Fortune Magazine has an article on Palm’s current slump resulting in a slipping of market share and what the company is doing to get back on top.

Issue 8 of PalmUser magazine is out next week, with a special, limited offer of issues 6 and 7 free when you subscribe. Issue 8 includes reviews of both the HandEra 330 and the Visor Edge.

InternetWeek has an article on how companies are putting handheld computers into the hands of hotel managers, retail salespeople, warehouse staff, field service engineers, etc. The article talks about how Sears Roebuck & Co. is giving stockroom staff and sales clerks 15,000 wireless computers from Symbol Technologies for inventory tracking, shipping and receiving, order management, and other tasks, from the stockroom to the store floor.

Mobile Automation, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for elements of technology utilized within its MA 2000 Product.

Cutting Edge Software, Inc. and DDH Software, Inc. have teamed to launch Quickdata, a free data utility designed to give mobile professionals a completely integrated “Office-Style” solution.

ZDNet has reviews of both the Palm m500 and Palm m505.

FileMaker announced that Handspring, Inc. has signed a FileMaker Box Set License, for deploying FileMaker software company-wide. Handspring will also use FileMaker Mobile Companion for Palm OS.

CommWeb.com reports Trend Micro unveiled PC-cillin for Wireless Version 2.0, a new version of its free antivirus software for the Palm OS.

Northstar Mobile announced that it has lowered the suggested retail price of MemorySafe to $49.95 for the 8MB model and $29.95 for the 2MB model, effective May 1, 2001.

IBM and PatientKeeper Inc. announced a collaboration to offer a mobile healthcare platform to hospitals and other medical facilities to enhance patient care and reduce medical errors.