Yafa sells multi-functional pens that can be "refilled" with a stylus to add additional handheld access capabilities.

Richard Hoffman examines enterprise level handheld synchronization in an article entitled "Getting That Syncing Feeling?" that starts on page 93 of Network Computing published on 24Jan2000.

NTT Mobile Communications Network has announced plans to offer "color displays" on future "interactive cellular telephone" devices that will use a CDMA network called "iMode." [InfoWorld, 24Jan2000, page 66a]

AOL has reportedly hammered out deals with Compaq and Casio to bundle an "AOL email package" for Windows CE in future palm-size devices released by Compaq and Casio. Expect general availability of the AOL email package by the end of Feb2000.

PC World is reporting "SAME PALMS, NEW PRICES -- Palm Computing cuts prices to fend off competition and draw in price-sensitive consumers."

Aramis Communications has announced that they are shipping their 2000 edition of Cahners Travel Group's "Weissmann City Reports & Profiles" for the Palm Computing platform. The current library of reports & profiles available range from "Amsterdam to Zurich, and includes major cities in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America."

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