WHAT'S MAKING PALM SWEAT

摘要

The PocketPC began life as a very ugly duckling. But if the clunky "Palm-size PCs" of 1998 haven't quite turned into something beautiful, the latest versions built on Microsoft's new PocketPC 2002 software have at least become a flock of attractive and useful handheld computers.rnI checked out three brand-new models, the Hewlett-Packard Jornada 560, on sale starting Oct. 4, and the Compaq iPAQ 3800 and Toshiba e570, which appear in a few weeks. Although all share the same basic software, a 240-by-320-pixel color display, and an Intel Strong-arm processor (Technology & You, Oct. 1), each offers its own strengths.