Christine Sherer has announced that Precision Navigation is in the need of an experienced Palm OS programmer to work on an "electronic weather station" product from Precision Navigation called "Palm Weatherguide." For more information contact Precision Navigation's engineering manager Gretchen Michaels via email or at 707-566-2260 x343.

Motorola's Network Solutions Section has announced two new contracts worth over US$106 million with China United Telecommunications Corporation, and China's Hunan Posts and Telecommunications Administration for GSM 900 and GSM 1800 cellular networking products and services. [SOURCE: Business Wire]

PhatWare has announced a new "single-word translation" utility for Windows CE called "HPC Translate 1.0." Initially only English to/from Spanish is supported, but support for other languages is expected soon for Italian, German, and French. The MSRP is under US$20 but for a limited time you can purchase a copy online for an introductory price under US$15.

Garmin has merged a "standard analog cellular phone" with a GPS receiver into a single device called "NavTalk" (US$625). [SOURCE: Wired, April 1999, page 56]

The Mobile and PDA Expo is going to be held 21-23Apr99 in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Sheraton and Towers. The conference workshops will focus on smart phones, two-way pagers, handheld devices, and pen PCs. There will also be developer, integrator, and end-user discussions on wireless communications, mobile deployments, latest technology, field service case studies, work order management, and healthcare applications.

Peter Chen has posted some of his plans for a "CheapAs Newton Stand".

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)