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Palm has unveiled two new PDAs targeting corporate users, the Tungsten W, its first integrated GSM/GPRS wireless handheld with a built-in keyboard for easy data entry, and the Tungsten T, featuring one-handed, five-way navigation and an integrated Bluetooth solution for wireless connectivity.

The Tungsten W handheld is a data-centric handheld providing a combination of wireless email, SMS messaging, phone functionality, business applications and Palm's personal information management (PIM) software. The W handheld is built with one of the fastest data transfer rates available today for the GSM/GPRS network. In addition, the Tungsten W comes equipped with a large, high-resolution, 320×320-pixel color screen and a tri-band GSM/GPRS wireless radio, making it a steadfast choice for international enterprises and executives who travel, the company said

Separately, the Tungsten T handheld, the first Palm PDA built with the Palm OS 5 and OMAP1510 processor from Texas Instruments (TI), is designed at delivering smooth, one-handed data management. A high-resolution, 320×320-pixel color display delivers a great viewing experience, and the integrated Bluetooth wireless communication capabilities enable users to communicate with other Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as printers, PCs or other handhelds.

The UK prices are £599 inc VAT for the Tungsten W without wireless service and £399 inc VAT for the Tungsten T.

Read our exclusive first look here.

Comparison of Palm's Tungsten W and T PDAs

Comparison of Palm's Tungsten W and T PDAs
	Tungsten W	Tungsten T
Processor	33 MHz Dragonball processor	Texas Instruments -OMAP1510
Operating system	Palm OS 4.1.1	Palm OS 5
Memory	16MB RAM	16MB RAM
Display	320×320 16-bit color screen	Reflective TFT color screen with brightness control and support for more than 65,000 colors
Price	£599	£399

Source: company, compiled by DigiTimes, October 2002.