Two new announcements, please do not discuss or forward this information until tomorrow, Monday, October 4th, 1999, when the announcements will have been officially released and posted off of the www.palm.com website. ********** Palm VII National Launch Monday, October 4th, 1999! The Palm VII Wireless Connected Organizer will now be available in stores nationwide. After 4 1/2 months of only being available in the New York tri-state area, the immensely popular Palm VII Wireless Connected Organizer will reach consumers from the east coast to the west coast. You, as a developer for the Palm Computing Platform, will now have an even larger market for your Palm web clipping and .prc applications. If you have been waiting to develop a wireless web clipping application, wait no longer, go wireless with a web clipping application or enhance your current application with wireless functionality! Web clipping applications (also known as PQAs) are simple and easy to develop using a subset of HTML and the web clipping application builder. Existing .prcs can be enhanced with wireless capabilities using the INetLib API. Learn all about developing web clipping applications from the Palm Development Zone web at http://www.palm.com/devzone/palmvii. Then, follow the "Developers: Click here" link at the bottom of http://www.palm.net/apps/index.html to upload your web clipping applications onto the Palm.Net web and reach thousands of Palm VII wireless users. New price plans are available! The Basic and Expanded plans have the overage fee reduced from 30 cents to 20 cents per kilobyte, yet still retain the $9.99 and $24.99 monthly fees for 50 Kb and 150 Kb respectively. A new plan, the Volume plan, provides 300 Kb per month for $39.99, but, if you sign-up for the Volume plan before January 4, 2000, a special promotional rate of 1000 Kb per month for the same $39.99 will be given to you for a six month period, after which the Kb rate will automatically return to 300 Kb per month. Overage fee for the Volume plan is also a low 20 cents per Kb. An activation fee of $9.99 will be charged for each newly activated account in any of the three plans. ********* On Monday, October 4th, 1999, Palm Computing, Inc. will be announcing the Palm Vx (TM) connected organizer. The suggested retail price is $449 Software: Palm OS 3.3 The ROM image for the Palm Vx is the same as the upgrade software available in the Solution Provider's Developer Seeding area. FEATURES OF PALM OS 3.3 Faster HotSync (r) Operation Cradle-based HotSync operations can now take place at 115,200 bps, twice the previous maximum speed. Your handheld automatically connects as fast as possible. Infrared (IR) HotSync Operation-you don't need cables to perform HotSync operations with your laptop while you are on the road. Synchronize with a computer that has an IR port. IrCOMM implementation --the IR capabilities of your handheld are now even broader. Palm OS 3.3 now supports the IrCOMM implementation of the IrDA standards. Any device that supports the IrCOMM standard such as your Ericsson cell phone - can communicate with your handheld. Euro currency support -enter the euro character the same way you would any other character: using the onscreen keyboard, Graffiti� writing, or the Palm Desktop organizer software. Use the euro like any other currency in Palm Expense and all other applications for your handheld. Improved Serial Manager Flexibility: perform IR HotSync operations on the road or at home, and continue to use your cradle in the office. New Connection Preferences screen reflects all the ways you can stay connected: network, modem, infrared, and serial port. More flexibility for serial port connections use COM ports higher than COM4 if available. Includes Login Script Enhancements-enables access to a wider range of secure network systems that use token-based authentication. Your handheld gets even more connected and helps you to access confidential business information. Bundles Update 3.1.1 Enhancements - Palm OS Software 3.3 Upgrade includes system patch 3.1.1, which corrects minor issues with screen refresh rates and clicking noises that occur when the cover pressed buttons on your handheld. Hardware: Member of the Palm V (TM) device series Same dimensions as the Palm V device series 2 MB of Flash ROM 8 MB of RAM 20MHz EZ Dragonball processor Enhanced display--same as the Palm V device The Palm Vx connected organizer will only be available through North American retail stores. You will be able to view a picture of the Palm Vx connected organizer on the website http://www.palm.com on Monday, October 4th, 1999! Again, PLEASE do not discuss or forward this information until these announcements are made officially. Have a good day, Cheri Leonard Palm Computing Development Support Engineer **** Normally this information is sent only to members of the Palm Computing Solution Provider Program, if you are not registered, please sign up at http://www.palm.com/devzone/pavilion.html **** Don't forgot to sign up for Palm Computing's worldwide developer conference known as PalmSource99; see more information and sign up at http://www.palmsource.com/. I hope to see you there!
