The Universal Connector was a standard port fitted to the bottom of many
Palm
Palm most commonly refers to:
* Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand
* Palm plants, of family Arecaceae
** List of Arecaceae genera
* Several other plants known as "palm"
Palm or Palms may also refer to:
Music
* Palm (b ...
PDA's from 2001 to 2004 and on units from other manufacturers that licensed Palm technology, including
Garmin
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Out of the box, it is used to connect to the sync and charge cradle, allowing the Palm to connect to a desktop PC and receive battery power. A range of accessories were also available for the Universal Connector, including folding keyboards, external battery packs, wired and wireless modems, and many more.
The Universal Connector cradles were the first synchronization device that used USB to communicate with the host computer, in addition to the older serial port standard.
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 has now been abandoned in favour of a newer standard, the
Palm Multi-Connector.
Palm
Palm most commonly refers to:
* Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand
* Palm plants, of family Arecaceae
** List of Arecaceae genera
* Several other plants known as "palm"
Palm or Palms may also refer to:
Music
* Palm (b ...
Models fitted with the Universal Connector
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Tungsten
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T, T2, T3, C, W
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Zire
The Zire Series was Palm, Inc's "consumer-grade" brand of Personal Digital Assistant.
Background/Overview
The lower-end models emphasized value — Palm's original Zire model was the first PDA under $100 from a major manufacturer — and the high ...
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m500, m505, m515
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Palm i705
* m125, m130
Garmin
Garmin Ltd. (shortened to Garmin, stylized as GARMIN, and formerly known as ProNav) is an American, Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas, United States, with headquarte ...
Models fitted with the Universal Connector
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Garmin iQue 3600, 3200
External links
Palm Universal connector pinout
Palm OS devices
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