Object Details
- Description
- The Sunnydale, California, firm of Palm, Inc., founded in 1992, first sold software for personal digital assistants and then the devices themselves., including several versions of the Palm. The company quickly was acquired by a series of other firms. By 1999, when the Palm V was introduced, Palm was a subsidy of 3Com - the following year, it would be independent once again After various gyrations, the firm was bought out by HP in 2010.
- This handheld Palm V has an aluminum case and a gray-scale display. Unlike previous versions of the Palm, it had a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The PDA includes a detachable cover, a stylus, and a power cord with adaptor and cradle. It could be used as an address book, a calendar, a memo pad, and a calculator. Sending email, writing lists, and playing games were also possible.
- Both the front of the cover and the front and back of the pda are marked: 3Com. The front of the pda is also marked: Palm V.
- As was characteristic of Palm pdas, the Palm V used a "Graffiti Alphabet" to enter text This was a version of the regular typewriter alphabet in which cross-marks were eliminated in letters like A, F, It made it possible to enter text with a stylus without breaking the motion. The characters of this alphabet and of numbers in this form are entered on a chart printed on a sticker inside the cover, along with punctuation marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Palm, Inc.
- Date made
- 1990s
- date made
- ca 1999
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 3/16 in; 11.43 cm x 7.874 cm x .508 cm
- Object Name
- Personal Digital Assistant
