Palm expands its horizons

 

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As the company revs up a massive ad campaign, it moves deeper into wireless commerce and adds new functions to keep traveling professionals tapped into corporate computers.

Palm, VeriFone team on wireless payment The handheld maker and the HP unit will develop wireless payment technology for personal digital assistants, with an eye toward tapping into a growing market. IBM expands Palm access software The computer maker improves the software that lets people with the popular handheld computers control their servers wirelessly. Palm ad spree to focus on applications update A $100 million ad campaign reportedly will showcase thousands of software applications, such as golf and weather programs, that can run on handheld computers using the Palm operating system.