Hand Held Products has announced a new integrated Dolphin handheld computer that incorporates both "a laser bar code scanner and an industry-leading image capture" capability.

Herb Bethoney at PC Week Labs has a review article entitled "Handhelds Gain Oracle8 Power--Oracle Lite 3.5 brings Windows CE and Palm Pilot device users up-to-date with enterprise info" on page 16 of PC Week published for 02Nov98.

Bugle Boy Industries has placed an order with ICL to purchase 300 Fujitsu TeamPad 7100 handheld computers to be integrated into their in-store information systems with custom software from Computer Dynamics.

Intertop Corporation expects to release by Q1'99 a "multi-tier" development environment that is able to seamlessly link handheld devices running Windows CE to Internet and enterprise applications.

Lightpoint Systems has announced plans to build "solar technology" that can be easily integrated and engineered for use by third party manufacturers of notebooks, beepers, and handhelds. Nokia has already announced that their Nokia 6160 smart phone will come with built-in solar panels. [SOURCE: InfoWorld, 26Oct98]

Steve Mazer notes that you can read the English press release for the new "Sony VAIO PCG-C1".

Andy Seybold has been paraphrased by Business Wire as saying that Microsoft's new Handheld PC Professional (aka "Jupiter") devices are the "first step to easing the burden of mobile computing as it pertains to the mobile business executive."

Eric Prentice has announced the creation of the "Consumer Portable Talk List" (CPort-List)--"a forum for discussion and speculation about Apple's forth coming consumer level portable product". You can learn more via www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)