But I've been a Palm user forever.

Her husband, her father and her 10-year-old daughter are also Palm users.

The new service will be free during the company's four-month test period after the 5,000 Palm users buy a $299 modem.

Many Palm users can get a discount on this upgrade.

"I am still a happy Palm user, but I don't know for how long."

But Palm users will have little use for those programs until their hand-held computers can use Bluetooth.

Palm users have long complained about the lack of standards for the connectors used for accessories like keyboards and modems.

To use the wireless program, which works only with e-tickets, Palm users must download an application from www.

If you happen to be sitting on the subway next to a Palm user who is loudly cursing the letter Q, don't be alarmed.

Surprisingly, at least to this Palm user, it is.