Palm Lends a Hand in Roadside Emergencies

Palm is now the first wireless computing device to lend a hand to stranded motorists. 1-800 Tow Truck is offering a free tow truck referrals and taxi requests to stranded drivers using a Palm VII wireless device. More at this CNET article.

"Traveler SOS offers Palm handheld customers a versatile and easy-to-use program for emergencies on the road," Byron Connell, vice president of Palm's consumer marketing group, said in a statement today. "Applications like this are a great example of how Palm handhelds and Web clipping technology can be used to create powerful solutions for our customers."

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