Record revenue for Palm

Palm, Inc. reported record revenue of $522.2 million in its second quarter of fiscal 2001, up 102 percent from the $258.6 million generated in the second quarter of fiscal 2000.

Posted on: December 21, 2000 9:00 am

Match a face to a name

The eyemodule development team has created eyecontact, which works with an eyemodule user’s existing address book to attach photos to individual entries, letting you match a face with a name.

Posted on: December 21, 2000 9:00 am

Wireless Internet advantages

PDAJD has an article on the incredible benefits of the wireless Internet. As the site is designed for legal professionals, the article’s focus is on how lawyers can take advantage of it, but the same principles more or less apply to all fields.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

Bluetooth coming soon

IDG has an article on announcements made by speakers at last week’s Bluetooth Developers Conference in San Jose. They said that next year Bluetooth technology will begin to appear in some restaurants, airports, and stores, letting customers access information free of charge on their own portable devices.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

activeLink for Visor

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced that it will sell its activeLink two-way wireless messaging module as a standalone module for use with the Handspring Visor.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

Documents To Go review

PDAJD has a review of Documents To Go from DataViz.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

Schiffer auctions PDAs

Infosync reports that Claudia Schiffer is auctioning off five of her Palm Vx Claudia Schiffer Edition handhelds on eBay. Each has been personally autographed by the model, and proceeds will be going to UNICEF, for whom Claudia is an ambassador.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

GamePad available

WorldWide Widget Works has announced that the new GamePad for Palm III or Palm VII series handhelds is now available.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

PalmSource overview

Smaller.com has come out with their review of the events at last week’s PalmSource. The article takes a chronological look at the future Palm layed out at the event.

Posted on: December 20, 2000 9:00 am

Republicans use AvantGo

For those of you who thought our politics issue of PalmPower was a little too one-sided, Think Mobile has an article on AvantGo’s announcement that 50 Senate Republican offices, including personal, committee, and state offices, will soon carry critical information on their mobile devices using AvantGo Enterprise.

Posted on: December 19, 2000 9:00 am