3Com Corporation announced that a registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the initial public offering of the common stock of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Palm Computing, Inc. In connection with the IPO, Palm Computing, Inc. intends to change its name to Palm, Inc.

Delta Air Lines is working with IBM and Modem Media Poppe Tyson to develop a wireless travel service. According to Computer Reseller News, you would be able to get flight information and schedules on your handheld device or cell phone.

ZDNet’s Jesse Berst explains why Palm Computing will dominate the handheld market for at least the next two years. He says that it’s mostly because Palm Computing is gaining partners and momentum while Windows CE is losing partners and momentum.

Here’s a story from News.com on upcoming Windows CE-based handheld devices. The article says that Hewlett-Packard and NEC will release new products next year.

pdamart, L.L.C. announced the opening of their Coolest Killer App contest for developers of Microsoft Windows CE. For each qualified “Coolest Killer App” contest entry, the developer will receive either a copy of the Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0 or a copy of Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 6.0. Six developers of Windows CE will win Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Universal Subscriptions. The grand prize winner will receive a FREE trip to the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Denver, Colorado. The pdamart “Coolest Killer App” Contest runs until February 29, 2000.

Delta Air Lines is working with IBM and Modem Media Poppe Tyson to develop a wireless travel service. According to Computer Reseller News, you would be able to get flight information and schedules on your handheld device or cell phone.

ZDNet’s Jesse Berst explains why Palm Computing will dominate the handheld market for at least the next two years. He says that it’s mostly because Palm Computing is gaining partners and momentum while Windows CE is losing partners and momentum.

Targus Group International announced an exclusive agreement with Think Outside. Under the terms of the agreement, Targus will be the exclusive distributor for Think Outside’s Stowaway Portable Keyboard for the Handspring Visor family of handheld computers. The products will be marketed under the brand “Targus Stowaway”. Think Outside will maintain a direct relationship with Palm Computing, who will market the keyboard for Palm devices.

Certicom announced a licensing agreement whereby Extended Systems Incorporated will use Certicom’s elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) technology to secure its XTNDConnect Server 2.3 product. XTNDConnect Server 2.3 provides synchronization of e-mail, contacts, calendar and tasks between multiple handheld devices, including Palm Computing and Windows CE, and Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes/Domino servers.

GroupServe launched the wireless Palm device version of its Web discussion service, GroupVine, Friday, while versions for Nokia Communicator, and Windows CE Pocket Internet Explorer will be available later this week.