PalmOne Handheld Aims at iPod

May 9, 2005 By Ian Bell

The new PalmOne LifeDrive Mobile Manager is already on display at Amazon, and is expected to be available next week. It will take on Apple's iPod portable audio player.

“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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TechFreak at 1:56pm 30th July 2008 Amazon

It will cost about $499
fungku at 7:08pm 9th May 2005 I dont think this is an iPod killer since an iPod comes with a lot more storage space. It's a great iPod Mini, Zen Micro killer.
James at 12:36pm 9th May 2005 I can't wait to pick one of these up, It looks gorgeous.