The PMN News Service has recently covered news about: #1.) Psion's announced support for Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA); #2.) Palmtop Software's new advanced mapping and location service called "TomTom;" #3.) Sony Digital Telecommunication Europe's new CMD-Z5 GSM mobile telephone will use Microsoft's Mobile Explorer platform; and #4.) Nokia's new GSM savvy 8850 & 8890 'World' phones.

ICL Handheld has announced the availability of the new Fujitsu TeamPad 7500 ruggedized handheld with support for Windows CE 2.1, and integrated with a 802.11 complaint RF modem. Pricing per device starts in the US$2700 range.

Palm Stocks has announced that their stock portfolio manager now supports wireless automatic stock quote updates on the Palm VII device.

Extended Systems has announced that their XTND Connect Server v2.4 will now support wireless savvy Symbian EPOC 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.

NetMorf has announced a recent US$10.9 million in financing from VantagePoint Venture Partners to help them migrate their e-business solution called "SiteMorfer" to support wireless access from handhelds and mobile phones.

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