![[Really bad picture of the Palm Zire 71]](./img/zire71.jpg)
| MANUFACTURER | Palm Inc. |
| MODEL | Zire 71 |
| YEAR OF INTRODUCTION | 2003 |
| MAIN PROCESSOR | OMAP310 (ARM) |
| BITS | 32 |
| CLOCK SPEED | 144 MHz |
| FLOATING POINT UNIT | none |
| MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT | integrated |
| CO-PROCESSOR | none |
| RAM | 16M |
| ROM | 4M |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | PalmOS 5.2.1 |
| HONOURABLE MENTION | me |
I bought this a few days after the Palm III since I was so impressed with it that I wanted the latest model. After a while the joystick misbehaved and caused a bit of erratic behaviour but that has since passed. When I got it there was no Linux support for it but, since then, work has been under way. A stable release is something I'm looking forward to.