A Bangalore, India based development company perceived an opportunity between the high-end, high-cost Pocket PC PDAs and the low-end, low-cost Palm PDAs, and created a new PDA called “Kaii” to fill that gap. The device attempts to leverage the nascent Linux-PDA market being created by Sharp's new Zaurus PDA, by attempting to offer a high level of software compatibility with the Zaurus. But unlike Sharp's device, the Kaii uses a 160MHz Hitachi SH3 processor and provides an on-screen, rather than physical, keyboard — differences meant to bring about a less costly device.

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