Tungsten W

The Palm Tungsten W ($549 without wireless service), slated to appear early this year, has little in common with its Palm OS 5 brother, the Tungsten T. The Palm OS 4.1.1 device is the first Palm branded handheld with integrated GSM/GPRS wireless capabilities, a built-in keyboard and a high-resolution screen. It features the same 5-way button for one-way navigation as the Tungsten T. With carrier activation, Palm said the Tungsten W handheld is a data-centric handheld, making it a PDA first and mobile phone second, that provides a combination of wireless email, SMS messaging, phone functionality, business applications, and Palm's PIM software. AT&T Wireless is slated to provide service in the U.S.

Palm Tungsten W

Like the Treo, the device includes only a 33MHz Motorola Dragonball processor and 16MB of RAM. It has a 65,000 color and 320 x 320 display as well as a built-in thumb keyboard. It measures 4.80 x 3.07 x 0.650-inches and weighs 6.5 ounces. To use the device as a phone, user's must use a headset like with the BlackBerry phone hybrids. If the device delivers on its promised up to 250 hours standby and 10 hours talk time then it will be one of the best smartphones in that regard.