Sami Menefee at Newsbytes has published an article entitled "Mobile and PDA Expo-Roundup" on 07Dec98. Out of the 100+ exhibits at the expo, the following companies made a big enough impression on Sami for him to publish blurbs about them:
Psion has announced that their Psion Series 5 can now be connected to Nokia's new mobile phone -- the Nokia 8810 (GSM, weighs 98 grams) -- enabling mobile access to email, Internet, fax, and SMS (short text messages) services. You can learn more about this partnership via this "easy-to-use Series 5 and Nokia set-up guide": www.psion.com/computers/mobilecommsindex.html.
There is a new "eCommerce and community website" focused on the PDA, handheld, and mobile marketplaces called PDA Mart.
Nikkei English News is reporting the release of Casio's Cassiopeia E-55 palm-size PC that runs a Japanese version of Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.
You can now purchase Delorme's Solus Pro and their Earthmate GPS Receiver Kit directly from Delorme for just under US$200 (plus S&H). Solus Pro is a desktop PC street-level Internet solution that can download maps and route information to the PalmPilot via HotSync. For more information call 800-569-8313.
Tony Ferrara has announced a new Newton software archive site called NewtonWare.com.
-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)