Handhelds replace laptops

ZDNet News reports that a survey by brokerage firm Goldman Sachs found that when corporate workers are given BlackBerry handheld devices from Research In Motion, their use of laptops declines markedly.

Posted on: April 17, 2001 9:00 am

TomTom Citymaps launched

Palmtop Software is launching TomTom Citymaps for major European cities.

Posted on: April 17, 2001 9:00 am

ViziCard released

AardAsNails has announced ViziCard, designed to send, receive, and organize graphical business cards. The software can beam a copy of itself together with the card, and the recipient may optionally copy the address data from the card to the Palm Address Book.

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

No dummies, this family!

We’d like to send out a hearty congratulations to Dan Amrich. We just received our copy of Dan’s book, PlayStation 2 for Dummies, which we’re sure will be a best seller. Dan’s the brother of our esteemed co-founder and Managing Editor Denise Amrich and the author of a number of PalmPower articles on handheld gaming. Nice job, Dan!

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

CNET on Handspring report

CNET News.com has an article on Handspring’s posting of its fiscal third-quarter loss that matched Wall Street expectations.

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

Smartphone axed

The Register reports Motorola has axed its PalmOS-based smartphone. According to the article, Motorola viewed the Palm device as a research project.

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

Handspring revenues

Handspring, Inc. announced revenues of $123.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2001 ended March 31, 2001. According to the press release, quarterly revenues increased 261% compared to last year, and 7% over FYQ2 2001.

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

OmniSky licensed Blazer

OmniSky Corporation announced that it has licensed the Handspring Blazer browser and proxy server to enhance the OmniSky user experience on Palm OS-based handhelds.

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

Fools duel over PDAs

Dueling Fools at Fool.com are arguing over who will prevail in the PDA wars, Palm or Handspring?

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am

No dummies, this family!

We’d like to send out a hearty congratulations to Dan Amrich. We just received our copy of Dan’s book, PlayStation 2 for Dummies, which we’re sure will be a best seller. Dan’s the brother of our esteemed co-founder and Managing Editor Denise Amrich and the author of a number of PalmPower articles on handheld gaming. Nice job, Dan!

Posted on: April 13, 2001 9:00 am