Zire 72

The Zire 72 is Palm, Inc.'s second Personal Digital Assistant with an integrated digital camera. Introduced in 2004, it is the replacement for the Zire 71, having a 1.2 megapixel camera, 32 MB of memory, built-in Bluetooth wireless communication, video recording and playback capability, a built-in microphone, hi-res hi-color screen, SecureDigital smartcard slot, and a 312 MHz Intel PXA270 processor.

Users have complained about several problems, most notably

• Blue paint peels off (a "special edition" version has been released that has no blue paint, just silver.)
• Camera quality (broken pixels, uncovered lens etc.)
• Screen whining
• Battery life

Palm, Inc. released a second version of the Zire 72, the Zire 72s, which is silver. This change fixed the problem with the paint. They subsequently released a version of the blue Zire 72, which used a different paint, and does not peel.

As with other Bluetooth enabled devices, turning that connectivity off when not required, extends battery life.^{[citation needed ]}

This is the last model in PalmOne's line of multimedia Zire devices, and the last model made with a camera. The Zire 72 has been discontinued and is no longer supported by PalmOne/Palm's successor, Hewlett-Packard.^[1]

There have also been many complaints about discolored pixels, such as certain groups of pixels on the screen turning green, red, and blue.^{[citation needed ]}

• Zire Handheld

• Zire 72 review by Mobile Tech Reviews Archived 2005年11月02日 at the Wayback Machine

• Product Support from Palm US Website Archived 2010年01月26日 at the Wayback Machine