July 20, 1999

Sharp continues to come out with new Wizard organizers -- OZ-750PC (2.5MB of storage, US$149) and OZ-750 (1.5MB of storage, US$99). The units weigh 9.5-ounces, have two display font sizes, the screen displays 40 chars by 8 lines, and they also come with a PC-to-Wizard docking module for serial connectivity. [SOURCE: PC Week]

Fujitsu Personal Systems has announced that they are now shipping their Windows 98 savvy pen tablet called the "Stylistic LT pen tablet computer."

InfoTrends Research Group is predicting that the set-top imaging appliances for digital photography will be a popular 1999 holiday season purchase, and that this market will reach US$330 million in the U.S. by 2002. These devices are expected to run "light" versions of Linux, Windows CE, and other embedded operating systems found in handheld devices.

Pendragon Software has announced an "easy-to-use" database product -- Pendragon Forms v3.0 -- for the Palm OS devices that can synchronize bi-directionally with Microsoft Access and ODBC data sources.

Compaq is now shipping a "Compaq 56K V.90 CompactFlash Modem" for their Windows CE savvy Aero 2100 Color Palm-size PC.

The Internet based calendaring and resource scheduling site called "Amplitude" has announced plans to license "handheld synchronization" technology from Puma Technology, and use this new technology to enable handheld to Internet data sync.

Bill Machrone, Contributing Editor at PC Magazine, has a quick look at the Motorola's recent smartphone offering -- a "StarTAC mobile phone with clipOn Organizer" in an article published on ZDNET entitled "CELL PHONE DOUBLES AS A PIM".