The first handhelds featuring Palm OS 5.0 and an ARM-compliant CPU have been announced. The new OS offers enhanced PIM applications in addition to support for the faster CPU to provide exceptional overall performance. Surprisingly, these first devices come not from Palm, but Sony. In Sony's usual cryptic fashion, the new devices have been termed the NX Series, and currently include the PEG-NX70V and PEG-NX60. The handhelds will retail for $599.99 and $499.99 respectively, and differ primarily in that the PEG-NX60 lacks the NX70V's built-in camera with MPEG-4 video recording/playback capability. Both feature a 200 MHz Intel XScale PAX250 CPU, 16MB of RAM, a high-resolution 320x480 TFT backlit color display with "virtual" Graffiti area, an integrated QWERTY keyboard, a built-in MP3 player complete with remote control and headphones, a new built-in voice recorder, a Memory Stick slot, and a new wireless slot for an optional wireless LAN (802.11b) card. The units themselves closely resemble the currently-available PEG-NR70V with their magnesium clamshell cases and rotating displays, but are a bit thicker in order to accommodate the wireless card slot, measuring 0.94 in. compared to the NR70V's 0.69 in. Although the NX series will not be available until sometime in early November, you can preorder them on the Sony web site. If you're looking for the Mercedes-Benz of Palm OS-compatible handhelds, look no further than the Sony NX series, although their relatively large form factor (compared to the Palm m5xx and Handspring Treo series) may turn off some potential buyers.
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