palmOne releases Tungsten E2 handheld PDA

Milpitas, CA, April 13, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- As expected, palmOne (Nasdaq: PLMO) today announced the Tungsten E2 handheld, priced at US $249. The new version of the Tungsten E adds a brighter color screen, flash memory, Bluetooth wireless technology and a more powerful battery.

The E2's features include: Brighter 320x320 color display 32MB of non-volatile flash memory with 26MB actual storage capacity Longer battery life Flash memory to protect the information on the handheld even if the battery runs out. Built-in Bluetooth to synchronize with desktop PCs wirelessly or with a compatible Bluetooth phone to access the Web.

• Portable MP3(3) player. Users plug in an expansion card with MP3s and use the built-in speaker or stereo headphones.
• Photo sharing: Photos or video clips can be carried by inserting an SD Card from a digital camera.
• DataViz's Documents To Go software, which allows use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. as well as Acrobat PDF files with a simple conversion step.
• 200MHz Intel XScale processor
• 32MB of RAM (26MB user available)

palmOne's Tungsten E2 handheld has an estimated U.S. street price of $249 and is available starting today from the palmOne online store and select retail stores worldwide.

The company also reduced the price of the Zire 31 handheld by $20 -- now $129 (estimated U.S. street price).

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