Palm today has announced several partnerships designed to further drive adoption of its Tungsten C handheld. The Tungsten C is Palm’s high-powered 802.11b (Wi-Fi)-enabled handheld, aimed primarily at businessusers.
First and foremost, VLI is introducing Gphone for Palm handhelds to enable VoIP for Palm Tungsten C handheld users. Gphone is a VoIP(Voice-over-IP) application available for several platforms that will allow users to place phone calls to any other Gphone-using Tungsten C, Pocket PC, or desktop system, or even over the publictelephone network. Gphone also integrates into existing infrastructures to allow for automatic call forwarding to the handheld, and lets users within the same company call each other over the companynetwork without any telephone costs at all.
