Palm releases new Wi-Fi, color-screen PDAs

Iria · Oct 12, 2005, 06:18 PM

Palm Inc. has lowered the cost of acquiring a personal digital assistant (PDA) with Wi-Fi connectivity, and also is courting technology novices with a new, inexpensive PDA, the company is expected to announce Wednesday.

The two new PDAs, the Palm TX and the Palm Z22, are entry-level models that the company believes will make handheld computing more affordable for a wider variety of customers, said Raj Doshi, product line manager for handhelds at the Sunnyvale, California-based company. The TX costs $299 with around 100MB of user-accessible flash memory and an integrated Wi-Fi chip, while the Z22 costs $99 with a color screen and 20MB of user-accessible flash memory.

Palm’s customers have been clamoring for more PDAs with Wi-Fi, according to Doshi. But the company has a schizophrenic Wi-Fi strategy. Its popular Treo smart phones do not come with Wi-Fi, much to the consternation of analysts and Palm enthusiasts, but the TX will become the second PDA to feature an integrated wireless networking chip.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Palm releases new Wi-Fi, color-screen PDAs Palm Inc. has lowered the cost of acquiring a personal digital assistant (PDA) with Wi-Fi connectivity, and also is courting technology novices with a new, inexpensive PDA, the company is expected to announce Wednesday. The two new PDAs, the Palm TX and the Palm Z22, are entry-level models that the company believes will make handheld computing more affordable for a wider variety of customers, said Raj Doshi, product line manager for handhelds at the Sunnyvale, California-based company. The TX costs $299 with around 100MB of user-accessible flash memory and an integrated Wi-Fi chip, while the Z22 costs $99 with a color screen and 20MB of user-accessible flash memory. Palm’s customers have been clamoring for more PDAs with Wi-Fi, according to Doshi. But the company has a schizophrenic Wi-Fi strategy. Its popular Treo smart phones do not come with Wi-Fi, much to the consternation of analysts and Palm enthusiasts, but the TX will become the second PDA to feature an integrated wireless networking chip. ___________ Read More / Source: Macworld