Zire 72
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The Zire 72 is Palm, Inc.'s second Personal Digital Assistant with an integrated digital camera. It is the replacement for the Zire 71, having a 1.2 megapixel sensor, 32 MB of memory, built-in Bluetooth wireless communication, video recording and playback capability, a built-in microphone, hi-res hi-color screen, SecureDigital smartcard slot, and a 312 MHz Intel PXA270 processor.
Users have complained about several problems, most notably
- Blue paint peels off (a "special edition" version has been released that has no blue paint, just silver.)
- Camera quality (broken pixels, uncovered lens etc.)
- Screen whining
- Battery life
Palm, Inc. has released a second version of the Zire 72, the Zire 72s, which is silver. This change has fixed the problem with the paint. They have also released a newer version of the blue Zire 72, which uses a different paint, and does not peel.
As with other Bluetooth enabled devices, turning that connectivity off when not required, extends battery life.
This is the last model in PalmOne's line of multimedia Zire devices, and the last model made with a camera. The line is supposedly discontinued.
| Built-In Wireless | Bluetooth® 1.1 Compliance |
| Processor | Intel® PXA270 at 312 MHz with Intel® XScale™ Technology |
| Memory | 32MB RAM (24 MB actual storage capacity) |
| Battery | 950mAh rechargeable Lithium Ion |
| Operating System | Palm OS® v5.2.8 |
| Size | 4.6h × 2.95w × 0.67t in. 117h × 75w x 17t mm. |
| Weight | 4.8 oz. / 136 grams |
| Display | 320×320 Transflective TFT color touchscreen with 16-Bit (65K) Color |
| Expansion | SD, SDIO and MultiMediaCard support via built-in expansion card slot. |
| Audio | Stereo audio headset compatible via 3.5mm stereo audio jack - headset sold separately |
| Camera | Photo: 1280×960 (maximum resolution), video: 320×240 (maximum resolution) |
