✓ VERIFIED

Palm VII

1999–2000 · pda

Specifications

Cpu: Motorola DragonBall EZ 68328 16 MHz
Ram: max: 2 MB (soldered, no expansion slot) · base: 2 MB
Ports: Serial HotSync cradle · IR port
Battery: 2× AAA cells
Display: 160×160 monochrome, backlit, stylus input
Storage: base: 2 MB internal (shared with RAM) · options:
Cellular: Built-in Mobitex packet radio antenna (flip-up) for Palm.net wireless web clipping, no voice
Os Support: latest: Palm OS 3.5.2H (via updater) · shipped: Palm OS 3.3
Release Price: $599

Upgrade paths

battery

Off-the-shelf AAA cells · Removable panel on the back, no disassembly needed.

~$2

EASY

Wi-Fi

Stuck on the built-in Mobitex packet radio, Palm.net service shut down in 2003 · The flip-up antenna only talks to BellSouth's Mobitex network via Palm.net Web Clipping; once the service was discontinued the wireless feature became permanently dead weight, leaving it as a plain PDA.

LOCKED

other

Springboard-less, no expansion slot on this model · Unlike the later Palm III/IIIx redesigns and the Handspring Visor, the VII has no expansion slot; everything is soldered.

LOCKED