Palmare Palmone Zire 21
(Redirected from Zire)The Zire Series is Palm, Inc's brand of Consumer-Grade Personal Digital Assistants
Background/Overview
The lower-end models emphasize price — Palm's original Zire model was the first PDA under $100 from a major manufacturer — and the higher-end models emphasize multimedia capacity, including features like cameras and audio playback functions suitable for listening to MP3s.
Models
Palm Zire & Palm Zire 21
The Palm Zire and Palm Zire 21 are inexpensive and are differentiated from the rest of Palm's line by having monochrome screens without backlighting, having only two quickbuttons instead of four, and a traditional up/down navigation button instead of a 5-Way Navigator, though both of these entry-level models are lightweight (3. 8oz or 108g), sporting a white front with a matté gray plastic back.
The Zire, released in the fourth quarter of 2002 (also known as the m150), is the handheld responsible for starting the value-conscious handheld craze. PalmOne Zire 21 8MB Handheld PDA. It sported only 2MB On-Handheld RAM, a 33 MHz Motorola Dragonball processor, and Palm OS 4. 1. x. The Zire was superseded by the Zire 21 at the release of the "First Breed of PIM Plus Handhelds" on fourth quarter 2003. PalmOne Zire 21 Multilingual PDA.