Lernout and Hauspie have reportedly been demonstrating a "future" handheld device codenamed "Nuk" that is integrated with a speech recognition engine. It runs a mobile version of Linux and is powered by Intel's next-generation StrongArm II processor. [SOURCE: InfoWorld]

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There is less than one week left to get your programming solution submitted in NS Basic's programming contest for Windows CE devices. The current categories include: Best Net Program, Best Business Program, Best Game, and Best of the Rest. The deadline is midnight EST, 14Feb2000. For more info check out: www.nsbasic.com.

TransCore's travel information division called "AIRTIS" has announced plans to release a traffic and weather application built specifically for Research In Motion's RIM 850 Wireless Handheld device. Wireless service will be provided by American Mobile's eLink SM wireless email service. The main traffic areas to be initially supported will be: Atlanta, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Seattle, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and San Francisco, California. Future cities could include: Knoxville, Tennessee; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; San Antonio & Houston, Texas; New York, New York; San Diego & Los Angeles, California; and Lexington, Virginia.

San Disk has recently announced: #1.) Interactive Objects will use SanDisk CompactFlash cards with their Portable Audio Reference Platform device; #2.) That SanDisk sold over 1.3 million CompactFlash cards in 1999--a 140% increase over the number of cards sold in 1998; and #3.) That the SanDisk, Panasonic, and Toshiba alliance to build future "SD Memory Cards" will support Microsoft's Windows Media Format (MWMF) for storage of secure digital media content.

Cutting Edge Software has announced plans to permanently incorporate their Quickchart graphing module with their Quicksheet 4.1 spreadsheet software for Palm OS devices (US$50).

PC Week Labs has an in-depth review of NEC's new MobilePro 780 Windows CE savvy handheld.

IBM's Edge of the Network (EON) initiative is an XML-based application that is reportedly able to manage all sorts of devices from RS/6000 & AS/400 platforms to mainstream Unix servers to Palm OS devices.

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