Jim Seymour has an opinion piece at PC Magazine in which he talks about the PDAs he’s currently using, what he wishes he were using, and where he sees the next generation of PDAs headed.

TechWeb News reports on a new PDA for the jet set called the Modo from Scout Electromedia. According to the article, the company hopes users will think of the Modo handheld as the leisure equivalent of Palm devices. The article cites Geoff Pitfield, Scout’s chief executive, as saying the company hasn’t set out to create the next Palm device, but a wireless publishing platform that it can eventually license to other hardware manufacturers, possibly even Palm, Inc.

allNetDevices reports Firepad is readying streaming video technology for Palm OS-based handhelds.

GoAmerica and Metricom, Inc. announced an agreement to offer Ricochet to business customers. According to the press release, GoAmerica customers selecting Ricochet will gain wireless access to corporate data and the Internet at an end-user speed of 128 kbps.

Emporio Armani and Vindigo announced details of a partnership. Armani-designed beaming stations will allow Palm OS-based handheld users to receive the Vindigo application while shopping at Emporio Armani stores.

Here’s the McAfee Virus Profile on the Trojan horse application identified as PalmOS/LibertyCrack.

Datastick Systems, Inc., announced that its Datastick Connection software will bring data acquisition, measurement, and control to the Palm OS platform using the Bluetooth wireless communications standard, as a CrossLink partner to Crossbow Technology, Inc.

CEcity has a summary of the news and rumors surrounding Microsoft’s upcoming Windows CE powered cell phone called Stinger.

Palm Boulevard has an article on how Al Gore is transmitting his campaign message to Palm computers through AvantGo. The channel is accessible from Gore’s official campaign page, algore.com/pda.

Many may sympathize with this article at BrightHand about a PDA user who feels victimized by too-rapid device obsolescence.