Palm to purchase Handspring

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "Alan A. Reiter" <alan.reiter () verizon net>
> To: "David Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> It was just announced today that Palm will be purchasing Handspring.
>
> Handspring, which was founded by Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky -- who
> co-founded Palm -- in the past few years has switched its emphasis from
> "plain" PDAs to wireless enabled "communicators," for both GSM and CDMA
> cellular networks. Handspring does not have a PDA with integrated WiFi or
> Mobitex.
>
> Palm has a few wireless-enabled devices, such as the new WiFi-enabled
> Tungsten W and the Mobitex-enabled i705.
>
> It will be interesting to see how the two companies approach wireless.
> Technologically, it looks like a good match since both companies offer PDAs
> with different types of wireless capabilities.
>
> Here's the press release from Palm --
>
> <http://pressroom.palm.com/InvestorRelations/PubNewsStory.aspx?partner=Mzg0Tl>http://pressroom.palm.com/InvestorRelations/PubNewsStory.aspx?partner=Mzg0Tl
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> Alan
>
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