Guidelines for color images on color devices

M-Business Client supports color for both Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2003 and certain Palm OS devices, using the palette supported by the device. If your image includes a color that is not part of the device palette, the color will be dithered.

Tips for color images:

  • Just as important as the quality of the color images is the size of the images. Keep images small.

  • Save photo-realistic images as JPEGs (they tend to compress the best).

  • Make sure the images are the appropriate dimensions.

  • Other than resizing the image, it is not necessary to alter photo-realistic images in any other way. M-Business Client does a good job of dithering the image to the 216-color palette.

  • Convert line-art, such as maps and logos to the Web-safe 216-color palette and save it as a GIF. Line art looks best when not dithered. For images that are not dithered, GIFs compress most clearly.