Hewlett-Packard looks to cast a deeper spell on the corporate handheld market
with new devices that incorporate Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 operating system.
As previously
reported, HP will announce two new Jornada handhelds Thursday at the
Demomobile conference near San Diego. Software giant Microsoft will also be
there to unveil Pocket PC 2002, the latest version of its operating system for
handhelds. Until now, the OS was known by its code name, Merlin. The two new
handhelds, the Jornada 565 and 568, will be nearly identical except in memory
capacity and price. The Jornada 565 will come with 32MB of memory and cost $599,
while the Jornada 568 will come with 64MB of memory and cost $649. The devices
will be available starting Oct. 4 and will come with a $50 mail-in rebate until
the end of the year.
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