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Relavis Corporation, developers of OverQuota, was awarded the prestigious Beacon Award for “Best in Lotusphere Showcase” by Lotus Development Corporation last night. The product is extensible through tools such as OverQuota-EIS, hand-held device integration with 3Com’s PalmPilot, full integration of Target Account Selling and multi-platform support for IBM’s Native Domino/ Notes on the AS/400, RS/6000 and S/390. OverQuota has taken the lead in multi-currency support for transitional EURO and EURO, as well as multi-language capability including 32bit Kanji.

NEWS.com reports that prices for the Palm III are going back up. Retailers, especially online stores looking to drive holiday e-commerce traffic, engaged in a full-scale price war last month. Now that the holidays are over, prices are creeping back up.

Aportis Technologies Corp. announced release of BrainForest Professional 1.0 for Macintosh and Palm Computing platform devices. BrainForest is a comprehensive action item organizer, idea tracker, project planner and checklist manager. It is a hierarchical outlining tool that uses an intuitive Trees, Branches and Leaves analogy that allows complete customization of how data is viewed. BrainForest Professional files can be used on any desktop computer or Palm Computing platform device. Also included is a comprehensive User’s Guide with a QuickStart tutorial.

Computer Shopper has this review of DeLorme’s newest Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, Earthmate. You can also use Solus Pro – a connectivity software that lets you use Street Atlas’ routes and maps on a PalmPilot or Windows CE-based device with the Earthmate GPS.

TechWeb reports on the handheld devices we’ll see in 1999. Among them are Handspring Inc.’s consumer-oriented device and Qualcomm’s pdQ.

PC Computing has this article on gadgets ranging from the pdQ Smartphone to Windows CE devices to GPS devices.

Fox News has this look at the auto PC. Intel said it plans to unveil a new processor and chip set for auto PCs next month. Also on board to develop the auto PC are Microsoft and Visteon.

Jump Networks, Inc. announced the beta launch of Jump!, a free and connected calendar, email and address book on the Web. Jump! offers integrated online content and event information. To fully leverage online content and the power of the Web, Jump! offers unmatched free synchronization with major PIM’s and PDA’s via Puma Technology’s IntelliSync. Through IntelliSync for JUMP!, users may synchronize with Microsoft Outlook 97/98, Microsoft Schedule+, Lotus Organizer, Lotus Notes, Symantec ACT!, Windows CE 1.0/2.0 devices, and PalmPilot and PalmIII connected organizers.

GWI Software announced a front office suite for the Lotus Notes and Domino environment. The GWI Collaborative Front Office suite delivers a comprehensive set of applications that automate sales, marketing, customer service, knowledge management, IT help desks, asset management, as well as Internet and intranet-based end user self support. One of the components of GWI’s Collaborative Front Office suite includes Sales Version 7.0. Sales is the sales force automation component of the suite. Sales includes a complete set of features including contact management, activity management, lead procurement from the Internet, and support for the 3Com PalmPilot. Sales enables sales teams to close sales more efficiently and provides sales managers robust tools for forecasting and opportunity management. Sales is also Web-enabled, empowering sales people to access the major features via a Web browser or a Notes client.