Facing stiffer competition in the hand-held market, Palm has announced two new promotions. The smarter business case promotion includes a Palm m515, AU$100 cash back, free software and a 4 issue subscription to Fortune Magazine, for AU$869. The Palm m130 Cash-back offer simply gives you a AU$150 cash-back coupon when you spend AU$639 on a Palm m130. Both offers last from July 1 to August 31.
3Com has announced the July release of OfficeConnect Cable/DSL Secure Gateway, which contains a packet of security features for a broadband Internet connection. It also allows multiple users to connect to a single cable or DSL line.
Handspring has announced the Australian availability of the Treo 270, which has all the capabilities of the Treo 180 plus a little bit more. It comes with a full colour display, and combines a mobile phone with wireless applications, Internet browsing and a Palm OS organiser, with a full QWERTY keyboard. It has been certified for use on the Vodafone network. The cost is AU$1,599, although that will vary with individual service contracts.
HP has announced three new scanners which include software for users to copy images to CDs (if they have a CD Writer), and view the images on PC, VCD or DVD (if the DVD player supports it). The Scanjet 2300c has a 600 x 1200 dpi optical resolution, previews scans in 14 seconds and goes for AU$169. For AU$249 you can get a 10 second scan at 1200 x 1200 dpi with the Scanjet 3500, and a further hundred dollars for the Scanjet 3570c adds a built-in adaptor for scanning 35mm negatives and slides.
7%
3%
