Iambic announced it has released two versions of iambic Agendus for Windows; iambic Agendus for Windows Standard Edition and iambic Agendus for Windows Professional Edition. The program is 100 percent compatible with both Palm Desktop and Outlook data. It reads and writes both formats, allowing the user to have immediate access to all information available on Palm Desktop or Outlook. Agendus for Windows synchronizes with Agendus for Palm.

Input, Input, Input ... Grafitti, full-sized keyboards and mini keyboards. Which is the best solution? PIC Reviewer and long time "piloteer" Dan Royea, puts the three leading methods to the test in the Great Input Showdown.

DataViz announced today its purchase of ThinkDB, a relational database program, as well as other product assets from thinkingBytes Technology. Simultaneously, today DataViz is releasing ThinkDB under its own brand, SmartList To Go. The financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed, as both companies are privately held.

ClieTokyo, a new website covering the Clie scene in Tokyo in English, is reporting that the new expansion slot in the NX series will support third party memory storage cards with clie specific drivers.

AlphaSmart has unveiled Dana, a portable device larger than a handheld and less expensive than a laptop, intended for students. Powered by Palm OS 4.1, Dana includes a full-size, integrated keyboard and a 560 by 160 pixel touch screen that is roughly 7.5 by 2.25 inches. It has 8 MB of memory and two SD/MMC slots. It costs $399 and is available now from the Palm Store.

PIC has rolled out a new system for displaying user comments with articles. The new system now displays 40 comments per page, and users can easily navigate multiple pages of commentary on smaller, less bandwidth intensive pages. The deployment has resulted in a huge increase to the site's overall speed and stability. –Ryan

Proporta have announced a special promotion on their executive styli, for the readers of PIC. The promotion code of, CRS10, will entitle you to 10% off the chrome styli and the 100th person to order will win a solid silver English hallmarked stylus worth $150.

Handspring, Inc. has announced revenue of $54.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2003 ended September 28, 2002, compared with $61.4 million for the same period last year and $49.0 million in Q4 fiscal 2002.

PalmSource, Inc., and Sony Ericsson, today announced their plans surrounding optimization of the Bluetooth interoperability between Sony Ericsson mobile phones and Palm Powered(TM) mobile devices.

The companies released the news at the Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association (CTIA) in Las Vegas. Sony Ericsson is a leading provider of mobile phones enabled with Bluetooth, a short-range wireless connectivity technology invented by Ericsson.

Paragon Software has released RifleSLUGs, a new step-by-step strategy game for Palm OS handhelds. The object of the game is to kill all enemy slugs. Two armies attempt to annihilate each other with different weapons. The game supports play against the CPU, with 3 levels of difficulty, or with a friend on the same device.

The Russian handheld website, handy.ru, has obtained and published hands on pictures of the upcoming Palm Tungsten T. The pictures show the screen of the Tungsten T at various angles and a side by side comparison with a HP Journada 568. One noticeable change is, new default icons in the launcher screen.

Kyocera Wireless Corp. today announced a three-year extension to its licensing agreement with PalmSource Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Kyocera will continue expanding its line of smartphone devices utilizing the industry-leading Palm OS® platform.