German retailer BLUEHAND offers us our first glimpse of what looks to be the Tungsten E that I previously told you about. The handheld is included in a photo depicting a new portfolio case, so it's not nearly as detailed as I'd like. The body has the Tungsten T utilitarian look to it, which I like. It's uncertain whether the construction is metal or plastic. As reported earlier, the Tungsten E is rumored to have 32MB of RAM and sell in the US for $199. Sadly, Bluetooth is presumed missing. Still, it's good to see Palm OS5 devices finally breaking the $200 price point, which sets this up to compete directly with HP's recently released iPaq h1935.
Also on BLUEHAND is a product description for a palmOne branded 1.3MP SDIO digital camera with a rotatable lens. The price on their site is around 86 Euros (close to $100 US). This looks to be palmOne's answer to the upcoming HP SDIO camera. While the price sounds good, it doesn't mean a thing to me if the pictures it takes are awful. The Zire 71's built-in camera isn't altogether awful. So, let's hope they haven't increased the resolution but downgraded other aspects of picture quality. Because it's unlikely that palmOne designed either camera themselves, there's a good chance that the Zire 71's camera and this one are made by two different manufacturers. So anything goes.
