Handspring drops PDA-phone combo price to $99
Handspring Inc. is offering its Treo 180 communicators (the combo phone and PDA) for $99, escalating a price war in the hand-held market, according to this Dow Jones Newswire story in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). Palm had already reduced the price of the entry-level PDA with its newest $99 Zire launch.
The Mountain View, Calif., company said Monday that customers who purchase a Treo 180 or 180g with a GPRS service contract from T-Mobile can get $150 through a mail-in rebate. In late October, the all-in-one mobile phones and personal digital assistants were priced at $249, which required a service contract from T-Mobile or Cingular. Handspring's GPRS software enhances applications like e-mail and Web browsing with faster connections to high-speed data networks, the company said.