TIME Digital has a lengthy piece on Palm devices that focuses on the debate between getting an electronic PDA versus sticking with an old paper planner. The aricle considers the question, can a digital organizer really simplify your life or is it just another geek toy that

allNetDevices reports Glenayre Technologies has received FCC approval for its activeLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor. ActiveLink is a Springboard module that provides Visor users always-on connections to ReFLEX two-way wireless networks.

UpsideToday has an article on the way Palm and Handspring are demonstrating how the battle for supremacy is going to be fought in the growing handheld market. According to the article, recent trends in the two companies’ product lines show that at the moment, style will be a bigger selling point than substance.

Pacific Microinstruments and TikiSoft, Inc. announced the creation of a strategic alliance to deliver combined hardware and software solutions for the Palm Computing platform. According to the press release, Pacific Microinstruments will serve as the hardware and manufacturing arm of the partnership, while TikiSoft will take the lead in software design.

WineScore introduced WineScore 2.0, adding over 3000 French wines to its database of over 5300 California, Oregon, and Washington wines. WineScore software for Palm Computing or compatible devices is a database of ratings of wines.

BrightHand has a review of iPAQ’s PC Card Expansion Pack which can accept Type I and II CompactFlash cards and standard PC Cards. Did the reviewer like it? Forced to return the sample product back to the manufacturer, he writes, “it was with tears in my eyes and a shaky hand that I handed over the unit to the FedEx courier to send [the device] back to Compaq.”

CEWire announced it now has an AvantGo Channel allowing users to transfer CEWire content from the previous seven days to Palm and Windows CE devices. This includes Palm-sized PCs, Handheld PCs, and Pocket PCs.

SF Gate has an article on announcements made by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and others promising to create new handheld and ultra-portable devices. According to the article, these announcements from industry titans like IBM and HP indicate the handheld market is hot.

Yahoo has a press release from ttools, LLC announcing that Al Gore has chosen ttools’ PDApoint Stylus Pen to distribute at the 2000 Democratic National Convention this week. According to the announcement, a few weeks ago, the Gore 2000 campaign staff purchased a number of the PDApoint Stylus Pens to distribute and claims Mr. Gore relies on the ttools PDApoint Stylus Pen because it enables him to switch between paper and his PDA more easily and efficiently.

Onechannel.net reports that Palm PDA sales decreased in Q2, measuring about 45 percent lower than Q1 sales. The article speculates this is probably due to supply shortages, some seasonal aspects of the PDA market, and increasing competition from Handspring models introduced early in the second quarter.