Handheld copycats
The San Jose Mercury News has this article about how the success of Palm and Windows CE devices. The article also says that the success has spawned several less expensive devices.
State of the market
Electronic Buyers’ News has this article on the state of the handheld market. The article talks about the growth of Palm computers, Windows CE devices, and electronic books.
w-Trade on CE
w-Trade today announced that online brokerages Mydiscountbroker.com, InvestIN.com Securities Corp. and U.S. Discount Brokerage Inc. will immediately begin offering wireless trading to their customers with the w-Trade Wireless Trading System. w-Trade also announced that the w-Trade wireless application platform now supports Windows CE-based handheld PCs in addition to other types of handheld wireless devices.
BSquare, Microsoft deal
BSquare Corporation announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to continue providing Microsoft with services that extend the capabilities of the Windows CE operating system.
Handheld copycats
The San Jose Mercury News has this article about how the success of Palm and Windows CE devices. The article also says that the success has spawned several less expensive devices.
XML for Palm
Bluestone Software will post XML applications for the Palm Computing platform. TechWeb says that the applications will be available on April 27.
State of the market
Electronic Buyers’ News has this article on the state of the handheld market. The article talks about the growth of Palm computers, Windows CE devices, and electronic books.
Palm support
PC Week has this article about third-party support for the Palm Computing platform. The article discusses products from PlusFactor, Sybase, Security Dynamics, and Bluestone Software.
Direct dial on Palm computer
PDXTD introduced DIAL-IT, which enables users of a Palm computer to directly dial tone activated telephones. The small clip on unit interfaces with the phone’s mouthpiece and dials the selected number from the address book feature. The product also includes custom address book software.
Cassiopeia E-15 review
ZDNet has this review of Casio’s Cassiopeia E-15. The Cassiopeia E-15 includes rechargeable batteries and 16MB of both ROM and RAM.
