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Palm i705

Palm OS personal digital assistant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ7128103 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Palm i705 is an upgrade from the last series of Palm PDAs to use the now discontinued Palm.net service via Mobitex to access the World Wide Web from Palm devices. It features 8MB of onboard memory and an SD/MMC slot for additional storage or SDIO cards. It uses the Motorola Dragonball VZ 33 MHz processor and runs Palm OS 4.1. It was noted as being the first Palm.net capable device without a flip out antenna and with an internal rechargeable battery, although it is the third and final of the three models manufactured by Palm that are capable of utilizing this network.

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See also

Palm.net

Palm (PDA)

Palm OS

PalmSource, Inc.

Palm, Inc.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 115-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Palm, i705 and personal is the immediate research focus.
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