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Spot a crack in your new ("http://www.palm.com" target="_blank") Palm IIIC? Do you see 12-bit color instead of 16-bit in your ("http:/ /www.hpjornada.com" target="_blank") HP Jornada Pocket PC? One would assume if you pay $500 for a fancy PDA, you get what you were promised.
This week, Palm says it has received several reports of its $449 color Palm IIIC developing a hairline crack on the back of the casing. Meanwhile, the $499 HP Jornada 540, the first available Pocket PC sporting a new hardware design, offers less color than promised. Instead of a 16-bit display with 65,536 colors, the Jornada supports 4096 colors or 12-bit resolution.
Component Reduces Color Support
HP actually 'fessed up (quietly) to the problem last week. The company issued a statement...