Palm Inc. today announced the availability of its Tungsten Mobile Information Management (MIM) Solution. The product is a secure wireless email and groupware access solution.

The Tungsten MIM Solution was introduced as the Palm Wireless Messaging Solution. This re-branded product, which does have additional functionality, is the first product to be announced under Palm's new business and professional subbrand, Tungsten. The solution provides secure access to corporate email, calendars, contacts, notes and tasks from systems like MS Exchange and Lotus Domino. The solution also supports access to IMAP4 compliant email systems.

The Tungsten MIM Solution builds on functions of Palm's i705 -- specifically its 'always on' radio function. Because of this, the device can receive "push" email and meeting requests. Palm also stated that the solution includes support for access via WLAN technologies, specifically 802.11b. This is currently supported on the Palm m500 series via a Xircom Wireless LAN Module. The solution was built on top of Palm's Reliable Transport for Mobile Applications (RTMA), presently being used by BEA and IBM as part of strategic agreements previously announced this summer.

Users can download and view email attachments through the use of an included server-side attachment-processing platform. In addition, users can synchronize MS Office documents through the cradle using DataViz's Documents-to-Go product bundled with the handheld.