered.
It came with a rechargeable battery built in, and a button on the top of the screen that allowed one to access a contrast menu. It also included an illumination feature, which caused the screen to be backlit by a green glow. However, the the default backlight behaviour was inverted so that the text glowed while the background remained dark. This had the unfortunate side effect of making 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.
