<s>
The	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistant	I-Application
that	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
Palm	O
Computing	O
division	O
of	O
3Com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
PalmPilot	B-Device
handheld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Palm	O
handheld	O
to	O
support	O
infrared	O
file	O
transfer	O
and	O
a	O
Flash	O
ROM-capable	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
priced	O
at	O
US$400	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
glance	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
PalmPilot	B-Device
,	O
is	O
the	O
more	O
rugged	O
and	O
streamlined	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
ran	O
the	O
new	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
version	O
3.0	O
which	O
featured	O
a	O
new	O
application	B-Application
launcher	O
,	O
an	O
extra	O
font	O
size	O
,	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
two	O
megabytes	O
of	O
EDO	O
SDRAM	O
for	O
storage	O
of	O
user	O
data	O
and	O
software	O
and	O
two	O
megabytes	O
of	O
Flash	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
for	O
storage	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
built-in	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LCD	B-Device
screen	I-Device
on	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Palm	B-Device
Pilot	I-Device
Professional	I-Device
and	O
Palm	B-Device
Pilot	I-Device
Personal	I-Device
which	O
can	O
display	O
2-bit	O
greyscale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LCD	B-Device
screen	I-Device
also	O
has	O
an	O
electroluminescent	O
backlight	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
turned	O
on	O
or	O
off	O
by	O
holding	O
the	O
power	O
button	O
down	O
for	O
three	O
seconds	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
easier	O
viewing	O
in	O
dark	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
had	O
the	O
OS	O
ROM	B-Device
and	O
RAM	B-Architecture
mounted	O
on	O
a	O
memory	O
card	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
motherboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
card	O
could	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
upgrade	O
card	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
's	O
storage	O
or	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
Kodak	O
released	O
The	O
PalmPix	O
,	O
a	O
digital	B-Device
camera	I-Device
with	O
an	O
image	O
display	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
for	O
the	O
Palm	O
Handheld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
's	O
main	O
competition	O
were	O
Palm-size	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
running	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
III	I-Application
continued	O
Palm	O
's	O
popularity	O
and	O
it	O
sold	O
well	O
just	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Palm	B-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
</s>
