BUSINESS NEWS -- #1.) Cisco has announced a new strategic partnership with Ericsson; #2.) AT&T is suggesting that AT&T Wireless' upcoming initial public offering (IPO) could be the "biggest ever"; and #3.) Bell Canada International has purchased 20% of Taiwanese PCS provider KG Telecom for US$66 million.

ZDNET is reporting that "WIRELESS LAN MARKET READY TO EXPLODE -- ALMOST" via: and Jim Louderback examines Matsucom OnHand new "Dick Tracy Watch".

Dynamism.com Newsletter (Vol. 2 Iss. 2) notes the availability in the U.S. of two new "ultra-thin and light" laptops: Panasonic Let's Note M1r, and the Fujitsu MF2/400X.

Symbol Technologies is reporting that "Electronics Boutique" (EP) has installed a Symbol based wireless handheld Point of Sale (POS) system in EP's Brooklyn, NY store. The system was integrated by Symbol business partner Kyrus Corporation, and uses Symbol's Spectrum 24 radio frequency technology and SPT 1740 hand-held computer.

Psion is proud to announce that the Psion Revo palmtop computer won a "Best Hardware" award at Comdex/Fall 1999 (Las Vegas) from Byte.com.

Avi Drissman has announced "ChordBox 1.0-- an Open Source Newton app for quick look-ups of guitar chords." For more info check out: www.drissman.com/avi/newton/ChordBox/.

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