IBM, Lotus, Motorola, Nokia, Palm Computing, Psion, and Starfish Software have announced the creation of "The SyncML Initiative" to develop and promote an open industry specification based on XML for universal data synchronization of remote data and personal information across multiple networks, platforms and devices.

Hiroyuki Okamoto has announced the release of v0.23 of "MsgAgent" -- a freeware Palm OS solution for doing Internet SMTP/POP3 email and NNTP newsgroup access members.tripod.com/~hokamoto/palm.html.

Intrigo's Lapstation is a family of lightweight and compact stylish mobile work desks that can be integrated with mounting ports for a wide variety of attachments.

CIC has announced that they are now shipping Jot handwriting recognition system, QuickNotes, WordComplete, and Sign-On software applications for EPOC based devices.

Newted Community has announced an online community to share information about Apple Newton MessagePad devices.

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