Palm, Inc. introduced a handheld computer with built-in high-speed wireless connectivity: the Palm Tungsten C handheld. As Wi-Fi hotspots become increasingly commonplace in airports, hotels, offices, hospitals, and universities across the nation, Tungsten C handheld users can gain fast wireless access to the Internet, email, messaging, large applications, and other corporate data while traveling or anywhere within their business’ Wi-Fi-enabled network.

The Tungsten C handheld debuts several innovations in design and technology to address what campus networkers want most in a handheld. It is Palm’s first device to ship with integrated Wi-Fi, or 802.11b, for wireless campus connectivity. It offers 64MB of memory to manage data-intensive applications; 400MHz of ARM processing power to reduce wait times for almost any query or application; a 320 x 320 transflective TFT display; and integrated, full-featured business applications, such as VersaMail 2.5 for email, and DataViz Documents To Go for managing Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint compatible documents.