Wireless Internet For Palm Devices

In the second half of this year, Palm Inc. will expand its product line, and
ship each handheld unit with wireless internet capabilities. Currently,
the only Palm unit which contains world wide web features is the Palm VII. In
the near future, Palm will market Palm III and Palm V versions that contain
the technology necessary for wireless communications.

The new units may contain Bluetooth chips, although this is uncertain. Palm is
aiming to create a more unified product line, which revolves around
connectivity. "We will put wireless connection capabilities into all our
handhelds," said vice president of product strategy at Palm, Michael Mace.

In the new Palm V units, the overall size will be slightly larger, to make
room for the recent technological advances, however the wireless antenna will
be internal. The new device will support instant messaging, tweaks to the chip
architecture, and Palm.net wireless services.

The new units will require major engineering and marketing efforts, however
Palm has been one of the most successful initial public offerings of
this year, raising $874 million in the IPO (excluding underwriting fees and
other costs).