TipWorld's New Product Gossip of the Day published on 04Jan99 notes that DataViz has announced "Documents To Go" for Palm organizers that will support both Macs and PCs. The new product will ship in Q1'1999 and will help download Word, ClarisWorks, and Excel files into PalmPilot devices for viewing.

Motorola has announced purchasing Lucent Technologies' Wireless Phone Research Unit that includes over 500 employees.

Aegean Associates are now distributing a "Quick Reference Guide for PalmPilot" that uses OnTap Technology's Quick Reference technology. [SOURCE: InSync Online]

Significant online handheld, wireless, and mobile articles are available on Internet news sites like ZDNET's AnchorDesk, PC World, and Wired. Here are five of them:

• "WINDOWS 2000 DOA?--Windows CE may become the successor to Windows 98"
• "HOME WIRELESS NETWORKING GROUP APPROVES SPEC--Home RF in the works"
• "GLITZY GIZMOS HIT VEGAS--CES Overview"
• "WIRELESS WEB TABLETS DUE THIS YEAR--Magazine-size units have wireless Net link and LCDs"
• "SNEAK PEEK AT PALM VII--It's wireless, with an antenna that connects you to email and Web pages"

Silverware has released version 5.05 of MoreInfo for the Newton (an advanced contact, dates, and to-do list manager) that reportedly "squashes a number of niggling bugs."

Holger Mueller has announced the release of "SBM Utilities 1.3.6" for the Newton (US$39). This popular utility provides you with detailed system config data, battery life stats, and a host of other preference manipulation capabilities. You can download an English or German version at www.sbm.nu.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)