WiredGuy.com, a new PDA reviews website was launched early this morning. With a review of the Handspring Visor Deluxe, Think Outside's Stowaway Keyboard, Rhodiana Visor Case, and Solvepoint's Palm Dock the WiredGuy.com website is off to a good start. Take a look at the 4 initial reviews on WiredGuy.com.

A new review has been posted by fellow NPUG member Clayton "Randy" Jones. His review is on HandMap, a mapping software application for your Palm device. HandMap is freeware but there are two other versions that you can pay for. One is HandMap Deluxe (which allows for 3rd party built maps), cost $16.00 or HandMap Pro (same functionality of HandMap Deluxe and also supports plugins such as a GPS Tracker), cost $35.00.

Version 1.5 of our OmniSky Message Board pqa is out. Here's the link to PalmGear, or you can directly download it here. The message board is specially formatted for a Palm screen and can also be viewed on the web here. Updates include a what's new section with the last 20 posts, a new navigation list, the username is displayed on the thread list and other enhancements.

In an effort to better support the Palm community PalmaServ is now distributing its new titles in both iSilo and standard Doc formats. Furthermore the vast majority of previously released iSilo titles are now available in both formats as well.
To accommodate this growth the standard Doc Library has been subdivided into three separate volumes; Humanities, Reference & Entertainment.

ZDNet also has an article on HandSpring's plans to make the Visor available at a select group of retail stores by the end of the quarter. They also mention some sketchy details about the next generation Visor... "HandSpring is experimenting with thinner, lighter designs, and color screens. The trick will be shaping the design around Springboard, making sure that it is still easily accessible to users."

In the news lately are the denial of service (DoS) attacks on sites like Yahoo!, CNN and ZDNet. Ironically, the Palm e-Book-of-the-Month for Nonfiction, selected by Qvadis, is "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling.
This contemporary classic is a freeze-frame of time, when in 1990, scores of suspected illicit hackers were arrested by law-enforcement officials. The raids, and the cases that followed, became a metaphor for the clash between civil liberties and the need to fight computer crime.

The Nashville Palm Users Group is pleased to announce a new section of their web site - REVIEWS!
NPUG has recently expanded its web site to include member reviews. As this section of the web site expands, it will include reviews on software, hardware and accessories. Currently there are 4 reviews posted with more on the way, they include:
* Penguin Backup
* Bond Latch
* goVox Digital Recorder
* and the Talelight SP

Ottawa, ON, -- Visitors to the popular MemoWare website will now be able to access and purchase titles published by Editio-Books, the two companies announced today. Through this arrangement, MemoWare customers will be presented with featured selections from Editio's list of contemporary fiction and nonfiction titles, which are available for instant download to any PalmOS(tm) device. awards.

CNET is claiming that Visors will start appearing on store shelves around Feb. 20th. This move comes after HandSpring had a hard time keeping up with demand from their online store. "Retailers are going to conclude they can get a lot of volume out of the Visor, and they might drop Windows CE shelf space."

(This letter was forwarded anonymously, It comes directly from Palm Computing...)
First, we are very pleased to announce that version 3.5 of the Palm OS software has been declared "GM" (Golden Master) - meaning that the platform software is complete and is available to the various licensees of the Palm Computing platform (IBM, Symbol, Qualcomm, TRG, Handspring, Sony, Nokia, and of course Palm itself). We are working with the licensees to help them include Palm OS software version 3.5 in their current and/or future devices as their schedules and needs dictate. Please direct product inquiries to the licensees directly; we can't make announcements on their behalf. More...

SPUG has posted an interesting review on Concept Kitchen's Bumper Case. The reviewer has mentioned some of the downsides of this palm case which one of them is SMELL!
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