One of the biggest hits with U.S. business professionals in recent years has been the palm computer.
Around the world palm computer use is poised to hit critical mass as a number of new technologies coalesce.
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) stream of acquisitions in the early 2000, including the acquisition of Compaq Computer and Palm Inc. that supposed to help the company compete effectively against Dell Computer (NASDAQ:DELL) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is another case in point with the acquisition of Compaq Computer, HP rode the declining trend of the PC market, while with the acquisition of Palm Inc.
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It can also allow a business professional to arrive for a presentation carrying only a palm-size computer, which will be able to pull the presentation off the Web.
Through a UPS arrangement with 3Com, he can click on the UPS shield on the latest Palm VII handheld computer, enter a UPS tracking number and immediately learn the whereabouts of his goods.
Palm, which spun off from computer giant 3Com last year, said it was having difficulties with a shortage of components for its popular electronic organiser, the Palm Vx and new entry level m100.
Ironically, the closest Slim gets to computer literacy is navigating his Palm V: He uses the calculator and address book, but someone else has to enter the addresses and phone numbers for him.
Microsoft has teamed up with ten manufacturers, including Legend, China's largest computer maker, to market Chinese Palm PCs.
And the advance guard of this revolution is neither a console nor a computer, but a flat, thin, palm-sized piece of plastic.
Users will be able to choose how they connect to the network from myriad appliances from Palm Pilots (see article) to giant conference-room computer whiteboards.
Named to remind people of the iPod mini, this is a fully-fledged but tiny computer it almost fit into Mr Jobs's palm.
Three years later, they've got a phone on the market: a cute, palm-sized object that looks a bit like it's derived from the original Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iMac, all curves and transparent tinted plastic.
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