According to a PC World article, Microsoft is pretty happy about what they call their "successful Pocket PC" handheld platform.

Symbian and Opera Software have announced a new agreement that enables EPOC OS-based reference design devices to come bundled with Opera's web browser software. Opera v5.0 for Symbian includes the following technologies: JavaScript support for JavaScript objects and form controls; ECMAScript regexp object; support for HTML event handlers; and the SSL handling of certificates, FTP, 128-bit encryption, SSL 2 and 3, TLS 1.0, CSS1 and CSS2, XML, HTML 4.01, HTTP 1.1, ECMAScript version 3, and JavaScript 1.4.

Firepad has announced that they are now shipping their vector graphic Mobile Application Platform v2.0 for PalmOS, and have plans to port the software to Pocket PC devices.

Network Computing magazine examines "Keeping PDAs in Sync" by Richard Hoffman.

SiPix has announced that their Pocket Printer A6 now supports over 45 PalmOS applications for direct printing using Stevens Creek Software's PalmPrint v3.1 software. If you own the Pocket Printer A6 you can purchase PalmPrint for US$30.

Symbol Technologies and MerchantWired have announced plans to work together to provide wireless LAN solutions to mall retailers across the United States. [Yahoo Business]

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)