A Handheld With Hips
By far the most appealing change is the small, light, new body. At 4.4 ounces, it weighs little more than the Palm V but is more cherubic in appearance. Roughly the size of two Palm Vs sandwiched together, the M100 is thick, but it fits neatly into your mitt. When you tire of basic black, Palm offers four colored faceplates that snap on and off. We wish Palm had thrown the four-pack into the package, though, rather than charging extra for it.
In Sync
With its M100, Palm has forgone the docking cradle in favor of a simple serial cable, but HotSyncing is as easy as ever. One sure improvement over the Palm IIIe is that this new device comes bundled with the necessary software to sync with Microsoft Outlook, but Mac users still must order a serial-to-USB adapter from Palm for this operation. If you own accessories for the III series, such as the folding keyboard, don't expect them to work with the M100; the socket is a slightly different shape.
