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Features: Combines a GSM mobile phone with a 16 MB Palm OS organizer Full color display with backlit keyboard Send and receive e-mail and access the Web wirelessly with easy-to-use keyboard Unit Weight: 5.4 oz. Size (in inches): 2.8 x 4.3 x 0.82 Features: Create and edit word processing and spreadsheet files File formats supported include Word, Excel, WordPerfect, and Quattro Pro Create formulas in spreadsheets right on your handheld Files optimized to save memory Easy synchronization between PDA and PC Jeff Hawkins Founder, Chairman and Chief Product Officer Jeff Hawkins co-founded Handspring with Donna Dubinsky in July of 1998 after five years together at Palm Computing. In 1994, Hawkins invented the original PalmPilot products and founded Palm Computing. He is often credited as the designer who reinvented the handheld market. An industry veteran with nearly 20 years of technical expertise, Hawkins currently holds nine patents for various handheld devices and features. His vision for handheld computing dates back to the 1980s, when as Vice President of Research at GRiD Systems Corporation he served as principal architect and designer for the GRiDPad and GRiD Convertible. Prior to that, he held key technical positions with Intel Corporation. Hawkins was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from Cornell University. He is also the founder and executive director of the non-profit Redwood Neuroscience Institute, a scientific research institute working on theories and mathematical models of brain function (www.rni.org). Donna Dubinsky Founder and Chief Executive Officer Donna Dubinsky co-founded Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in July 1998 to create a new breed of handheld computers for consumers. As president and CEO of Palm Computing, Dubinsky helped make the PalmPilot the best-selling handheld computer and the most rapidly adopted new computing product ever produced. When Dubinsky first joined Hawkins at Palm Computing in 1992, shortly after the company was founded, she brought with her more than 10 years of marketing and logistics experience from Apple and Claris. Dubinsky and Hawkins introduced the original PalmPilot in February 1996, a move that revitalized the handheld computing industry. In addition to her position as CEO of Handspring, Dubinsky currently serves as a director of Intuit Corporation and is a Trustee of the Computer History Museum. She earned her B.A. from Yale University and her M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Ed Colligan Founder, President and Chief Operations Officer Ed Colligan joined Handspring to lead the development and marketing efforts for a new generation of handheld computers. As the Vice President of Marketing for Palm Computing, Ed Colligan worked with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky to lead the product marketing and marketing communications efforts for Palm, including the successful positioning, launch, and marketing of the popular Palm product family. Prior to Palm, Colligan was Vice President of Strategic and Product Marketing at Radius Corporation. During his eight years there, Colligan helped make Radius the brand leader in Macintosh graphics, graphic imaging, and hardware development. Colligan's multiple successes have earned him several marketing industry accolades. Marketing Computers Magazine named him the 1997 Marketer of the Year, and Advertising Age named him one of the Top 100 Marketers of 1997, an award that spanned all product categories. He holds a B.A. from the University of Oregon. Bill Slakey Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Before joining Handspring in September, 2002 Bill Slakey was chief financial officer at WJ Communications, a leading RF semiconductor company. Prior to that, he was CFO at SnapTrack, a QUALCOMM company that pioneered the industry's most advanced GPS-based wireless tracking system for pinpointing wireless phones, PDAs, pagers and other wireless devices. Slakey has over 16 years of experience in financial management, including a senior controller position at 3COM's Palm Computing Division and various financial roles spanning ten years at Apple Computer. Slakey holds a B.A from the University of California and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. John Hartnett Vice President, Worldwide Operations John Hartnett joins Handspring from MetaCreations, where he served most recently as Senior Vice President of Marketing, Support & Operations for the US. At MetaCreations, he was responsible for developing the marketing, branding and advertising strategies including online marketing and web site redesign. Prior to MetaCreations, Hartnett served as Director of International Operations at Claris, where he developed and managed the operations business plan and was part of the lead team in the merger of the Applesoft and Claris business. Hartnett also spent time at AT&T GIS, Digital Equipment and Wang. Hartnett earned Marketing Degree through the Marketing Institute of Ireland and a post grad diploma in Finance through the ACCA. Patricia Tomlinson Vice President, Human Resources With over 20 years of experience in the human resources field, Patricia Tomlinson came to Handspring from Edify Corporation where she was responsible for the worldwide human resources department. She also designed and implemented all HR-related programs and led the worldwide integration of all HR-functions for the merger of Edify with Security First Technologies. Prior to Edify Corporation, Tomlinson grew her experience at Xerox Corporation, Synopsys, Inc., and Apple Computer, Inc.. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Pomona College in Claremont, California and completed the Program for Management Development from Harvard Business School. Celeste Baranski Vice President, Engineering Celeste Baranski joined Handspring with over eighteen years of engineering, design and management experience in the mobile computing industry. Most recently Baranski worked at Hewlett Packard Company as Research and Development Manager of its Mobile Computing Division, where she led R&D, manufacturing introduction and quality assurance for the company's laptop computer product line. Before Hewlett Packard, Baranski worked as a consultant and Director of R&D for Norand Corporation, where she was in charge of product design and engineering management for various companies including Plantronics, Kalidor, IDEO and Divicom. Prior to that she co-founded and served as Vice President of Hardware Engineering for EO Incorporated, and was also among the first employees at GO Corporation where she designed the first GO pen -based computer. Baranski has also held technical staff positions at GRiD Systems and Rolm Corporation.