Quickies: Motient, anagram, and More

Posted By: As Listed Friday, January 11, 2002 8:15:46 AM

Motient, maker of the wireless MobileModem that was announced earlier this week, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a deal with its creditors, according to Cnet. This should not affect their wireless service. -Ed

Textual has released a beta of anagram for Microsoft Outlook. It imports text from anywhere on the computer screen into the Outlook Contact List or Calendar, formatting the new item properly with each element in the correct field. -Nicholas Maddix

Palm's webportal MyPalm officially closed yesterday. However, subscribers to the Palm.Net wireless service will still be able to access their web email and Palm.Net accounts. -Ed

Northstar Mobile has released a new version of its backup software for the MemorySafe. -Rob

MysticOrb IRC network will open to the public this Saturday at approx. 5pm EST. Please use irc.mysticorb.org (or backup DNS irc.pdai.org). This network is PDA focused, and ANTI-WAREZ (abusers will be actively hunted, logged, and reported to ISPs -- developers must make a living too). Administration includes Cameron (Abuse Director, PPC Head); Pendalar (Palm Head, Network Director, Routing co-admin) ; and Neo (Services Director, Routing co-admin). Contact one of these for assistance. -Pendalar

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I.M. Anonymous @ 1/11/2002 9:28:37 AM #
They're going bankrupt and it won't affect their services???? Riiggghhhttt.

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I.M. Anonymous @ 1/11/2002 9:34:35 AM #
I wonder if I can redeem my food stamps for wireless service from them...

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Ed @ 1/11/2002 9:42:43 AM #
Bankruptcy is not always the same thing as going out of business. In this case, Motient's creditors have agreed to take the money they are owed in Motient stock. Probably a pretty good deal for them as they would get little if the company shut down and auctioned off its assets as a way to pay its creditors. For legal reasons, it's necessary for the company to be in bankruptcy to do this.

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I.M. Anonymous @ 1/11/2002 10:03:53 AM #
It's a PR statement to say that the bankruptcy protection actions going forward will not affect their wireless service. After all, it's their wireless service customers that will have the best chances of keeping them alive. But it's quite unrealistic to believe that the service will not be altered in some form or fashion.

RE: What?
I.M. Anonymous @ 1/11/2002 12:51:53 PM #
Omnisky recently did the same, and their service remained unchanged (to date).

anagram

I.M. Anonymous @ 1/11/2002 3:05:12 PM #
Hey has anybody tried the beta for the Outlook version of anagram? I bought the Palm OS version and certainly got my money's worth. Maybe, if the Outlook version is as seamless as the Palm OS one, I will bite the bullet and switch to Outlook.

RE: anagram
noshow @ 1/12/2002 3:18:18 AM #
Ya I tried the beta outlook version and although not perfect, it works pretty well. I have switched from palm desktop to outlook to get more power and if this works as well as it seems to claim I will have no problem registering it after the demo is up. It makes a lazy person very happy.

RE: anagram
I.M. Anonymous @ 1/12/2002 5:12:24 AM #
Ran into a couple of bugs, but I'm generally impressed with how well it works. Will also probably register when it comes out of beta.

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