GoAmerica and Centrinity
GoAmerica, Inc. and Centrinity Inc. announced they will integrate their technologies to offer business customers wireless access to unified messaging. The companies expect the combined offering to be available in the first quarter of 2001.
Server maintenance scheduled
On Tuesday, October 17, we will be performing routine server maintenance. All ZATZ sites will be down for just a few hours.
Choose your styli
PDABuzz.com presents a multi-stylus shootout, featuring styli from Pilot, Kentaur, Cross, PDA Panache, and Yafa.
Palm gets Dilbert plug
Palm devices have become official icons in the corporate world now that they’ve gotten a mention in a Dilbert comic strip.
Palm devices go to school
NBC Nightly News had a story about a school in Illinois where the students were equipped with Palm devices for note taking, doing homework, and lab work. There’s a Windows Media version of the report available at MSNBC.
More on Palm and Delphi
The Register also has an article on Palm’s deal with Delphi Automotive Systems to develop a Palm OS-based car dashboard device.
Palm takes to the streets
ZDNet has an article on Palm’s deal with Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. and the Mayfield Fund venture capital company to develop voice-activated Internet services for drivers.
Handsfree mobile Internet
MobileAria, Inc. will develop a new, handsfree mobile Internet service platform for the automobile, with investments from Delphi Automotive Systems, Palm, Inc., and Mayfield Fund. MobileAria plans to provide an open platform to enable in-vehicle access and management of personal information, mobile Internet services, and entertainment through a hands-free, voice-activated interface.
P2P We Hardly Knew Ye
Our old friend, Dave Winer, has posted an interesting discussion on the P2P (point-to-point) Internet non-happening. He discusses the concept in relation to Napster and clarifies some interesting issues about why Napster’s so big and P2P isn’t. If you haven’t read Dave’s stuff, you should. He’s been around this industry for a long time and often gives readers great food for thought.
Marina application
BrightHand has the first in a series of articles chronicling the design, development, and implementation of a Pocket PC-based application at the Port of Seattle’s Shilshole Bay Marina.
