Palm preparing Tungsten X and Zire 22?

Posted on Friday, September 16 2005 @ 15:15 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Palminfocenter heard Palm is preparing to release two new PDAs this Fall. This includes the Tungsten X and the Zire 22.

According to their sources the Tungsten T5 will be replaced by the Tungsten X on October 11th.

The Tungsten X (which may be a codename) will have a 312MHz Intel XScale processor and will run Palm OS Garnet 5.4.9. It will have a 320 x 480 pixel display, 128MB non-volatile memory, 802.11 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 1.2 and a SDIO expansion slot. It may also have an integrated digital camera and voice recording and will be priced at $299.

Then there's also a rumour that Palm is preparing a Zire 22 handheld. This one will have a 160 x 160 pixel color screen, 32MB RAM and no SD slot. It should retail for $99.

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