IDC is reporting that by the year 2002 that 70% of all wireless phone users will have access to data applications from their mobile phones. And Forrester Research is predicting that by the year 2002 sales of handheld devices will start to exceed sales of traditional personal computers. [SOURCES: Mobile Computing & Communications, and The Industry Standard]

DigitalGlyph Software has two interesting Palm OS products of potential interest: POP! v2.4 (pop-up menu of predefined text), and Linker v1.56 (extension that links text between built-in applications). Each package costs U$13.

Synaptics has announced plans to show off two of their core technologies including: SPIRAL (pen input) and ClearPad (touch sensor) at the upcoming Mobile Insights 2000 conference being held in Palm Desert, California.

Synchrologic has announced the release of iMobile File Distribution for Palm OS v2.5 that enables "corporate" documents (Word & Excel) to be automatically converted and distributed to mobile Palm OS devices.

Telxon has announced plans to use M-System's DiskOnChip storage solution in their new Telxon PTC-1800 handheld terminal that is Windows CE savvy, and integrated with Voice-Over IP telephony software.

Siebel Systems and Palm, Inc. have announced a new alliance to market and sell eBusiness solutions based on Siebel integrating their eBusiness solutions with Palm's built-in applications.

The Stanford PalmPilot User Group (SPUG) meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month, so their the next meeting will be on 07Mar00 at Printer's Inc Bookstore Cafe, 310 California Ave, Palo Alto, California. The Guest of Honor will be Paul Osborne of Palm, Inc., who will be demoing the new color Palm IIIc.

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