Technical Notes

Capacity Application Limits

These are the current limits defined for the Palm applications on all platforms (variation as noted). While these are the programmatic limits, the true capacity limitation is the actual memory available to run/store the application data files.

PalmSchedule Date Book limits

• Earliest Date: 1/1/1900
• Latest Date: 12/31/2050
• Earliest Alarm: 99 days prior to event
• Max Repeats of an event: 999 or "forever" -- can show event everyday from start date until 12/31/2050.
• Max To Do list items: No limit to number of items, but beyond a limit they won't display. Field capacity limit is 30K bytes (incl. ink strokes, text, overhead) or 1000 points of ink.

Calculator limits

• Calculation Precision: 13 significant digits either side of decimal
• Max. Digits Displayed = 12 sig. digits total(e.g.: 123456789012. or 123.123456789 or 0.12345678912)
• Max, entries on tape display = 100 lines (then deletes in 10-line increments FIFO)

PalmNotes Notebook Limits

• Max. number of Pages (per Notebook): 600 pages
• Max. number of Notebooks: Constrained only by memory
• Max levels of indentation/grouping: 1 sub level
• Max capacity per page: About 170 text lines (U.S. model) /130 lines (Int'l model) plus 4000 points of ink..

PalmAddress AddressBook

• Max. number of Entries per Book Constrained only by memory
• Max. number of Address Books Constrained only by memory
• Max capacity per Field 30K bytes. Implies about 170 text lines (U.S. model) /130 lines (Int'l model). See technote on "Ink vs. Text".
• Max number of records imported into PalmAddress: Constrained only by memory
• Max data per imported record: Total bytes of imported data for all fields EXCEPT the Sketch Page, per record, is 30Kbytes. The Sketch Page may contain another 30Kbytes per record.

Form Calculator

• Precision same as Calculator
• Digits Displayed <= 15: Varies per field/form

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