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January 28, 2001, 12:11 am
neak peek: Next Palms to slim down, weigh barely 3 ounces
By Damien Prat, ZDNet France
Special to ZDNet
January 26, 2001 1:01 PM PT
PARIS--A year after the release of the Palm Vx, a successor is on the handheld
horizon.
According to sources close to the company, the new PDA line, which will probably be
called "M505", should weigh in at less than 3.5 ounces, include lithium-polymer batteries
and offer a postage-stamp-sized expansion slot to rival the Springboard slot on
Handspring's Visor.
Sources said Palm is working on two new systems: a black-and-white model priced at
about $495 in France, and a 16-bit-color configuration to cost roughly $635.
The monochrome version will
see a performance boost of
30 percent compared with
the Palm Vx and won't weigh
more than 3.25 ounces,
roughly an ounce less than the
current model. The color
version will weigh between
3.9 and 4.3 ounces, based on
the use of flexible
lithium-polymer batteries.
Delivering on the company's
promises of a slimmer color
PDA, the 16-bit version will
be only 1mm thicker than the
Palm Vx.
The processor is expected to be a 33MHz Motorola DragonBall VZ--the chip currently
powering the newest Visors. Palm has said its next-generation PDAs will run Version 4.0
of the Palm OS. A move to processors using a core from England's ARM is expected in
2002, when Version 5.0 of the OS debuts.
Other details of the new systems, such as the amount of RAM, could become clear at
Germany's CeBIT trade show in March, where sources said the new machines are
scheduled to be shown.
During its December earnings conference call, Palm executives said a Palm Vx-like device
with a Secure Digital expansion slot should appear in the spring and a wireless handheld
with the port will come in the second half of the year.
Palm declined to comment on the reports or on photographs purported to be of the new
device that have been circulated on the Web.
Source: Zdnet
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By Damien Prat, ZDNet France
Special to ZDNet
January 26, 2001 1:01 PM PT
PARIS--A year after the release of the Palm Vx, a successor is on the handheld
horizon.
According to sources close to the company, the new PDA line, which will probably be
called "M505", should weigh in at less than 3.5 ounces, include lithium-polymer batteries
and offer a postage-stamp-sized expansion slot to rival the Springboard slot on
Handspring's Visor.
Sources said Palm is working on two new systems: a black-and-white model priced at
about $495 in France, and a 16-bit-color configuration to cost roughly $635.
The monochrome version will
see a performance boost of
30 percent compared with
the Palm Vx and won't weigh
more than 3.25 ounces,
roughly an ounce less than the
current model. The color
version will weigh between
3.9 and 4.3 ounces, based on
the use of flexible
lithium-polymer batteries.
Delivering on the company's
promises of a slimmer color
PDA, the 16-bit version will
be only 1mm thicker than the
Palm Vx.
The processor is expected to be a 33MHz Motorola DragonBall VZ--the chip currently
powering the newest Visors. Palm has said its next-generation PDAs will run Version 4.0
of the Palm OS. A move to processors using a core from England's ARM is expected in
2002, when Version 5.0 of the OS debuts.
Other details of the new systems, such as the amount of RAM, could become clear at
Germany's CeBIT trade show in March, where sources said the new machines are
scheduled to be shown.
During its December earnings conference call, Palm executives said a Palm Vx-like device
with a Secure Digital expansion slot should appear in the spring and a wireless handheld
with the port will come in the second half of the year.
Palm declined to comment on the reports or on photographs purported to be of the new
device that have been circulated on the Web.
Source: Zdnet
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