The Tapwave Zodiac is a Palm OS 5-based PDA, and the first Palm-based device developed with gaming and multimedia as primary considerations. In addition to the standard Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad Palm OS PIM functions, the Zodiac also ships with the Stuntcar Extreme and AcidSolitaire games, an MP3 player, the Kinoma Video Player can play films which have been compressed to a small enough memory to fit on. Photo handling ability, PalmReader with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Last of the Mohicans, the powerOne graphing calculator, WordSmith Word Processor, Inkstorm , and Alarm Clock. Also included are an eponymous web browser, called Browser, and SMS capability. All OS 5 compatible games play on the Zodiac, as well as games designed specifically to take advantage of the Zodiac's hardware.

Hardware specs

• CPU: Motorola i.MX1 ARM9 processor (200 MHz)
• Memory: Zodiac 1, 32MB. Zodiac 2, 128MB (minus 12MB for both models, reserved for system usage)
• Graphic Accelerator: ATI Imageon W4200 graphics accelerator (with 8MB dedicated SDRAM)
• Display: 3.8 inch transflective 480 x 320 (half VGA), 16-bit color backlit display (65,536 colors)
• Sound: Yamaha sound and stereo speakers, 3.5mm earphone plug
• External Connectors: 2 expansion slots (MMC, SD and SDIO capable), Zodiac Connector, 3.5mm headphone jack
• Wireless: Infrared, Bluetooth ((Compatible with Wifi SDIO cards)
• Battery: Rechargeable Lithium Batteries – Dual totaling to 1540 mAh
• Size & Weight: 5.6" (143mm) x 3.1" (79mm) x .55" (14mm) / 6.3 ounces
• Colors: Zodiac1 Slate Gray, Zodiac2 Charcoal Gray

External link

• Tapwave Website
• Tapland, Zodiac related website