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Palm Offers Refund to m130 Owners

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trading-colors-for-games dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "On Wednesday Palm began notifying registered m130 owners "that they were entitled to a full refund, including taxes paid on the PDA" for misleading them about the actual number of colors the product supports. The m130 was originally advertised as supporting 65,536 colors when in actuality it can only display 58,621. Owners who choose to forfeit the refund and keep the PDA could instead download a free version of the video game SimCity." Looks like a great deal for those who don't care about the bit depth of their PDA, and a way out for those who do.

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  1. 64K on colours on a 160x160 screen. by MavEtJu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would be shocked too if I would find out that I can't display all 65536 colours on a screen with 25600 pixels!

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    1. Re:64K on colours on a 160x160 screen. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      you, sir, are a moron.

  2. But I've already got a PortaPam! by EvilAlien · · Score: 5, Funny
    What would I want SimCity for?

    "We lied to you, so here is a refund... oh, you like the product anyways? Well is is a crappy game for free. Oh, you already subscribe to alt.warez? Well... here... um. *click*"

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    1. Re:But I've already got a PortaPam! by outsider007 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your wife will probably think it's sweet if you go out and buy Bejeweled for her, too.

      if she's been playing a pirate copy you can tell everyone you 'made an honest woman out of her' :)

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    2. Re:But I've already got a PortaPam! by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, warezing is fine. It's when you think that warezing is a political statement that it gets lame and unacceptable. Here's an example:

      "I pirated this because I'd rather spend my 20 bucks on hookers and blow." --ACCEPTABLE

      "I pirated this because everytime I download warez the DMCA becomes my bitch!" --UNACCEPTABLE(But this mode of thinking automatically grants superuser access on /.)

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    3. Re:But I've already got a PortaPam! by Bilestoad · · Score: 4, Funny

      But when you spend more than two hours searching for a $20 program you tell the world:

      "Hey, my time is worth less than $10 an hour! Does anyone know of an opening at Jiffy Lube?" --PITIABLE

  3. what!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you mean those registration cards actually might have purpose!?!?

  4. Thats ok... by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll just wait for them to send me the extra 6,915 colors in the mail.

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  5. Since I am RED-Green Colorblind by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can only relate to this vicariously through you. Hell, you think Twister is tough for you! "What do you mean left foot red?

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  6. Free SimCity!!! Awesome!!! by Andre060 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless you live in Greece... ;-)