LifeDrive
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| Manufacturer | Palm |
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| Type | PDA |
| Lifespan | 2005 |
| Media | 4GB Hard drive |
| Operating system | Palm OS |
| Input | Touchscreen |
| Camera | N/A |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth |
| Power | Battery |
The LifeDrive is palmOne's most modern handheld released to date, as of spring 2005. This device is the first device released by palmOne to fall under its new device category of "Mobile Manager".
It is unique in that it includes a 4GB hard drive; most PDAs use Flash or RAM-based memory. It also includes Bluetooth and 802.11b wireless connectivity, and is the first handheld produced by palmOne to include both. It also includes eReader, Documents To Go, and WiFile in its software package. Although the LifeDrive uses a hard disk which was selected for fast spinup speed, some have noticed delays in application launching which were greater than those in previous non-hard disk based handhelds. Reports from users often conflict in regards to the length of the delay, and it is believed that many early reports of the delay from reviewers are due to a slower pre-production hard-drive.
A ROM update was subsequently released which addresses the majority of the key complaints it had from some of its users.
| Built-In Wireless | Bluetooth 1.1 Compliance Wi-Fi 802.11b Certification |
| Processor | Intel PXA270 at 416MHz with Intel XScale Technology |
| Memory | 4GB hard drive (3.85GB accessible to user) with 16MB Flash ROM, 32MB RAM for running programs |
| Battery | 1800 mAh Rechargeable Lithium Ion, reported 1660 mAh by some sources |
| Operating System | Palm OS Garnet at 5.4.8 |
| Size | 4.76h x 2.87w x 0.74t in. 121h x 73w x 19t mm. |
| Weight | 6.8 oz. / 190 grams |
| Display | 320x480 Rotatable Transflective TFT color touchscreen with 16-Bit (65K) Color and "One-Button Flip" Portrait-to-Landscape-and-Back feature |
| Expansion | SD, SDIO and Multi Media Card support via built-in expansion card slot. Supports available, separately-sold peripherals via the "Athena" Multi-Connector |
| Audio | Stereo audio headset via 3.5mm stereo audio jack. Speaker and microphone on device. |