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BetaNews: All Palms to Have Internet Access Within the Year

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 3, 2000

“The CEO of Palm Inc., Carl Yankowski vowed today, “All of our
Palms will have access to the Internet by the end of the year”
…there will be “an attachment that will clip onto [palm]
device[s],” for users who have already purchased palms lacking
Internet access.”

“Also mentioned were purported “Blue Tooth” wireless connections
that would permit for any device to connect, without the use of
cables, to supplementary computers and devices such as
printers.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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