Pen Computing Daily News Archives, October 31, 2000

Casio Enterprise is now offering six handheld configurations: EG-800 (PocketPC), E-125 (Palm-size Windows CE), IT-700RF (built-in wireless), PA-2400 (large screen Windows CE), MPC-102 (mini-notebook PC), and MPC-5001 (slate PC).

Vindigo has launched London Personal Navigator Services for Palm OS savvy handheld devices through a new partnership with This Is London.

Shinei/Handspring has announced that they have begun shipping their Springboard module "my-Vox HS1 Digital Voice Recorder" for Handspring Visors. The device costs US$70, comes in two colors Ice or Graphite, and can record either 8 minutes of continuous sound, or 99 individual note memos/reminders.

Lightware's Scout XL projector offers: 700 lumens of light; two video ports (DVD, video game, etc. & 800 x 600 SVGA/XGA); built-in 2-watt speakers; 5.3 pound, 7.5 x 10.5 x 3-inch form factor; and a new price of US$2495.

Socket Communications has announced new "Battery Friendly" PocketPak CompactFlash plug-in storage cards that support Microsoft Pocket PCs, and come configured with software and hardware solutions (like Mobile Email via Digital Phones, or Ethernet access).

CNetX has released HandyZIP v1.0 -- a ZIP compression and decompression utility for mobile users using Windows CE devices.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)