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

    nt

  2. Interesting Coincidence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "... originally advertised as supporting 65,536 colors when in actuality it can only display 58,621."

    Linux users have so far crammed 65,536 Palms up each other's butts, but have only claimed responsibility for cramming about 58,621.

    Huh, makes you think.

  3. Re:64K on colours on a 160x160 screen. by vadim_t · · Score: -1, Troll

    64K colors is 16 bit color. The most common format is 565, but 555 (15bit) exists too. That gives you 5 bits for red, 6 or 5 for green and 5 for blue. This means that if you want to draw a gradient of pure green on the screen there are only 64 (or 32) shades of it. In the worst case to draw a full screen gradient you'd have 5 pixels with the same color. This also means that if you have a grayscale image there are only 32 shades of pure gray.

    So no, 64K is still not enough.

  4. Palm misled their customers on purpose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Palm misled their customers on purpose

    -Use cheaper components.
    -Advertise it has 16bit 65k color when it's really 12 bit 4096 colors.
    -If no one notices Palms wins.
    -If they do notice, see what happens. Say "sorry" and say "it's dithering".
    -Palm states only 8 people wanted refunds.
    -Palm wins.

    This is the second time Palm has been nailed for false advertising. Slashdot, the media and most sites are so Pro-Palm and Anti-Microsoft, you never hear about it.

    http://www.ciol.com/content/news/repts/102030713 .a sp

    Wait until the new version of the Palm comes out, it's not what they said it is. But most people here will think it's great.