Palm is planning to include "wireless Internet access" throughout their complete line of handhelds starting late this year or early next year. Their goals will be achieved by multiple methods, including Bluetooth and IrDA. Palm Executives on Wednesday declared that all Palms will have the ability to run PQA's (Palm Query Applications). The first component of this solution will be a snap-on bluetooth module, and later the technology will be integrated into the Palms themselves. See the Palm Section for more information.

MobilEyes has been working with Comtech Mobile Datacom to bring "satellite based communications capabilities" to EPOC devices. [SOURCE: PMN News Service]

There is a Palm OS version of "Vivonic Fitness Planner" called "Vivonic Fitness Software" that can be purchase for US$40 via FogDog.

FABS System has announced "ICE 4000 CE" (an OEM product from Hypercom) that offers "Debit, Credit, and SmartCard processing" for mobile Point Of Sale (POS) or Sales Force Automation (SFA) solutions that is based on Microsoft's Windows CE.

Some new features expected in Cutting Edge Software's new QuickSheet 5.0 for Palm OS include: link to network hosted XLS files; ability to email spreadsheets; bar code scanning support; and ability to work with independent developer applications built with ActiveX/COM APIs to ODBC databases.

V-ONE has announced a new "bundling" agreement with NEC Computers that enables NEC to bundle V-ONE's SmartGate Virtual Private Network (VPN) for Windows CE with NEC's MobilePro Windows CE devices.

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