A new generation of palm-sized computers will require hard disks the size of a credit card.
LifeShirts measure vital signs and relay the information to palm-sized computers, which download the data for online diagnosis.
Radio frequencies would be freed for wireless telephones, palm-sized computers and other uses under a House bill.
It is working on the technology that will make the palm-sized, wireless computers of the future effortless to use by today's standards, responding to handwritten or even spoken commands.
Bumpy Road to Market Sony has sold 70,000 to 100,000 of its palm-sized computers in Japan in little more than a year, industry executives said.
The technologies are well established, from palm-sized computers and pocket phones to digital transmission techniques.
Danvers nodded glumly and gestured toward the desk, where the palm-sized computer rested.
The machines start with $69 electronic address books and run up to palm-sized computers that sell for more than $1,000.
The general accepted a data-tab, slipped it into his belt unit and held the palm-sized computer to one ear.
Next year Motorola will introduce a palm-sized computer that will run software written at General Magic.