Palm and Claudia Schiffer have formally demonstrated at "Herring on Hollywood" a prototype of the "Palm Vx Claudia Schiffer edition device" that will ship Fall 2000 via Claudia's online webstore.

Xybernaut, Apple, and Insight have announced plans to partner and provide digital Internet coverage of this year's Republican and Democratic national conventions. Of interest to handheld users, Xybernaut and Apple will use mobile wireless computers from Xybernaut to stream broadband live video and audio using QuickTime from reporter interviews directly to the Internet via Insight's website.

Atinav has announced a beta release of their Java-based "aveAccess" software that acts as a translator between the Internet and any communication device (like a PDA or WAP phone).

Tech Republic (subscription required) has posted a field-test review of the new RIM's BlackBerry 950 Internet Edition device.

ZDNET is reporting that Global Digital Media has plans to offer wireless Internet access throughout airports across the United States.

Intermec Technologies and Centura Software have announced a new alliance to provide more visibility to "Intermec's new ArciTech mobile workforce management system" that will use Centura's RealTime Database Manager (RDM).

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