SANTA CLARA – In a move to bring vivid colour to handheld users worldwide, Palm, Inc. unveiled the Palm m130 and m515 handhelds. Both feature bright colour screens that support more than 65,000 colours, Palm’s dual-expansion technology, and access to more than 13,000 commercial software applications in addition to the popular Personal Information Manager (PIM) and intuitive user interface that have made Palm products the world’s favorite handheld computers.
The two new colour handhelds join the recently debuted Palm i705 handheld
— an integrated wireless email and messaging device for U.S. customers — to
round out Palm’s early 2002 product lineup. The Palm m130 and m515 handhelds
are immediately available in most countries worldwide for an estimated U.S.
street price of US$279 and US$399, respectively.
“We’ve created the Palm m130 handheld to bring colour and rechargeable
batteries to a broader market, giving value-conscious consumers a fun and easy
way to organize their lives; share photos and video clips; and view, edit and
create documents,” said Todd Bradley, executive vice president and chief
operating officer of Palm’s Solutions Group. “Professionals will find the Palm
m515 handheld a compelling way to gain more control over their business and
personal lives. With 16MB of memory, the handheld lets businesspeople more
easily carry their corporate databases, important applications, and Word,
Excel and PowerPoint files anywhere for instant productivity. And customers
can access their email accounts and the Internet on both handhelds when
coupled with a compatible data-enabled mobile phone or modem and an ISP.”
Palm’s dual-expansion technology comprises the Palm Expansion Card Slot
(for use with SD Card and MultiMediaCard media), which allows people to carry
and share office-productivity and education software, eBooks, photos, short
videos, extensive reference materials, back-up capabilities and extra memory,
and the Palm Universal Connector for attaching add-on modules, such as a
collapsible keyboards and modems.
Palm m130 Handheld
The Palm m130 handheld builds on the highly successful Palm m100 series,
and offers the most affordable Palm Powered colour handheld available
today. An easy-to-use, durable and flexible product, the Palm m130 handheld is
ideal for value-conscious consumers who value a bright colour display and a
rechargeable battery, including young professionals, first-time buyers,
students and users who want to upgrade from the Palm m100 and m105 handhelds.
A rechargeable battery means users never have to worry about replacing
batteries. Palm’s dual-expansion technology and 8MB of memory give users the
ability to add on to the Palm m130 handheld as their need for more powerful
handheld applications grows. A removable flip-cover protects the colour screen,
and colour faceplates easily snap on and off to add style and pizzazz.
Palm m515 Handheld
A stylish marriage of form and function, the Palm m515 handheld provides
the tools mobile professionals need in a sophisticated, elegant handheld. The
new brighter colour display and 16MB of memory let users work at their best no
matter where they are, making the Palm m515 handheld the premier choice for
managing a busy executive’s mobile lifestyle.
Brighter and easier to read than ever, the m515 handheld’s new colour
screen offers adjustable backlighting for maximum viewing control, and 16MB of
memory means more room for professional and personal data. Palm’s
dual-expansion technology enables users to back up the handheld on-the-go; add
new software, business applications, or memory; and attach peripherals, such
as a keyboard, a GPS receiver, or a wireless modem — for a tool that grows
with the user’s needs.
The Palm m515 handheld’s powerful organizer software and support for
familiar office software, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, make
it the smart professional choice.
FEATURES
Brilliant,
adjustable colour display
A new, brighter
colour display offers outstanding readability with more than 65,000 colours and
an adjustable backlight for maximum viewing control.
Plenty
of room
16MB of memory allows you to carry PowerPoint presentations, Word and Excel
documents, photos, large applications, databases and more—without running out
of room.
Work anywhere
The included
Documents To Go from DataViz is the best way to view, create and edit Word or
Excel files and view and share PowerPoint presentations on your handheld.
Expand
your options
Use MultiMediaCard
and SD expansion cards to add memory, software, eBooks, maps and more. Snap
hardware add-ons including modems and keyboards to the Palm™ Universal Connector.
Connect on the go
Use the included Mobile Connectivity software with a compatible data-enabled mobile phone or modem (optional, not included) to send and receive email (ISP required), SMS text and data and access the Internet with included Mobile Connectivity software.
