Hewlett-Packard launches its Pocket PC line

Worldwide Computer Products News, April 28, 2000

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Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) has unveiled its new HP Jornada 540 Series Color Pocket PC personal digital assistants.

In addition to a personal information manager the products are designed to provide users with easy synchronisation to their desktop PCs, access to e-mail and the Internet, expandability for wireless connectivity and software applications for spare time.

Each HP Jornada 540 series box comes packed with a travel charger, USB cradle and a suite of Microsoft Pocket PC applications. The Pocket PCs also include a collection of productivity and communication software such as AOL Mail and Yahoo! Messenger as well as other software.

Technical features include a 240x320 pixel 65,536 colour display and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.

The HP Jornada 540 and 545 models, which come with 16Mb of RAM, are available now in North America for USD499.50. The HP Jornada 548, with 32Mb of RAM, is expected to be available in May for USD599.50.

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