TipWorld's "New Product Gossip of the Day" published on 10Dec98 brings readers news of Aramis City Guides (US$18 each city) for Palm OS that will be shipping in Jan99 for US Cities (New York City; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Boston; and Seattle), and in Feb99 for London and Paris. Categories tracked in the guides include dining, lodging, shopping, and tourist attractions. You can learn more via Aramis' WWW site at www.aramis-inc.com.

The PC Week published on 30Nov98 has an outline on page 59 of Palm Computing's 1999 "to-do list" in an article entitled "Palm Plans Platform Push" written by John Spooner. According to the list, expect the hiring of more engineers, the incorporation of more wireless technology, licensing to other marketplaces (for example, education and entertainment), Japanese localization, and transition to Motorola's DragonBall EZ processor.

Landware is offering a special deal on their "Leather SlimCase" for the PalmPilot: Purchase any other Landware PalmPilot product (Pocket Quicken, GoType! Keyboard, Financial Consultant, QuickPac, or Gulliver) direct from Landware and get the case for 50% off -- US$14.95 plus S&H.

Andreas Briell has announced a Holiday Bundle of VoiceNotes 1.1 and MobileBackup 1.01 (both for the Newton) that will run through 31Dec98. The price of the combo is US$59 (25% off). You can learn more via www.ebb-ubb.com/xmasspecia.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)