The Palm IIIc was the first color PDA made by

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, released in February 2000 for $449USD. It ran

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3.5, the first Palm OS version to have native color support and supported paletted

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modes. Using the Palm OS Upgrade Install CD, the Palm IIIc could be updated to

4.1. The machine has a

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that is bright indoors. The Palm IIIc features the classic III-series connector, 8MB of

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and a 20MHz DragonBall EZI

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. The unit also has a

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and a slightly modified version of the original Palm III chassis.

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Palm, Inc. Introduces The Palm IIIc Product Industry's Smallest, Lightest Color Handheld Computer
Palm Press Release, February 22, 2000 Palm OS devices 68k-based mobile devices {{Compu-hardware-stub

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