San Jose Mercury News (SJMN) is reporting that you can now buy Handspring Visor handhelds based on Palm OS at Staples, Best Buy, and CompUSA retail stores.

Globalware Computing's PylonPro v2.6 makes it possible to synchronize your Palm OS handheld with Lotus Notes.

Phone.com has announced a new updated release of OneBox.com that will support a wide range of mobile phones.

Network Computing magazine has published a "Buyer's Guide: Playing Nice With PDAs" that examines handhelds from a Enterprise computing perspective.

<"http://www.rocketebook.com">Rocket eBook comes with an ability to build eBook formatted documents from a users PC. The software is called "RocketBook", and it works with word processing documents and memos/notes.

You can now use Sony's Memory Stick storage technology with their new portable NW-MS7 digital music player (US$400). Sony also has Memory Stick savvy desktop PC readers, digital cameras, digital camcorders, digital photo printer, and digital photo frame. Currently there are no "publicly released" PDAs or smart phones using the Memory Stick, but Sony is reportedly working with Palm and Symbian to provide this functionality in the future.

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