Handspring Handspring Handspring Handspring Handspring HandEra HandEra IBM Kyocera Palm Palm Palm Palm Palm Palm Palm Palm Sony Symbol Symbol Symbol Symbol Symbol Symbol Symbol
Visor Visor Deluxe Visor Platinum Visor Prism Visor Edge 330 TRGpro WorkPad c3 QCP-6035 m100 m105 IIIxe IIIc Vx m500 m505 VIIx CLIE PEG-S300 SPT-1500 (2MB) SPT-1500 (4MB) SPT-1700 (2MB) SPT-1700 (8MB) SPT-1700-2D SPT-1740 SPT-1740-2D
MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68VZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328 MC68EZ328
16 MHz 16 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz   16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz
3.1H 3.1H 3.5.2H 3.5.2H 3.5.2H2.0 3.5.2 3.3 3.1 3.5.2 3.5.1 3.5.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 4 4 3.5 3.5.1 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2
no Flash no Flash no Flash no Flash no Flash 2 16-Feb 2   no Flash no Flash 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 8 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 expandable 2 4 2 8 8 2 8
yes yes yes yes yes yes no no yes no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Springboard Springboard Springboard Springboard Springboard CF Type II and SD CF Type II no no no no no no no SD SD no Memory Stick no no no no no no no
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
optional optional optional optional optional yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes optional optional yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
standard standard standard standard standard optional optional optional   optional optional optional optional optional standard standard optional standard optional optional optional optional optional optional optional
optional optional optional optional optional no NA no no no no no no no no no no no SE900 laser SE900 laser SE900 laser SE900 laser PDF417 2D SE900 laser PDF417 2D
33.6 optional module 33.6 optional module 33.6 optional module 33.6 optional module 33.6 optional module 33.6 optional CF/serial 33.6 optional via phone no no 33.6 optional 33.6 optional 33.6 optional 56K optional 56K optional wireless/ext optional no 33.6 optional 33.6 optional 33.6 optional     802.11b 802.11b
2AAA 2AAA 2AAA Li-Ion Li-Ion   2AAA Li-Ion   2AAA 2AAA 2AAA Li-Ion Li-Ion Li-Ion Li-Ion 2AAA Li-Ion 2AAA 2AAA 1.35Ah Li-Ion 1.35Ah Li-Ion 1.35Ah Li-Ion 1.35Ah Li-Ion 1.35Ah Li-Ion
no no no no no yes/optional no through dock yes no no no through dock through dock through dock through dock no yes no no no no no no no
1.5-2 months 1.5-2 months 1.5-2 months 1-2 weeks 3-4 weeks   1 month 1 month 180 hours standby 1.5-2 months 1.5-2 months 1.5-2 months 1-2 weeks 1 month 1-2 months 2-4 weeks 1-4 weeks 2-3 weeks 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 240x320 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160 160x160
16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 64K colors 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 256 color 16 gray 16 gray 64K colors 16 gray 16 gray 4 gray 4 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray 16 gray
yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) yes (inverted) always on yes (inverted) yes (inverted) sidelit yes (inverted) yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
separate buttons separate buttons separate buttons separate buttons separate buttons front center front center front center front center front center front center front center separate buttons front center separate buttons separate buttons front center front center front center front center front center front center front center front center front center
no no no no no yes no no yes no no no no no no no no yes no no no no no no no
w/optional module w/optional module w/optional module w/optional module w/optional module yes no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
w/optional module w/optional module w/optional module w/optional module w/optional module w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory no w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory w/optional accessory
4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front + T9 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front 4 front
Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone, light Tone Tone Tone Tone, light, vib Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone, light, vib Tone, light, vib Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone Tone
4.8x3.0x0.7 4.8x3.0x0.7 4.8x3.0x0.7 4.8x3.0x0.8 4.7x3.1x0.44 4.7x3.2x0.7 4.7x3.2x0.8 4.5x3.1x0.4 5.6x2.5x0.86 4.33x3.12x0.72 4.33x3.12x0.72 4.7x3.2x0.7 5.06x3.17x.67 4.5x3.1x0.4 4.5x3.1x0.4 4.5x3.1x0.5 5.25x3.25x0.75 2.79x4.52x0.6 5.5 x 3.1 x 0.7 5.5 x 3.1 x 0.7 6.9 x 3.6 x 0.9 6.9 x 3.6 x 0.9 6.9 x 3.6 x 0.9 6.9 x 3.6 x 0.9 6.9 x 3.6 x 0.9
5.4 oz 5.4 oz 5.4 oz 6.9 oz 4.8 oz 5.9 oz 6 oz 4 oz 7.34 oz 4.4 oz 4.4 oz 5.3 oz 6.8 oz 4 oz 4 oz 4.9 oz 6.8 oz 4.27 oz 6.1 oz. 6.1 oz. 11.85 oz. 11.85 oz. 11.85 oz. 11.85 oz. 11.85 oz.
standard standard standard standard standard standard standard standard standard plastic digitizer plastic digitizer standard standard standard standard standard standard standard standard standard rugged rugged rugged rugged rugged
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no, case included no no no no no no no
$169 $249 $299 $449 $399 $349 $249 $299 $499 $129 $199 $249 $299 $299 $399 $449 $399 $399 $590 $740 $1,095 $1,245 $1,495 $1,765 $1,765
$169 $199 $299 $449 $399 $349 $249 $284 $499 $129 $199 $237 $299 $250 $399 $449 $270 $260 $535 $740 $1,095 $1,245 $1,495 $1,765 $1,765
now now now now now Late June 2001 now now, IBM website via providers now now now now now now Late May 2001 now now now   now now now now now
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Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps* Standard Apps*
DateBook + DateBook + DateBook + DateBook + DateBook + CardPro CardPro   MyPalm Apps Mobile Internet Kit Mobile Internet Kit       Documents To Go Documents To Go Web Clipping Applications gMedia              
City Time City Time City Time City Time City Time Backup Backup   Eudora Internet mail, browser           PhotoSuite Mobile     TrueSync              
        Fast Lookup QuickOffice                 AOL email     AvantGo              
                                                 
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*Standard Apps generally include: Address Book, Date Book, To Do, Memo Pad, Calculator, Expense, HotSync                                                
                                                 

Last Updated on 4/26/01
By C. H. Blickenstorfer