ASL-Connect 2.1 from Advance Systems Ltd. was honored as the Best Development Tool at the PC WEEK Best of Comdex awards on November 18, in Las Vegas. ASL-Connect is a complete solution for the development, deployment and management of mobile computers based on Windows CE and Palm OS operating systems. ASL-Connect is a flexible and open framework for the development of mobile computing solutions.
Here’s a review of Franklin’s RexPro electronic organizer from the Chicago Tribune. RexPro is compatible with contact manager software including Microsoft Outlook, ACT!, Lotus Organizer and SideKick.
Tegic Communications announced Benefon has licensed T9 text input. Benefon plans to incorporate English, Finnish and other European language versions of T9 text input into a new GSM cellular handset to be announced in Helsinki on November 25th.
The Washington Times has this review of what hit and miss at last week’s Comdex. One of the hits at the show was Palm Computing’s hyperactive booth.
Knight Ridder’s Real Cities network has teamed up with AvantGo Inc. to provide news and information to handheld devices. Real Cities will provide regional news, weather, sports, entertainment and other local information.
The Associated Press is reporting that America Online bought Netscape for $4.21 billion. According to the AP, Sun Microsystems has also been included in the deal. In a three-year deal, Sun Microsystems Inc. will distribute Netscape’s business-level server software, and AOL will use Sun’s Java programming technology — which lets programs run on a variety of types of computers — to offer AOL services on what the company called "next-generation Internet devices."
CNN Interactive has the latest on AOL’s acquisition of Netscape.
Here’s an article on the future of mobile phones. The article includes the pdq Smartphone, which runs on the Palm OS, will allow you to check your appointments, look up a birthday, or confirm a phone number and tap the screen to have the phone dial it.
Want to know where to buy a Palm III on the Internet? Here’s an item from the Washington Post that tells you.
As Fall Comdex 1998 closed in Las Vegas, 3Com took home four PC/Computing MVP awards. Product winners in the hardware category include the U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem, Megahertz 56K Global Modem PC Card, Fast EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI network interface card, and the Palm III connected organizer.