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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.

3 of 222 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So can I sell SimCity if I don't want it? (nt) by RallyNick · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, it's not a troll, what I want to know is if what they give me has any value or is just thin air.

  2. Re:is this really a big deal? by DeadMeat+(TM) · · Score: 2, Redundant
    You don't really get 58K colors; that's from Palm counting colors you get when you dither, which doesn't really count. Only 4096 colors are actually available in hardware.

    And yes, if I had bought an m130 for viewing photos, I'd be infuriated, because that's blatant false advertisement. At least they're doing the honorable thing, if a bit late.

  3. Re:Color Combinations by martyn+s · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ^^^^^^^^^Mod this up!

    I don't care if it's anonymous.