Sandy Herz reports that the Center for Software Development is hosting an afternoon/evening PDA showcase featuring Andrew Seybold, both Microsoft CE and Palm Computing, and a number of solution providers/partners 2 - 9 p.m. on Wednesday 05Aug98. The agenda includes "standing room only" presentations, networking, and demos/exhibits, all at the Center's offices in San Jose (111 West St. John, Suite 200). To learn more check out www.center.org/pda98.htm.

New World Technologies has announced the creation of a "lifestyle catalog" specifically designed for PalmPilot devices and users. The catalog is shipping as of 22Jul98 and is called "BRAVEpalm."

The Orange County Business Journal published on 13Jul98 has an interesting article entitled "AST Co-founder Steers Clarion's AutoPC Unit" that examines Clarion's plans to build Windows CE based "AutoPC" devices that could be on "store shelves" by the end of 1998.

Socket Communications is now shipping a "PC Card adapter that allows users of Windows CE-based Handheld PCs to connect to 10BaseT LP-E Card (US$149) or 10BaseT/10Base2 LP-E+ Card (US$189) Ethernet networks."

Brit Hume has an articled entitled "Small, Lightweight Computers Becoming Business Accessories" published on 17Jul98 in the Daily Record Baltimore. The article mentions and has more information about the following handheld devices: 3Com Palm III, Everex Freestyle Executive, Hewlett-Packard 320LX & 620LX, NEC MobilePro 750, and the Toshiba Libretto family of subnotebooks (50CT, 70CT, & lOOCT).

Mitsubishi Electronics America's Electronic Device Group has a new LCD controller called the "M66272FP" that has enough VRAM (19.2K) to store two screens of 320 x 230 pixels for doing screen animation. The chip is ideal for GPS, PDA, and smart-phone devices. You can learn more about the chip via www.mitsubishichips.com.

Steve Weyer has reportedly made a new beta of Newt's Cape 1.6 for the Newton available to his registered users. This new beta has the following plugins: HTMList 1.0c-2, JPEG 1.0b, and Encoding 1.0b.

Foundation Systems has released HyperNewt 2.62 for the Newton -- "an update to the 'hyperlink' application and 'hierarchical filing system' that changes the way one views and organizes data on his/her Newton." A 30-day demo is available, and pricing of the software is US$49.95 directly from Foundation Systems, or US$50 from Kagi.

Nathan Henderson has announced updates to the "Newton Evangelist" WWW site. There is now a guestbook page and discussion board page along with a user updateable links page.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)