
Palm, Inc. announced the Palm Bluetooth Card at the Bluetooth Congress 2001. The card will enable local communication (within 10 meters, or 30 feet) between Palm handhelds and other Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, printers, network hubs, and other handhelds. Designed using the open industry-standard Secure Digital Input/Output specification, the Palm Bluetooth Card can be slipped into Palm products that have the SD/MultiMediaCard expansion slot, currently the Palm m500 and m505 handhelds. The card, jointly developed between Palm and Toshiba is expected to be available before the end of the year for $150 or less (estimated U.S. street price).