August 21, 2004

Palm Tungsten in my future?

I'm seriously considering upgrading my Palm.

I've lusted after having a color one for a while now and that, combined with massively increased storage space, is giving me a woody. I have a Vx and I've overclocked it and am using all the space (see my last post on the number of books I carry in it).

In any event, I wrote down the specs for my dream Palm the other day. Before I even looked at what was available out there:


320x320 color screen (minimum resolution)

thousands of colors

16Mb RAM (resident) plus expansion capability

WiFi-capable

browser available/usable

MP3-player capable (storage with expansion card)

The Tungsten line from Palm looks like what I want and I just saw a news release that they have made available a WiFi expansion card for all the Tungsten models (Bluetooth, while cool, just didn't hack it). I've wanted the ability to read and send email and do some occasional browsing with a Palm for quite a while. Throw in the ability to bring some of my music with me (just 30-40 songs with a shuffle-capable player) and I'm a happy puppy.

I think the time has come for me to seriously consider upgrading..

Maybe I can overclock the Tungsten as well!

Posted by artandscience at August 21, 2004 09:12 AM
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