Palm is looking to upgrade its offerings in a big way. Big in the memory department. While my Handspring deluxe has 8 mb of memory, we're talking a 4 GB hard drive. This will enable it to hold a realistic number of music files, and to leave your iPod mini at home. Adding wifi to the device will also enhance its usability. Glad to see that Palm is waking up and planning something serious here. No w only if the price tag was a little more affordable.
The No. 1 handheld maker will introduce LifeDrive Mobile Manager on May 18, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. The $499 device will come with a 4GB Hitachi Microdrive and two flavors of wireless networking--Bluetooth and 802.11b Wi-Fi.
Combined with organizer features, the music-playing handheld could compete with Apple Computer's $199 4GB iPod Mini.
PalmOne is aiming to establish a new line of multimedia players featuring software for playing music and displaying pictures. LifeDrive will be a new line for PalmOne, but the hard drive may find its way into other products while carrying over the LifeDrive name, according to sources. Plans for such a move are still tentative.
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