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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004



                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
          PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): OCTOBER 22, 2003


                          EXTENDED SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


            DELAWARE                  000-23597                82-0399670
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF      [COMMISSION            (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)      FILE NUMBER]         IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)



                            5777 NORTH MEEKER AVENUE
                               BOISE, IDAHO 83713
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                 (208) 322-7575
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)     Exhibits.

        Exhibit 99.1  Extended Systems Incorporated Press Release issued October
                      22, 2003.

ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

     On October 22, 2003, Extended Systems Incorporated, a Delaware corporation,
issued a press release describing its financial results for its first fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 2003. A copy of the press release is attached as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. This information shall not be
deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.







                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act or 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: October 22, 2003                       EXTENDED SYSTEMS INCORPORATED


                                             By:  /s/ KARLA K. ROSA
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                                                 Karla K. Rosa
                                                 Chief Financial Officer




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

99.1      Extended Systems Incorporated Press Release issued October 22, 2003.