# Is Palm discontinuing its non-wireless handhelds?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-palm-discontinuing-its-non-wireless-handhelds/344409 "2006-02-14T05:00:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-palm-discontinuing-its-non-wireless-handhelds/344409/1 "2006-02-14T05:00:23Z")

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I’d like a simple PDA, but don’t need the cell-phone versions, like Palm’s Treos, nor do I want internet on it - just the basic (or should I say primitive?) PDA.

I notice that the Zire 31 is listed on their main page as “temporarily out of stock.”

Are they winding down the non-wireless lines and going to wireless and cellphone models only?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-palm-discontinuing-its-non-wireless-handhelds/344409/2 "2006-02-14T06:45:17Z")

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No, to the best of my knowledge, they will continue to develop their PDA line.

Top of the line right now is the Palm [LifeDrive](http://www.palm.com/us/products/mobilemanagers/lifedrive/).

My recommendation for value for money is the Palm [Zire 72](http://www.palm.com/us/products/handhelds/zire72/)

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**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-palm-discontinuing-its-non-wireless-handhelds/344409/3 "2006-02-14T06:56:31Z")

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> [@Northern Piper](#):
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> I’d like a simple PDA, but don’t need the cell-phone versions, like Palm’s Treos, nor do I want internet on it - just the basic (or should I say primitive?) PDA.
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> I notice that the Zire 31 is listed on their main page as “temporarily out of stock.”
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> Are they winding down the non-wireless lines and going to wireless and cellphone models only?

I had a Zire 31 and had to take it back because it crashed a lot; I got a Tungsten E instead, which is great, I use it as a music player; but now it’s the E2 and [$299 CDN](http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10067763&catid=20300). The still have Z22’s so they still have some interest in the stone tablet customers like us 😃