Newsbytes is reporting that 3Com had plans to announce acquiring a "concerning interest" in Symbian but is currently "sitting" on the official press release.

CNET Investor is reporting that Royal Philips Electronics has indicated that Philips has plans to stop production of Windows CE savvy Nino handhelds to "concentrate on new voice and data products in the mobile telephone and smartphone marketplace."

ThinAirApps.com has announced the release of ThinAirMail v1.4 for the wirelessly savvy Palm Computing Palm VII handheld.

Remote Engineering has released PocketCAD v1.0 ($169) and PocketView ($69) for Window CE devices www.pocketCAD.com.

Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) has announced a "signature verification" solution for Palm OS devices and has also announced "InkSnap" a digital "inking" solution also for Palm OS devices.

Frost & Sullivan via M2 Presswire is predicting that "European Markets" for "Mobile Data Communications" will "triple" in revenue for industries in this market "in the near future" based the increasing migration of European workforces to a more mobile capability.

Information Week Online has announced that Oracle will be announcing in the near future "Portal-To-Go" -- an application that can seamlessly translate Internet savvy content into "user specific device" requirements. This solution is reportedly very similar to Riverbed Technologies' recently announced ScoutWeb software. [REPORTER: Paul McDougall]

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