Product: Palm Tungsten C Pros: Big memory, high-speed processor, built-in Wi-Fi and a crisp display Cons: Poor mono audio, no microphone Price: HK$3,890
Having lifted the lid on Palm's new Tungsten C handheld last month, we have now had time to give the device a thorough road test, and the results are impressive.
At first glance the C looks virtually identical to Palm's mobile phone hybrid the Tungsten W, but inside the case lurks the biggest Palm upgrade to date.
In the past, Palm has advanced one cautious step at a time: wireless access in the Palm VII, colour in the IIIC, an expansion slot with the Tungsten T. But this time, we get three major improvements in one go.
First, Palm has dropped its 16-bit Dragonball processors in favour of a 32-bit 400 megahertz XScale chip from Intel. This allows Palm to make the most of its new Palm OS 5.2.1 operating system and makes this undoubtedly the fastest PDA on the market, whatever the platform.
Next comes the memory. At long last, we get a reasonable amount of storage space - in this case, 64 megabytes, or 51MB when pre-installed software is discounted.