Felix S. Gallo wrote: > > R. Paul writes: > >Excerpt taken from www.news.com: > > > ><snip> > > > >PalmPilot to get thinner, faster > >By Stephanie Miles > >Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM > >August 18, 1998, 5:05 p.m. PT > > > >The next generation of 3Com's PalmPilot will offer > >improved handwriting recognition, a slimmer design, > >and a faster processor, industry sources confirmed > >today. [...] > > >Anyone know what processor their planning on using? Just a faster > >version of the one they're using now? > > The Palm development support staff just recently mentioned on > the Palm developer mailing list that the new processor for at least > one model will be the 68832EZ, which is actually a Dragonball > Lite. Same speed as the regular Dragonball, but fewer or > less powerful peripherals. It has a much smaller form factor, > and presumably a far lower cost. > > It's my bet that News.com is, as usual, full of it, and that the > Palm plan is to stick with the completely satisfactory processor > speed they have and instead optimize the other factors. yeah, there was some debate on slashdot.org about the validity of this article since 3com hasn't announced anything, and it appears that the information form this article was gleaned from discussion on PalmWorld's web site. But as with all gossip, it's usually based around a small grain of truth. *usually* :) -Paul -- R. Paul McCarty / DARS Coordinator / rpmc@troi.cc.rochester.edu / x52059 317 Lattimore Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 Computers don't make errors; what they do, they do on purpose.-Dale/KOTH
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