Motorola and Psion have announced the creation of a new "joint development alliance" that will be focused on creating a wide range of mobile Internet savvy devices based on Symbian's EPOC technology. The "team" for this effort has been fully staffed, and they anticipate a first product available from this effort in "first half of 2001."

MOBILE IPO OUTLOOK -- #1.) Palm Computing is reportedly looking to raise US$368 million in their Feb2000 initial public offering (IP0); and #2.) Metricom -- wireless system designer and developer -- is going to try to sell over US$500 million in common stock and warrants in their upcoming IPO. [SOURCES: CNET.com, Reuters]

MobileID is a new "wireless mobile portable" that enables access to email and personalized Internet content to mobile phones and other handheld devices.

PMN News Service is reporting: #1.) Psion's new Psion Infomedia subsidiary that will be focused on "digital audio visual and communications technologies"; #2.) That 3Com will announced two new Palm III form-factor devices in Feb2000 (color screen, and more RAM storage are potential improvements); #3.) The EPOC focused Go32.com has new partnership agreements with BTCellnet's Genie Internet, and Germany's AlphaSoft; and #4.) Sprint PCS's wireless network in America should be getting expanded "connectivity" support from new software solutions from ureach.com.

Sierra Wireless has reportedly signed a multi-year agreement with Sprint PCS to provide Sprint PCS with current and future Sierra Wireless Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) savvy data products.

Still interested in learning more about W3C's new XHMTL specification? -- then check out the following coverage via ZDNET. You can also learn more about a new "large" liquid crystal LCD TV from Sharp from this URL.

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