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PCWorld.com - PDA Pundit: A New Palm for the Unconnected: “The connected PDA may be the next big thing, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the ability to easily access e-mail or browse the Web from a handheld simply doesn’t matter.

Did I say hundreds of thousands? Try nearly two million. That’s how many Tungsten E handhelds PalmOne has sold since the model, which doesn’t offer any wireless capabilities, was introduced in the fall of 2003.

No wonder: At $199, the E was the entry-level model in PalmOne’s business-friendly Tungsten line (as opposed to the more multimedia-oriented Zire handhelds). The E delivered a fair amount of bang for the buck, including a decent color screen, a Secure Digital Card slot, and the latest versions of the Palm address and datebook software.”

Finally, someone in the mainstream press gets it. The E never was about innovation or blowing your doors off. It was about value, and the E2 is an evolutionary successor.