3Com Corporation announced the appointment of Carl J. Yankowski as Chief Executive Officer and Director of its Palm Computing, Inc. subsidiary. Yankowski, formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Sony Electronics, Inc. and President and CEO of the Reebok Brand, joins Palm Computing on December 13.

ZDNet has more on Palm Computing’s new CEO, Carl Yankowski. He will be chief executive and a director of Palm Computing starting on Dec. 13.

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This article from the Akron Beacon Journal says that even though handheld devices have become popular recently, they won’t replace desktop computers.

The UK Register has this article on the latest numbers in the handheld market. The report states that Palm Computing took 77.9 percent of the US handheld market this September. However, this is not all bad news for Windows CE devices — Casio’s market share rose from 3.5 percent in September 1998 to 9.5 percent in September 1999.

Golfwits.com released its Golfwits digital yardage card for the Windows CE operating system. Golfwits lets you score your game on the map of the course you are playing. Each stroke is recorded and drawn on the dynamic map, including yards from the tee or previous shot and yards remaining to the center of the green. The “smart maps” automatically record information such as Drive in Fairway, Greens in Regulation, Sand Saves, Penalties, and more.

News.com says that Microsoft will revamp the Windows CE brand next year. Microsoft will begin to stamp devices as “Windows Powered,” not the ususal “Powered by Microsoft Windows CE.”

This article from the Akron Beacon Journal says that even though handheld devices have become popular recently, they won’t replace desktop computers.

The Ecrio connected notepad from Ecritek Corporation will be available to the US in the first quarter 2000 through partners and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Ecrio is a portfolio that holds a handheld on the left side, and a standard 5 by 8-inch pad of paper on the right. Anything written on the paper pad is automatically captured via a wireless connection and attached to the application or record that is open in the handheld device.

Last year, it was reported that Palm III devices were used to break into certain cars. CNN has this story of a cashier who swiped a credit card through a credit card device, then allegedly swiped it a second time through a credit card scanner attached to a Palm device.