New cards from Xircom
Xircom announced that it is broadening its CompactCard family of Windows CE solutions to include 56K Modem and wireless GSM technologies. Xircom is now shipping the CompactCard Modem56 GlobalACCESS (CFM56G) and CompactCard GSM (CFGSM), in addition to the currently available CompactCard Ethernet 10 (CFE-10BT).
You’ve got mail!
TechWeb reports that America Online users will be able to access email through Casio and Compaq handheld computers.
AvantGo for Mac
AvantGo debuted AvantGo.com for the Apple Macintosh platform. AvantGo.com will be available free of charge beginning in March to users of Apple PowerPC-based computers, such as the iMac, PowerMac G3 and G4, and the iBook, and it requires Palm Computing’s HotSync Manager.
PocketMail BackFlip
PocketScience announced the availability of their latest mobile email device, the PocketMail BackFlip. This new device provides a mobile email solution for the Palm Computing platform. The PocketMail BackFlip is a small hardware device that snaps on to the back of the Palm organizer. It allows users to send and receive email or fax messages from any landline or wireless phone.
Dan’s “best of” nominations
Contributing editor Dan Huber of Windows CE Power has shared his “best of” list with us:
- Most important technology… Transistor
- Most interesting product… Mercedes-Benz S500
- Best movie ever… Saving Private Ryan
- Most interesting use of a new material… Kevlar in speaker drivers
- Best bad-guy… Jesse James
- Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler
- Person of the Century / of the Millennium… Karl Benz (This was hard!)
- Most eagerly awaited technology… The Internet
- Most eagerly awaited event… End of Vietnam War
- Most interesting new edible substance… Edible underwear
- Most exciting event… First moon walk
- Biggest news/most newsworthy… End of WWII
- Cheesiest concept… Pyramid scams
- Silliest technology… Automatic litterbox cleaner
- Best accomplishment of humanity… Polio vaccine
- Worst accomplishment of humanity… Chemical warfare
Jason’s “best of” nominations
Jason Perlow, Senior Technical Editor of Windows CE Power and Contributing Editor for PalmPower (and a fellow DVD fanatic) clocks in with his “best of” nominations:
- Most important technology… Espresso Machine (the entire computer industry runs on it)
- Most interesting product… ReplayTV
- Best movie ever… 2001: A Space Odyssey / Blade Runner (tie)
- Most interesting use of a new material… Velcro Sneakers
- Most influential figure… Alan Turing, father of Computer Science
- Best bad-guy… Darth Vader
- Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler/Joseph Stalin (tie)
- Person of the Century / of the Millennium… J. Presper Eckert, John W. Mauchly and John Vincent Atanasoff (three-way tie), inventors of the world’s first digital computer
- Most eagerly awaited event… Unveiling of the Color Palm Device
- Most interesting new edible substance… Pop Rox
- Most exciting event… Woodstock ’68
- Biggest news/most newsworthy… Bombing of Pearl Harbor
- Cheesiest concept… Microwave Pizza
- Silliest technology… Microsoft Bob [our second nomination]
- Best accomplishment of humanity… The Internet
- Worst accomplishment of humanity… Fossil Fuels
STYLUSplus.com
STYLUSplus.com introduced the STYLUS+ four-way multi-purpose pen. The STYLUS+ can be used on palmtops/handheld computers (also available as regular pens). Customize your STYLUS+ by choosing ink color and stylus tip color. The STYLUS+ is available for $19.99.
Web Companion
Bill Gates is expected to discuss Microsoft’s Web Companion devices at the Consumer Electronics Show. The devices are being built with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 browser software and are run on Windows CE.
Dan’s “best of” nominations
Contributing editor Dan Huber of Windows CE Power has shared his “best of” list with us:
- Most important technology… Transistor
- Most interesting product… Mercedes-Benz S500
- Best movie ever… Saving Private Ryan
- Most interesting use of a new material… Kevlar in speaker drivers
- Best bad-guy… Jesse James
- Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler
- Person of the Century / of the Millennium… Karl Benz (This was hard!)
- Most eagerly awaited technology… The Internet
- Most eagerly awaited event… End of Vietnam War
- Most interesting new edible substance… Edible underwear
- Most exciting event… First moon walk
- Biggest news/most newsworthy… End of WWII
- Cheesiest concept… Pyramid scams
- Silliest technology… Automatic litterbox cleaner
- Best accomplishment of humanity… Polio vaccine
- Worst accomplishment of humanity… Chemical warfare
Jason’s “best of” nominations
Jason Perlow, Senior Technical Editor of Windows CE Power and Contributing Editor for PalmPower (and a fellow DVD fanatic) clocks in with his “best of” nominations:
- Most important technology… Espresso Machine (the entire computer industry runs on it)
- Most interesting product… ReplayTV
- Best movie ever… 2001: A Space Odyssey / Blade Runner (tie)
- Most interesting use of a new material… Velcro Sneakers
- Most influential figure… Alan Turing, father of Computer Science
- Best bad-guy… Darth Vader
- Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler/Joseph Stalin (tie)
- Person of the Century / of the Millennium… J. Presper Eckert, John W. Mauchly and John Vincent Atanasoff (three-way tie), inventors of the world’s first digital computer
- Most eagerly awaited event… Unveiling of the Color Palm Device
- Most interesting new edible substance… Pop Rox
- Most exciting event… Woodstock ’68
- Biggest news/most newsworthy… Bombing of Pearl Harbor
- Cheesiest concept… Microwave Pizza
- Silliest technology… Microsoft Bob [our second nomination]
- Best accomplishment of humanity… The Internet
- Worst accomplishment of humanity… Fossil Fuels
