Palm makes a pocket PC. Graffiti-hataz, rejoice.

Xeni Jardin 10:32 pm Mon May 5, 2003

In Slate, Paul Boutin reviews the new Palm Tungsten C which was released to US consumers just today:

Part of the C's sex appeal is sheer speed. Wi-Fi delivers screaming downloads, 10 times faster than Palm's previous wireless service. It's harder to find places to get online, but once you do, clocking a steady 600 kilobits per second is no problem. Manipulating all that data can be a struggle, though. Palm's e-mail client is fine, but the browser is just OK. Web sites often appear onscreen in a confusing jumble of overlapping text and graphics — even on pages that pass the World Wide Web Consortium's standards tests. Many pages are presented wider than the screen, requiring awkward back-and-forth scrolling to read them. You wouldn't give up your laptop, but for catching up on BoingBoing while out of the office, the Tungsten C works fine. You can use it to download AOL Instant Messenger and a zillion Palm apps through VersionTracker. WiFinder has tools for finding Wi-Fi hotspots as you travel.

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