The company has wisely decided to stick with the basic design. What it has done is tweak the original design in important new ways. Let's start with the screen. One of the big problems with earlier PalmPilots was that the screen was hard to see in dim or direct light. With the Palm V, you can see the screen in almost any lighting.
Images are sharp and clear.
There's a backlighting button included with the Palm V, but you almost never need it. Another big change with the Palm V is that it doesn't use batteries. Instead, you recharge it from a cradle that plugs into the back of your Mac. It is from this cradle that you also back up your calendar, to-do list, notes and contact list into the Organizer software. But enough of these technical improvements.