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I was talking to someone at Palm and they told me March 4the the m515 will be in the stores

Although I haven't verified it myself through other sources, there is another palm coming out 2nd calendar quarter of this year (between 2nd half of march, and first half of june). Details of which palm this is, it's current name, or its features/price are not yet available to me. I have also found out that Palm plans to cut the price of all its handhelds, except the i705, by $20 to $50. This is most likely to drop the m100 handheld, move the m105 to the m100 position, and the m125 to the m105 position. The m500 palm will eventually be phased out, replaced by the m505 and the new palm should pick up the slack, and tighten it even more, for the dropped palms.

Palm will be releasing at least 1, sometimes 2 major "stories" every calendar quarter of this year.

-IASEDA

Does that "new units" include StrongARM-powered Palms? Or am I expecting too much?

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If Palm really wants to be compettive, they should put the m505 screen in an m100 series body and charge and charge a m100 series price for it. Then sell the improved m515 for $400.

It's a jacket- with removable sleeves. Version 1.0 was a vest only.

I thought this crap died with the Internet Bubble.

It is.
This is official, just a little early.

"Palm i705 – Built-in Secure Wireless e-Mail and Internet Access"
"Weight 5.0 oz., 3.06” x 4.65”, x 0.61”"
"One size, faceplate not interchangeable"
"$449.95"
"Palm announce date: January 28, 2002. Available for purchase: January 30, 2002·"
"Secure wireless and internet capability – send and automatically receive e-mail with end-to-end security through Microsoft Exchange. "
"·Always on and alert features - Choose how to be notified of incoming messages – even if the i705 is turned off."
"·Expandable - Add backup, memory, content, and applications with the SD Card expansion slot, and hardware peripherals with the Palm Universal Connector."

This is new info.
I wish I had gotten it earlier.
(So now the trolls and gossip-mongers can finally take a nap-they've been working hard!)
The screen is NOT color but it DOES have always-on email and an SD slot.
Not as good as we'd hoped but better than the worst-case-scenarios we have seen.

how does the i705 dimensions listed above match up? Is that a Palm III-type size?

According to Palm's web site, the m125 dimensions are:
4.82" x 3.1" x 0.87"
5.31 oz

Not sure how I missed talking about this in the last news item.

As such, the i705 compares quite favorably in terms of size and weight. This is especially impressive given the fact that it has always-on wireless. A bit disappointing about the lack of removable faceplates. Too bad they couldn't have taken advantage of the same form factor as the m10x series, though the protruding antenna and movement of the SD slot probably prevented that.

Scott

As for exchange mailbox connection... Palm didn't buy a little new york software company for their location and fashion sense.

No, it's the m127.333333337.

You go that right!

But then again, what kind of name is "i705"? If it's black and white shouldn't it be the "i700"? Maybe the pictures and info has been disinformation and the real i705 IS color!