This is the basis for tomorrow's wireless Internet device. All he could talk about was how every Palm from now on was going to be a wireless device, like the Palm VII already is. Just this week at PC Expo, Palm announced a mobile Internet kit that will be available this fall. It will connect Palm IIIs and Palm Vs to cell phones, which can be used as modems to surf the Web. There will always be more Web-ready cell phones than Palms, but there is no reason that the Palm should not provide the better wireless Web experience.
Phones are clumsy Internet-trolling devices.
Using the stylus to click and surf is just so much more tactile and satisfying than scrolling down an all-text menu on a phone screen. And this is just the company's first try. Future Palms will be sleeker, faster, and more fun to use. What is attracting them is the 7 million Palms already out in the market. Companies such as Sony and Nokia are licensing the Palm OS to put into their own future devices.