GSM Snap-on Phone for Palm V Announced
Palm, Inc. and RealVision announced today plans to release in Europe and Asia a clip-on Web-enabled cellular phone for the V series. The GSM peripheral will include a wireless data and voice connection by snapping onto the serial port as a sled. Data functions include Palm Web-clipping applications and SMS (short message system) messaging. Voice functions include manual phone dialing, dialing directly from Address Book records, call-forwarding, caller-ID and ear piece volume.
It should be available in early 2001 for less than $299 when purchased with a 1-year wireless service plan.
"Voice communication and wireless data connectivity are priorities for Palm and our development community,'' said Barry Cottle, chief operating officer for Content and Access at Palm, Inc. "This GSM sled will provide Palm V handheld users in Europe and Asia with a convenient method for voice interaction, as well as an elegant means to access Palm wireless services and Internet content.''
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RE: Too bad for us US folks
Palm Net :(
What do I want? I want to buy the sled ($300 is a bit much, but for cutting edge, I can deal with it), swap out my GSM chip from my vurrent phone into the sled (Voicestream wireless here in the NW US is a GSM network), slap the sled onto the back of my PalmV and start making phone calls and dialing into my current ISP for net connection.
If they limit the data usage to Palm.net, I won't go anywhere near it.
-Greg
Re: Too bad for us US folks
GSM snap-on
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