Posted Monday, August 21, 2000 7:35:40 AM PST
by Ed
Xircom announced today the availability of the SpringPort Modem 56 GlobalACCESS Springboard module for the Handspring Visor. The SpringPort modem is the only international, high-speed 56K V.90 modem available for the Visor, which also supports GSM and PDC cellular connectivity with Xircom's optional connection kit to provide on-the-go access while traveling. Bundled with MultiMail, the SpringPort modem expands the Visor's functionality to include e-mail access. It will be on sale for $149.00 and began shipping the week of August 13, 2000.
Posted Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:45:41 AM PST
by Ed
According to a new study, methanol fuel cells will be in widespread use to power electronic devices in the next few years. They will first be available in 2002, with 50,000 units being sold, but by 2007 over 200 million units will be sold. Fuel cells will quadruple the time between recharging compared to current rechargeable batteries, according to Atakan Ozbek, the author of the report. To refuel, you'll just pop in a ampule like an ink cartridge except filled with methanol.
Posted Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:15:02 AM PST
by Ed
PocketMirror
Betas of the new versions of PocketMirror are available at the
Chapura Web site. You can download the beta versions of PocketMirror 3.0 Standard and Professional and PocketJournal 1.0.3. PocketMirror synchronizes Outlook's Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes with your Palm and PocketJournal synchronizes Microsoft Outlook's Journal . -James
Coola NFL Schedule
Rich's Palm Resource Center has the entire NFL schedule as easily downloaded Coolets. If you have Coola installed, you can easily transfer your favorite team's schedule into your date book. -Shirish
Posted Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:04:54 AM PST
by Ed
ePocrates Get Funding
ePocrates, the largest handheld network for physicians, has secured $35 million in second round funding from several of the most prominent healthcare and technology focused venture capital firms. Read
more about it.
Alliance to Provide Expansion Slot Solutions
Pacific Microinstruments and TikiSoft, Inc. have teamed up to develop combined hardware and software solutions for the Palm. The two companies in tandem will now provide complete development solutions for PDA devices with hardware expansion slots, including the Visor. Read more about it.
Posted Friday, August 18, 2000 12:48:57 PM PST
by Ed
Sony is launching a new site called CLIE Plaza just for its soon to be released CLIE handhelds and other PalmOS-based ones that install Sony's multimedia extensions. According to
the Register, CLIE Plaza will feature news, e-zines, comic books, videos and still images. Some of this content will be free, some you will have to pay for.
In a related story, Sony is planning on releasing a new product called the Info Stick that will fit in the Memory Stick slot on their CLIE devices and wirelessly transfer data using Bluetooth. Look for it to hit the market next year.
Posted Friday, August 18, 2000 9:08:07 AM PST
by Ed
Palm has filed their fiscal year 2000 annual report with the SEC. It reveals some interesting things about Palm's plans for the future and confirms a few others.
To no one's surprise, sales of their handhelds still make up the lion's share of their revenues. They predict that licensing the Palm OS and their wireless Internet access service (Palm.Net) will make up a "relatively small portion of our total revenues" in FY 2001, though they predict an increasing percentage will come from these in the future.
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:41:52 PM PST
by Ed
Sony's soon to be released handhelds with the Palm OS have aquired a group name: CLIE, which stands for Communication Linkage for Information & Entertainment. Their
advertising material, which is all still in Japanese, has the CLIE acronym all over it. Even if you can't read Japanese, some of their little digrams of people using their CLIE handhelds are so cute, you should check them out anyway.
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:38:33 AM PST
by Rick Rodgers
Electric Fuel announced yesterday the development of a ZincAir “Instant Power” battery for use with Palm handheld computers. The 3300 mAh battery will allow Palm users to keep working even as their rechargeable battery runs down.
According to Electric Fuel, the battery can be used as a backup power source, as well as a portable charger that can charge the Palm's rechargeable battery several times, or both at the same time.
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:43:19 AM PST
by Rarity
Announced on the 15th at Linux World Expo, the Agenda VR3 was promoted as being a geek's ultimate PDA. Developed by
Agenda Computing, the basic VR3, with 8MB RAM and 2MB FlashRAM, comes in at $149, the same price as Palm's and Handspring's basic models.
The VR3 features version 2.4 of the open source Linux kernal, and can even run a small Web site. It comes standard with many common PDA applications, like a schedule, contact, and mail utility built in. Go check it out; Is it a real threat to the m100 and basic Visor? Your comments are welcome.
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:24:44 AM PST
by Ed
San Francisco
The
SF PalmPilot User Group (SFPUG) will be meeting Thursday, August 17th, at 7:00 pm. Our presenters will be Dr. Alexander Hinds of
BackupBuddy and Scott Maxwell, author of
Quik Budget, virtual wallet manager for the Palm. -Tony Ching
Kansas City
The Kansas City Palm User Group (KCPUG) will hold it's August meeting this Saturday, Aug. 19. Our guest speaker will be Calvin Parker, a Palm guru, Palm Computer employee, and author of PalmGear's Calvin's
FAQ. There will also be demos of the new Palm M100 and Palm VIIx. As usual we will have a give away. -Justin Nolan
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:22:20 AM PST
by Ed
OneChannel.net has posted a report showing that, in the second quarter of this year, retail sales of Palm's handhelds were down 45% from the first quarter. They chalk this up to
supply shortages and competition from Handspring. One side effect of this is Handspring having the best selling PDA in June.
Also, they say that the "average selling price increased from $249 at the beginning of Q2 to a record high for the year of $323 in the final week of Q2. " This seems to show that demand for Palm's products remains high.
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:05:21 AM PST
by Ed
Stowaway Keyboard for m100
Think Outside will release a new version of its folding Stowaway keyboard for the m100. This new version is also compatible with the Palm III and VII handhelds and will be available for $99 in September.
PocketPhoto
Multimedia 2000 has released PocketPhoto, a photo album creator for the Palm. With it, you can create slideshows, beam, create multiple albums, and upload photos to your PC on all handhelds running Palm OS v2.0 or higher. It even allows you to load photos directly from Kodak PhotoNet.
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