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October 2, 2003

 
New Palms from Palm

Yesterday, Palm announced three new additions to its lineup, each intended for a different user.

The much-anticipated Tungsten T3 ($399) features 64MB of RAM (52MB available to the user), and a lightning-fast 400Mhz Intel XScale processor. The T3 is also the first Palm-branded device to offer a high-resolution screen with a virtual Graffiti area and a landscape mode, along with other improvements. You can read the first reviews of the Tungsten T3 at The Gadgeteer and PalmInfoCenter.

The Tungsten E ($199) appears to be aimed squarely at loyal Palm V and m5xx users, and offers a lot of bang for the buck. This affordable OS 5 device features a potent 126MHz TI OMAP processor and a reasonable amount of memory (32MB of RAM, with 28.3MB available to the user) and the same 320x320 resolution, 65,000 color display found in the Tungsten C and Zire 71.

The Zire 21 ($99) replaces the immensely popular original, but does not include an expansion slot. Instead, the Zire 21 squeaks by with 8MB of RAM (admittedly an improvement over the original Zire's paltry 2MB) and a faster processor. The display continues to be 4-bit grayscale, keeping the price low. Although the Zire 21 is intended for first-time PDA buyers, its memory at least makes it worth considering for medical users with modest requirements and a tight budget.
posted by Kent 6:28 PM | |

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