Palm Universal Connector
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The Universal Connector was a standard port fitted to the bottom of many Palm
PDA's from 2001 to 2004 and on units from other manufacturers that licensed Palm technology, including Garmin
.
Out of the box, it is used to connect to the sync and charge cradle, allowing the Palm to connect to a desktop PC and receive battery power. A range of accessories were also available for the Universal Connector, including folding keyboards, external battery packs, wired and wireless modems, and many more.
The Universal Connector cradles were the first synchronization device that used USB to communicate with the host computer, in addition to the older serial port standard.
Some Palm devices manufactured between 2001 and 2004 did not use the Universal Connector. For instance, the Tungsten E had a mini-USB connector.
The Universal Connector has now been abandoned in favour of a newer standard, the Palm Multi-Connector
.
Palm
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
PDA's from 2001 to 2004 and on units from other manufacturers that licensed Palm technology, including Garmin
Garmin
Garmin Ltd. , incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is the parent company of a group of companies founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao , that develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System...
.
Out of the box, it is used to connect to the sync and charge cradle, allowing the Palm to connect to a desktop PC and receive battery power. A range of accessories were also available for the Universal Connector, including folding keyboards, external battery packs, wired and wireless modems, and many more.
The Universal Connector cradles were the first synchronization device that used USB to communicate with the host computer, in addition to the older serial port standard.
Some Palm devices manufactured between 2001 and 2004 did not use the Universal Connector. For instance, the Tungsten E had a mini-USB connector.
The Universal Connector has now been abandoned in favour of a newer standard, the Palm Multi-Connector
Palm Multi-Connector
The Palm Multi-Connector is a power, audio and data interface connector designed by Palm, Inc.-Use:The connector is used by: LifeDrive, Tungsten E2, Tungsten T5, Treo 650, Treo 680, Treo 700p, Treo 750, Palm TX, Palm Centro....
.
PalmPalm, Inc.Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
Models fitted with the Universal Connector
- TungstenTungsten HandheldThe Tungsten series was Palm, Inc.'s line of business-class Palm OS-based PDAs. With the purchase of the Palm name from PalmSource, Palm has dropped the Tungsten name from its newer offerings. , only the Tungsten E2 continues to use the Tungsten name...
T, T2, T3, C, W - Zire 71
- m500, m505, m515Palm m500 seriesThe Palm m500 series of handheld personal digital assistants consisted of three devices: the Palm m500, Palm m505, and Palm m515. The series was a follow-up to the popular Palm V series with a similar, though slightly shorter, footprint and form factor....
- Palm i705Palm i705The Palm i705 was an upgrade from the last series of Palm PDAs to use the now discontinued Palm.net service to access the World Wide Web from Palm devices. It featured 8MB of onboard memory and SD/MMC slots...
- m125, m130