PalmOne LifeDrive – new iPod rival?

May 20, 2005 Apple, Industry News, MP3 Players

PalmOne Inc.’s new handheld with a built-in hard drive makes it possible to jam more rich content than ever into your pocket.

Palm LifeDrive

PalmOne Inc., the world’s biggest maker of hand-held computers, began selling Wednesday a new device that combines business and entertainment functions and targets Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod Photo digital players.

The LifeDrive mobile manager has a 4-gigabyte micro-disk drive that can store and play digital music, photos and video, as well as access data generated by business programs from Microsoft Corp., Stephane Maes, PalmOne’s director of product management, said in an interview.

{ Source; PalmOne LifeDrive; Apple iPod Photo }

The world’s largest maker of hand-held computers is trying to gain back the market leadership, which lose to the Pocket PC. A PDA now is not just a PDA.
Let see how does Apple react to the PalmOne’s move.

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  1. 1
    dannyFoo Says:
    May 24th, 2005 at 1:18 am

    It does look cool. And I feel it’ll definetely setup a stronger competition for the iPod. However, iPod not only has market share but publicity, afforable price and Mac enthusiasts that are fast increasing.

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    The MP3 Players Says:
    May 24th, 2005 at 2:40 am

    Another Apple’s superiority is the brand loyalty of Mac enthusiasts. They are so faithful to Apple’s brand. Steve Jobs had really done an excellent job since the launch of iMac.