Syware has announced that their Visual CE database development tool now supports Microsoft PocketPC platforms. Syware currently offers four editions of Visual CE: Lite (US$79), Personal (US$129), Professional (US$399), and Enterprise (US$599).

ThinAirApps and Extended Systems have announced a new agreement to combine their own current technologies into a seamless mobile synchronization solution that will support secure real-time enterprise wireless data environments.

InnoGear's new SpringBoard savvy MiniJam Personal MP3 Player for Handspring Visors will come pre-installed with Club Photo's Album-To-Go. The MiniJam is capable of storing Palm OS content like digital photos, ebooks, or native Palm OS applications.

Cross has announced a new "Convergence Pen" (US$99) that will offer top-notch pen quality and style, but also digital scanning capabilities. The device will be able to hold 100 separately scanned codes, use serial port connectivity to desktop systems, and be widely available by Holidays 2000.

SySaver offers business, corporations, and personal users faster and secure data backup, restoration, and storage solutions over the Internet using a robust 24x7x365 server architecture; two different OC3 fiber backbone connections; and 768-bit Triple DES Encryption.

Pendragon Forms is a database application for Palm OS that has been optimized for improving data collection processes, and has the ability to link back to popular enterprise databases like Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)