And not showing anything new at the exhibition CeBIT-2004 in Hannover, the company PalmOne fulfilled its promises and has launched two new models of PDAs in late April. Both models belong to the family Zire, that is, are inexpensive, and technological revolutions, as though not doing ... In fact, it's not quite true.
Zire 31
A simpler model Zire 31 is designed, it seems, to demonstrate how much can be done on an inexpensive device. Despite the impressively low price ($ 149 U.S.), the device is equipped with a color display and faster processor, capable of playing music in MP3, display photos and much more.
Of course, the technological base is not as perfect as the other machines. The most "bottleneck of the new PDA running on PalmOS Garnet (5.2.8), is a display - its resolution is 160x160 at 12 bit color.
With clever programming tricks on the screen look good color photos, and the producer humbly wrote in the specification of "a thousand flowers." The rest - a new very well packed: CPU: Intel Cotulla 200 MHz, 16 MB RAM (14 MB user available), slot SD Card / MMC c supporting SDIO, IrDA. Synchronizing with a PC is made via a cable slot MiniUSB located on the left side, next to the charger. Design continues the award-winning visual theme of the first model Zire, however, between two large buttons, application buttons Five-way now is the navigation key. This solves the problem of fans to play. Well, music fans have to buy a memory card and headphones to enjoy high quality audio in RealOne Player. In fact, this handheld can solve any problem - and this at a modest price!
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The bundled appear: Mini-USB HotSync cable, power supply, CD-ROM with software, transparent protective cover, and stylus. As for software, in this respect, the novelty can boast of as a complete set of required embedded software with improved "contacts" and "Daily" inherited Zire 31 inherited from the Tungsten T3 and Tungsten E (now in the "Contact Us" You can put a small photo in the "Daily" added the new fields that are perfectly synchronized with MS Outlook), and a bonus set of third-party manufacturer. Among them: the built-in application for working with images Photos, Player RealOne, Audible Player, reader PalmReader, powerOne Personal Calculator, Handmark Splash Money, Handmark Mobile DB, Solitaire and Addit.
Thanks to cost-screen display, and processor capacity battery lasts for 4 hours, even under stress conditions (video playback). This is a good indicator, the final shape of the CPC practical for a wide range of beginners.
Zire 72
The average price segment presented an impressive model Zire 72. Its main features - a nice touch on the body with bokovinkami noble metallic blue color, the original metal mesh on the back side and inscribed in the center of the grid camera lens, which has a resolution of 1.2 megapixels!
At a price of $ 299, the proposal looks very interesting, especially considering that the camera can record video clips with sound and whose resolution is 320x240. Megapixel images can be printed on paper, they have to do enough resolution. True, the first testers noted some shortcomings of the camera, in particular, it requires more light than most of the "phone" cameras, and the compression of JPEG files unnecessarily high. In pictures distinctly blocky. Nevertheless, a megapixel camera - one of the first on the market.
As with previous Zire 7x-Series, the screen deserves the good reviews. It is made by technology Transreflective TFT, displays 65536 colors, perfectly visible from any angle and does not change color images. In general, is the perfect companion for the camera. Resolution - Standard 320x320 pixels. Difference from previous Zire is to use 5-way joystick keys instead. This is likely to enjoy users.
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Technologically Zire 72 - quite the perfect PDA. It is designed based on the latest processor PXA270 from Intel, which is similar to that for PXA255 clocked shows great proizvoditlnost and consume less energy. In this model, used 300 MHz processor, which in combination with 32 MB RAM (24 MB available), SD Card slot and vtroennym wireless Bluetooth adapter makes a very attractive combination. No less interesting is a set of programs installed in addition to standard applications, PalmOS Garnet (5.2.8.). Firstly, this MP3-player RealOne. Secondly, it improved the application "Contact Us" and "Diary", which can be respectively, store photos of friends and tag their cases in different colors.
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Thirdly, the full version of Documents To Go allows editing and viewing documents Microsoft Office, including the "natural" format, without conversion on your desktop. It is also possible to read popular documents Adobe Acrobat - PDF. The bottleneck of all this splendor is the battery capacity of 950 mAh. Even under a moderate load of reviews of testers, it is rarely "lives" more than 4 hours. However, when playing MP3 c screen off can reach 5.5 hours.Included with the Bluetooth-adapter and the display at maximum brightness Zire 72 to surf the internet 3 hours 18 minutes. Developers also had to save on the sales package and the periphery, which is equipped with this device. In the box you will find a Mini-USB-sync cable and charger. Unfortunately, Zire 72 is not supplied to the cradle. Moreover, the machine stripped jack Universal Connector. This means that the periphery of the previous models, as well as a cradle, you can not be used in conjunction with these palm. The model is also equipped with a removable protective cap, but included with it is pretty nice plastic bag, which still krupnovat to put it in his pocket. But all the same.
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Obviously, the Zire 72 handheld has already outgrown the boundaries of "byuzhetnogo" and even "average" segment, in terms of functionality. Retaining quite a reasonable price, it has all the necessary functions for a wide range of users - from the serious business to careless students. Is that computer geeks are not satisfied - Give them a slot Compact Flash adapter and Wi-Fi:) The new handheld will appear in Moscow after the May holidays. Price Zire 31 for Russia will be $ 199, a Zire 72 - $ 370. These handhelds now can be ordered online Internet store PalmStore.ru. As soon as new items get to the editorial HPCru, but it will happen fairly soon, we promise you a detailed review, as always, with tests on performance and battery life. Stay with us! The authors, translation:
