Thousands of downloadable e-texts allow Palm owners to read entire books on the small screen, any time, any place. Games, information, and specialty programs make Palm a versatile delight. Palm is a tiny, freestanding battery-powered computer. It uses Palm OS, a small, efficient operating system for Palm and Handspring devices. Palm PDAs contain up to 8 megs of memory.
Information appears in the small LCD screen on the front of the Palm.
Depending on model, Palm PDAs may use alkaline or rechargeable batteries. Palm is designed to communicate with a personal computer through a process called Hot Sync . To Hot Sync , the Palm is placed in a small cradle which attaches to the PC at a serial port. Synchronizing data between Palm and PC is as simple as pushing a button. To-Do list entries.