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Palm, a leader in hand-held computers, has recently launched a range of its tiny machines in India. The lowest-end, 2 Mb Palm m100 is expected to cost around Rs 8,000, while the 8 Mb version would cost Rs 11,500. The Palm IIIc, the first colour hand-held computer, with a memory of 8 Mb, would be for Rs 16,500, says an Economic Times report. Another product, Palm Vx, also 8 Mb, would cost Rs 17,000, taxes excluded. The hand-held computers are based on the Palm OS platform. Palm has appointed two local distributors in India — Ingram Micro India and Tech Pacific Technology. Fresh Apples Apple Computer Inc. began shipping computers with its next-generation operating system last week, about two months ahead of the schedule, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said. Apple has billed the OS X operating system as the biggest software overhaul for its flagship line of computers since the company launched its first graphic-based system for the Macintosh in 1984, reports Reuters. NIIT plans The NIIT, which has a presence in 20 countries, plans to add at least 100 more international training centres to its existing 120 in the next six months, according to Chief Operating Officer Mr P. Rajendran. Under a tie-up, the Citibank and IFC had ‘test marketed’ education loans of Rs 15 crore to about 1,500 students of the three-year IGNIIT course in the year ending March 2000, reports The Hindu. In four years, beginning this year, Citibank plans to disburse Rs 400 crore for 40,000 IGNIIT students, repayable in seven years. Internet telephony The ban on Internet telephony is likely to be lifted by mid-2002. The telecom commission feels that if Internet telephony is introduced now, private parties may not set up national long-distance networks as it would make these projects unattractive, says an Economic Times report. The prices of long-distance telephony
are expected to come down drastically (up to 1/10th of the existing
prices, according to one estimate) if Internet telephony is allowed.
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