PalmBlog: New Handheld from Palm(One): Excellent Entry-Level Business Handheld

September 22, 2003

New Handheld from Palm(One): Excellent Entry-Level Business Handheld

Palm (soon to be PalmOne) has been establishing a strong three-part brand identity recently: the Zire line is marketed to consumers; the Tungsten line for businesspeople, and the Treo line (acquired in the merger with Handspring) for those wishing phone/PDA combinations. Having already launched both low-end and high-end units on the consumer front (the $99 Zire being the former, and the Zire 71, with its stellar display and built-in digital camera, the latter), Palm is about to turn its attention back to the Tungsten line.

While there have been a number of rumors flying recently about three new Palm models, only one has been reportedly spotted (and photographed): the new business-focused Tungsten E. Think of the Tungsten E as the business suit equivalent to the corporate casual Zire 71: twice the memory of the Zire 71 (32 megs to the Z71's 16), the same 144 Mhz processor (quite speedy, although not up to the 400 Mhz in the Tungsten C), stereo sound and a Secure Digital expansion slot...but no digital camera. The Tungsten E also lacks both the slider of the Tungsten T/T2 siblings or the keyboard of the Tungsten C; it has the traditional silk-screened Graffiti area (Graffiti 2, actually), and neither Bluetooth nor Wi-Fi connectivity built in. The price? According to the person who found one, it will sell for an incredible $199!

To my mind, the Tungsten E is close to the ideal entry level Palm handheld. It's powerful, simple to use, has plenty of memory, is expandable, and is affordable. The one potential negative is that, for whatever reason, Palm has reportedly equipped the T|E with a USB connector rather than what has become the standard Palm Universal Connector. This means that the many peripherals currently for sale for Palms (from cradles to chargers to keyboards to GPS navigation systems) won't work with the T|E. For an existing user looking to trade up, this can mean extra cost, but a new user won't have a collection of now-useless peripherals. Still, if the T|E hits the marketplace with the specs reported by Mobileslash today, I will certainly be recommending it strongly for my friends and colleagues looking to buy a new PalmOS handheld. {Jonathan}

Posted by jezor at September 22, 2003 05:09 PM

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