Here’s an article from the San Jose Mercury News about how former Palm executive Donna Dubinsky named her new start-up Handspring.

Mobix Communications Ltd. announced the introduction of MobiCell/Pilot, a software development application which allows the PalmPilot to operate on the Mobitex Wireless Network. When connected to Mobitex, the PalmPilot turns into a connectivity device that can perform two-way Paging and email.

The International Herald Tribune has this article on why PDAs are becoming popular with business professionals. The article also attributes the PalmPilot’s success to the large number of software developers.

Send an e-mail to santa@palmtoppublishing.com and you’ll get a return e-mail and a zip file with the complete lyrics to over a dozen Traditional Christmas Carols ready to load into your Pilot, PalmPilot or Palm III. You’ll wow ’em big time this year and won’t have to slur your words for lack of knowing the lyrics.

Here’s a preview of new mobile toys that are available just in time for the holidays.

WineToday.com announced today that it has integrated its wine reviews into the Wine Master program developed by Poohbah Industries. Wine Master allows users to download WineToday.com’s wine reviews onto a PalmPilot or Palm III hand-held personal organizer.

PC Week has this article on what you can expect from Palm Computing in 1999. According to the article, Palm Computing has plans to hire more engineers and to acquire technology or other companies.

Thanks to reader John Hensley for sending in this article from Computerworld Magazine. According to the article, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems will face-off in the consumer device market.

Thanks to reader Chris Atvater for sending in this announcement from Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. Toshiba announced support for developers of high-end Windows CE designs with its Juno reference system. Juno is a development platform on which designers can build and adapt high-end Windows CE version 2.x OEM products and software applications.

The Oregonian has this report from Comdex ’98. The article has all of the lastest trends and hot products from Las Vegas.