PC World has this article on NEC’s new MobilePro 780. The MobilePro 780 has a 168-MHz NEC VR4121 processor, 32 MB of memory, a 8.1-inch color touch display, a 78-key keyboard, and a 56kbps modem.

Handheldmed.com launched the latest of their mobile offerings for medical professionals utilizing handheld computers in medicine. You can now find the latest journal abstracts from the American Family Physician, the journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Handheldmed’s mobile content is accessible to users of both Palm Computing and Windows CE platforms, utilizing a technology by AvantGo.

A survey published by NPD Intelect says that sales of handheld devices in December grew 169 percent over sales in December 1998.

We’ve picked up some interesting news on color Palm devices. Specifically, the following documentation, available on the Palm Web site, talks about Palm OS 3.5 supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8-bit color and grayscale. 8-bit color allows pictures to have up to 256 colors, suitable for games, but not quite up to the task of displaying photos or video. Here are Palm’s statements:

The most major and obvious change in Palm OS software 3.5 is the graphics system, which now supports 1, 2, 4, and 8 bit color and grayscale. Not all hardware running 3.5 can support all of these graphics modes, but for example 4-bit grayscale (16 shades) is possible and is officially supported on some devices running the DragonBall EZ, such as the Palm V device family.

The preliminary 3.5 SDK contains some early documentation on the new graphics system, and the 3.0 version of the Palm OS Emulator supports emulating a color screen, so with the 3.5 color rom image developers can start creating color applications immediately, without having to wait for a device manufacturer to ship actual hardware.

Handheldmed.com launched the latest of their mobile offerings for medical professionals utilizing handheld computers in medicine. You can now find the latest journal abstracts from the American Family Physician, the journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Handheldmed’s mobile content is accessible to users of both Palm Computing and Windows CE platforms, utilizing a technology by AvantGo.

Puma Technology, Inc. announced version 3.7 of its Intellisync software, providing Palm Computing platform handheld users with support for Lotus Notes R5. Additionally, Intellisync version 3.7 will offer increased Lotus Notes calendar functionality, including support for recurring events and automated reminders.

A survey published by NPD Intelect says that sales of handheld devices in December grew 169 percent over sales in December 1998.

ThinAirApps, LLC announced a joint marketing and distribution agreement with Actual Software, which will enable the two companies to introduce a new product called “MultiMail with ThinAirPower.” The new product, which will be available in March 2000, is a jointly developed enterprise solution that combines ThinAirApps’ ThinAir Server and Actual Software’s MultiMail Pro to enable wireless access to data and email.

Transmeta finally announced what the fuss over the Crusoe chip is about. The chip will a laptop run all day on one charge. ZDNet’s Jesse Berst breaksdown the announcement and describes the advantages of such a chip and what obstacles Transmeta will face.

Ilium Software announced the release of eWallet 2.0 for Palm-size and Handheld PCs running Microsoft Windows CE, as well as for desktop and notebook PCs running Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT. eWallet allows users to store and retrieve all their important personal information in a highly secure electronic wallet.