AIM Productions has released Cherrysoft Strip Blackjack 4 PALM.

LandWare Inc announced the immediate availability of the Wine Enthusiast Guide 2002 on Rewritable Palm expansion media for Palm handhelds. Palm expansion media can be used with Palm handhelds that have the Palm Expansion Card Slot, such as the Palm m125, m130, m500, m505, m515, i705 and future handhelds. The Wine Enthusiast Card allows you to access up-to-date details, reviews, and ratings for over 9,000 wines worldwide. The Wine Enthusiast MultiMedia Card also provides interactive vintage charts, wine cellar management tools, and an extensive glossary containing over 1,400 wine terms.

Air2Web has signed a deal with SOSystems of Orem, Utah. SOSystems provides credit unions with open-system data processing solutions. SOSystems is integrating their new mobile banking product M*Tellertm with Air2Web’s wireless platform. Beginning in April, SO Systems’ clients will be able to offer their credit union customers wireless banking services via Short Message Service(SMS) and Web-enabled phones (WAP), personal digital assistants (PDAs such as a Palm handhelds), pagers, and other wireless devices including email devices.

AvantGo, Inc. is debuting AvantGo Mobile Inspection, a packaged mobile application designed to improve business inefficiencies that result from performing inspection, asset tracking, loss prevention, safety, and environmental audit tasks. The solution will be unveiled at the sixth annual Mobile Computer User Group Forum 2002, held April 10-12 in London.

Palm Infocenter has a review of HandZipper 1.1.2. According to the article, HandZipper offers limited compression and decompression of Zip files on VFS-enabled Palm handhelds.

Kodak has a message on its Web site stating its PalmPix digital cameras have been discontinued.

SF Gate has an article on thumb-operated handheld device keyboards. More and more device manufactures are turning to the technology, and according to the article, “The trend reflects a growing demand for more efficient, yet portable ways of entering data.”

Datastick Systems, Inc. announced the availability of Datastick Connection 2.0 and the alternative Datastick Connection Plus 2.0. Datastick Connection is the software component of the Palm OS-based MyCorder DAS-1206 Data Acquisition System, which allows users to take sophisticated scientific and industrial measurements in the field, record them, display them on a Palm handheld, and synchronize them at a later time to their desktop computers for analysis. Datastick Connection Plus 2.0 extends the feature set to include a broader set of logging and display options, such as the ability to assign alarms and recording thresholds to various input channels.

Trust Digital and IBM announced that Trust Digital’s new line of encryption software, PDASecure, is designed to safeguard mobile information stored on the IBM Microdrive. Using password protection, data encryption, and a variety of administration control features, Trust Digital’s encryption software protects data stored on expansion memory cards such as the Microdrive from internal and external fraud, theft, sabotage, and hacking. The IBM Microdrive offers storage capacities ranging from 340 MB to 1 GB on a single one-inch diameter hard disk drive.

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