Press Room
Palm™ Debuts Two Tungsten Handhelds
with Innovative Software
Ultrapowerful Tungsten T3 Handheld with Breakthrough
Screen and Sleek, Business Savvy Tungsten E Handheld Available
Immediately
HONG KONG, Oct. 9, 2003 -- Expanding the powerful and
stylish Tungsten™ family of business handhelds, Palm,
Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today introduced two new Chinese models
-- the Palm™ Tungsten T3 handheld, for the most demanding
professionals who need a best-in-class colour and wireless
handheld; and the Palm Tungsten E handheld, for cost-conscious
professionals who need premium power and performance.
Both handhelds feature substantial software innovations,
including significantly more capable Personal Information
Management (PIM) features and productivity software.
"Skillful integration of distinguished hardware and
innovative software is key to delivering a great customer
experience, and we're convinced our new handhelds
will please new and experienced Palm handheld customers,"
said Ken Wirt, senior vice president and general manager
of Palm's Handheld Business Unit. "What's
more, Palm's business innovations let us price the
new handhelds very competitively."
The Tungsten T3 handheld is Palm's first device that
supports a ultra high-resolution colour screen in landscape,
as well as the typical portrait mode. The handheld offers
greater input flexibility, streamlined access to key features
and optimal viewing in either mode. The screen display is
50 percent larger than on any previous Palm branded device,
and the new soft input screen area provides a virtual Graffiti(R)
2 writing area. With faster Bluetooth™ setup embedded
in the handheld, a wireless communications suite, fast 400MHz
XScale processor, 64MB1 of RAM and superior productivity and multimedia capabilities,
the Tungsten T3 handheld offers exceptional performance
in a compact design for an estimated street price of HK$3,180.
The Tungsten E handheld features 32MB2 of RAM a crisp high-resolution colour display, updated core
applications, multimedia software and expandability through
cards or add-on accessories. It retains the classic Tungsten
appearance, with its compact, sleek modern form and improved
5-way navigator for one-handed navigation. This handheld
gives professionals an upscale handheld with premium features
for an estimated street price of HK$1,580.
New Software
Improved Personal Information Management
Palm's core applications have been revamped on the
two new Tungsten handhelds, providing improved organization
and customization of information management, including a
new agenda view, improved scheduling, more contact information,
larger memos and notes and advanced built-in Microsoft Outlook.
Java Virtual Machine Available for Download
Palm Solutions Group has licensed from IBM a Java Virtual
Machine (JVM), WebSphere(R) Micro Environment, for Palm
Tungsten handhelds. Now, the more than 3 million members
of the Java development community can write business applications
for mobile workforces and consumer applications for gaming
and information on the go, effectively increasing Palm Solutions
Group's development community tenfold. It is available
today for Tungsten handhelds users. Tungsten T3 and Tungsten
E handheld users, as well as Tungsten W, Tungsten C and
Tungsten T2 handheld users, that purchase their handheld
on Oct. 1 or after can download the JVM for no cost. Users
interested in deploying Java applications can download the
JVM from http://pluggedin.palm.com/regac/pluggedin/Java.jsp.
More information on Palm's Java strategy and activities
developers is available at http://www.palm.com/java.
Palm Tungsten T3 Handheld Features and Benefits
New Display Enables Horizontal and Vertical Viewing
The Tungsten T3 handheld's stunning 320 x 480 colour
transflective TFT display expands as the slider is opened,
allowing landscape as well as portrait modes to be used
by a simple tap on the screen. Users can rotate between
modes in one tap. Traditional portrait mode is ideal for
most applications and for one-handed navigation. Landscape
mode often is better when viewing spreadsheets, email, web
pages and multimedia clips. At the bottom of the display,
Palm added a new status bar -- a toolbar with icons to give
users one-tap access to screen rotation and other frequently
used features.
Powerful Performance and More Expansion Options
The Tungsten T3 handheld comes with a powerful 400Mhz Intel
XScale processor and 64MB1 of RAM allowing plenty of space and speed for complex documents
or applications. Expandability options using the expansion
slot or Universal Connector include a digital camera, MARGI
Presenter-to-Go, Palm's Power To Go charger, and a
variety of keyboards.
Business and Multimedia Applications
The Tungsten T3 handheld comes bundled with QuickOffice
Pro that supports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint compatible
files. Multimedia applications such as RealOne Mobile Player,
Palm Photos, Kinoma Player and Voice Memo Recorder deliver
support for MP33 files, JPEG photos, video clips and voice notes. The handheld
also come loaded with CJKOS Chinese system and Penpower
Chinese handwriting input system, enabling operations in
English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese environment.
Enhanced Bluetooth Capabilities Create More Seamless User
Experience
Built-in Bluetooth wireless connectivity gives mobile professionals
the ability to access wireless content and stay connected
while out of the office with the Tungsten T3 handheld4.
By using a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone as a modem5,
users can access the web and email or swiftly initiate a
phone call using Quick Lookup. Users also can perform a
wireless HotSync(R) operation with Bluetooth-enabled computers
and share information wirelessly with other Bluetooth-enabled
devices.
Palm Tungsten E Handheld Features and Benefits
High-resolution Screen Improves Clarity and Readability
The Tungsten E handheld's 320 x 320 high-resolution
colour display -- the same premium transflective TFT screen
first introduced in the Tungsten C and Zire 71 handhelds
-- supports more than 65,000 colours. The sharp display
makes viewing text, photos, VersaMail™ messages, office
documents and video easy and helps prevent eyestrain in
dark rooms or bright sunlight.
The Tungsten TE handheld comes bundled with QuickOffice
Pro that supports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint compatible
files. In addition, it also comes with CJKOS Chinese system
and Penpower Chinese handwriting input system, enabling
operations in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese
environment; and iWord English-Chinese/Chinese-English two-way
dictionary with 30,000 words.
Multimedia Software Adds to Versatility
The Tungsten E handheld's powerful Texas Instruments
OMAP 311 ARM processor and 32MB2 of internal memory make listening to music files3 and
playing movie trailers or home movie clips easy. It ships
with RealNetworks' RealOne Mobile Player as well as
Kinoma Player and Producer. Users can store MP3 or RealAudio
files on an expansion card and listen through the built-in
speaker or via the stereo headphone jack6. With RealNetworks'
RealOne Mobile Player software, users can create and manage
play lists, as well as run music in the background while
using most other Palm applications. With Kinoma Player and
Producer, and a free downloadable QuickTime application,
handheld users can transfer and display their own home movie
clips on the device, as well as download movie trailers
and other preformatted material from the Internet.
Availability
Palm Tungsten E handhelds will be available mid-October
while Tungsten T3 handhelds will be available late-November
at electronic and IT outlets, as well as major retail chains.
Effective today, Palm also announced a price reduction for
its Tungsten T2 handheld; estimated street price is now
at HK$2,580.
About Palm, Inc.
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(1) 52MB actual
storage capacity available.
(2) 28.3MB actual storage capacity available.
(3) Listening to MP3s requires the use of an expansion card,
sold separately.
(4) Email and ISP account required, not included.
(5) Compatible Bluetooth phone model and wireless GSM/GPRS
carrier subscription required, not included.
(6) Headphones sold separately.
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