Information Week examines the latest devices for th Windows CE platform and the Palm Computing platform. The article asks if these devices are offering too much for small devices.

The Australian Financial Review has this story of businessman George Bray, a road warrior who is still attached to his Newton 2100 MessagePad. The story also compares Palm organizers and Windows CE devices.

NS Basic/CE 2.0 is now shipping. Major enhancements are a Visual Designer to make design of forms easier than ever and support for Palm-sized PC’s. The new Visual Designer tool makes it much easier to lay out and modify your forms. Plus, the version for Palm-size PCs is truly useful and a blast to use. It’s easily the most powerful programming environment available for such a small computer.

Acclaim Sports, Inc, a division of Acclaim Entertainment announced the development of NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast. NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for Sega Dreamcast will support Microsoft’s Windows CE.

VenturCom announced the availability of its real-time environment, RTX for Windows NT and Windows CE, through the Intel distribution channels. Intel will include VenturCom’s RTX with a Pentium processor evaluation board in a single package, which will be available June 1, 1999. The kit will sell for US$9,995.

Thinque Systems Corporation announces Merchandising Sales Portfolio 2.0, the Microsoft Windows CE-based, sales workflow automation software for automating in-store data collection, field management, and market analysis for the consumer goods industry. Merchandising Sales Portfolio is based on a client/server architecture, using Windows CE for the client, and communicating to a SQL server via TCP/IP.

Wired News has this article about the latest handheld devices which are personal organizers as well as MP3 players.

USA Today has this story about Palm Computing’s rollout of the Palm VII. The article also talks about the pricing plan for Palm.net, Palm Computing’s new service.

News.com reports that when Palm Computing unveils the Palm VII Monday in New York, it will be taking an important first step toward the goal of providing full Internet access to non-PC users.

Wired News has this article about the latest handheld devices which are personal organizers as well as MP3 players.