Jini also allows your little PalmPilot to draw unused processing power from a supercomputer.
In 1996, Palm Computing, then a recently acquired division of U.S. Robotics, unleashed the remarkable PalmPilot upon the world.
Graffiti, the handwriting recognition system that ships on 3Com's PalmPilot, also requires learning a bit of shorthand.
If you needed a PalmPilot or DVD player in an hour, Kozmo was there for that, too.
Through its on-line store, Dell also sells some 30, 000 computer-related products including Hewlett-Packard printers and PalmPilot organizers.
These preproduction models from Samsung were feather-light, with a slightly smaller screen than the standard PalmPilot size.
That is until you realize that the PalmPilot doesn't use any Microsoft software.
At Geoworks Dougherty perfected the systems necessary to run applications in a small handheld device, such as a PalmPilot.
Back in 1987, before the PalmPilot was even a distant glimmer on the horizon, Kaplan, then a computer scientist working for Lotus Corp.
While the original PalmPilot sold due to its simplicity, the temptation to add new features has proved too strong, largely driven by - what else?
The original PalmPilot organizer, launched in 1996, was a sensational hit.
This version offers you local information (such as weather and movie times), and it features RealPlayer G2, PalmPilot syncing tools, and 56-bit cryptography for secure transactions.
Dataquest's Martin criticized both the PalmPilot and Windows CE devices.
But Epocrates which was founded in 1998 to provide drug information to doctors using the PalmPilot became extremely popular soon after Steve Jobs touted its iPhone App.
In the palm-size category, absolutely nothing beats 3Com's PalmPilot.
Samsung of South Korea used the CTIA Wireless 2001 trade show to display working models of the SPH-1300, which will join the chorus of phones that wear a second hat as PalmPilot.
Other manufacturers like Palm Computing (nasdaq: PALM - news - people) have picked the technology for a forthcoming MP3 player add-on for the PalmPilot, and more are sure to follow.
The PalmPilot runs on top of Palm OS, an extremely user-friendly, stripped-down bit of software that is just about perfect for an electronic organizer, although it would struggle to master anything much more complicated.
Jeff Hawkins, inventor of the PalmPilot and the Treo mobile phone, used a chunk of his money to fund research into understanding the nature of consciousness, and he even wrote a book on the topic.
Bluetooth, on the other hand, is aimed not just at PCs, but at a whole range of electronic devices, from your PalmPilot to your mobile phone, and pretty much any device you might ever want to share bits with.
Despite the smaller displays of mobile telephones and devices such as the PalmPilot, users will be able to send and receive e-mails, perform e-commerce transactions and get real-time updates on such things as share prices, travel, weather, news and sporting events.
Most are simple designs, essentially a pen with a rubber tip that mimics the conductive property and shape of a fingertip. (Steer clear of styluses with fine, hard plastic tips, which are designed for older gadgets like the PalmPilot and won't work with today's touch screens).
Like its predecessors, the newest PalmPilot, the Palm III, is one of the best-designed bits of consumer electronics ever made. 3Com's proprietary operating system, the Palm OS, is amazingly intuitive and perfectly adapted to a device that most users turn on for mere seconds at a time.
Downloading vital E-mails and telephone numbers from your desktop machine is a cinch and perhaps best of all, the popularity of the PalmPilot series--International Data Corp. reckons there are more than 1.5 million out there--means that there is a wide variety of free software available on the web.
Because it boots up in a few seconds, rather than thinking of the Acer as a mini laptop it might make more sense to view it as a beefed-up personal digital assistant, such as an old PalmPilot or Psion, but with a better screen and a proper keyboard.
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