Motorola has begun shipping on 16Dec99 their new Accompli 6188 smart phone in China. This device integrates Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) technology and Internet access to English/Chinese Websites via Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) into a single handset.

You can now order CardScan 500 direct on the Internet from Corex for US$199 (CODE: MPN09300) to sync printed business cards to a desktop PC and then to your Palm OS device. For more information call: 800-942-6739.

Sabs Kovax has announced the release of the "World English Bible for the EPOC platform" available in the TomeRaider format.

Puma Technology has announced a new strategic partnership with BEA Systems to incorporate BEA Tuxedo into Puma's Intellisync.com portal and Enterprise Intellisync software.

The Pervasive Computing 2000 conference will be held 25-26Jan2000 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Interested in getting text messages (news, weather, etc. ...) sent to your cell phone or alpha-numeric pager? Then you might want to check out the services of: www.txtmsg.com.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com) eFax: 978-246-3067