PalmOne Handheld Aims at iPod

“Amazon’s says the “LifeDrive” comes with a high-resolution screen, a powerful computer chip, and will be available on May 18 for about $500. That price is higher than most of Apple Computer Inc.’s dominant iPod digital music players, but “LifeDrive” would have more varied features.

Analysts say the device could re-energize the product line of PalmOne, the leading seller of pocket-sized personal digital assistants, or PDAs, a one-hot market now in decline as more and more PDA calendar-and-contact features find their way into traditional mobile phones. “

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