New Wireless Handhelds On The Way

Posted by michael on Thursday August 30, 2001 @02:40AM from the stuff-to-lose dept.

Imran writes: "Palm and Handspring have both received regulatory approval for three new wireless devices. According to documents filed with the FCC, the Palm i705 will have a built-in antenna, a universal connector for add-ons and syncing, and a postage stamp-size Secure Digital expansion slot. There will also be new features aimed at making e-mail a key function of the device. Handspring's devices, the Treo k180 (which has a keyboard similar to that of the BlackBerry) and Treo g180, can surf the Internet using Handspring's Blazer browser. They feature a 33MHz Dragonball VZ processor, 16MB of DRAM and rechargeable batteries. Both can connect to a PC using a USB or serial cable. The cover of each device flips up and acts as the earpiece for the phone, while a microphone is located at the bottom of each unit."

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Um, not for long... by quartz · 2001-08-30 02:46 · Score: 1, Redundant

Palm and Handspring have both received regulatory approval for three new wireless devices

And according to this article, the approval has been immediately retracted by request. Nice try...