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The already packed entry-level handheld organizer category will get a bit more crowded this summer when V-Tech and Fuga join the market. Both companies...

Lower prices and new features will help broaden the appeal of handheld organizers to general consumers this year, say industry observers. Handheld organizers remain...

The fledgling e-book market took two giant steps forward last week with the announcements that Thomson will offer e-book readers later this year and...

Microsoft announced today that its Windows Media Player with MP3 capability is available for all palm-size PCs from Compaq, Casio and Hewlett-Packard. Windows Media...

NEW YORK — At PC Expo, the Palm family gained another member as Sony officially rolled out a Palm-OS device. Palm Inc. also announced...

The fledgling e-book market took two giant steps forward this week with the announcements that Thomson will offer e-book readers later this year and...

Removable Flash memory is fast becoming a standard media for high-end handheld dictation products. Sanyo recently began shipping its first digital handheld dictation recorders...

Handheld PC players Hewlett-Packard, Compaq and Casio report strong sales this fall, despite the shakeout of Philips and Goldstar from the Windows CE market....

Several digital audio radio companies joined Sirius Satellite Radio in claiming they will offer a “buy” button on future digital radios that will let...

Royal made an aggressive push in the handheld category as it introduced new product formats and unveiled at CES a Linux-based DaVinci model that...

Micro Center, Hiliard, Ohio, is test marketing free PCs in at least four markets including Houston, Philadelphia, Long Island and Denver, said the company....

3Com announced that Palm Computing has won a preliminary injunction against the sale of the Royal daVinci palm style PDA by Olivetti Office USA....

Retailers across the country report up to two months backorder on Palm units, due to a shortage in certain parts for the Palm. Amazon.com,...

Sharp has launched a redesigned series of Wizard organizers that feature a new user interface and allow users to add on their own software...

John Bermingham, who recently became Smith Corona’s president and CEO, is not ready to pronounce the long-ailing home office manufacturer as completely healed, but...

PORT WASHINGTON, NY — NPD Intelect is predicting sales of personal digital assistants (PDAs) will more than double over last year, based on first-half...

New York, NY– Sony launched the CLIE, its first Palm OS handheld computer here last night with the promise that the device will revolutionize...

Despite the panic created by potential Y2K-related computer problems in the commercial sector, PC home users are not rushing into stores to purchase or...

Aggressive price moves from top-tier PC vendors and shifting computer component costs are forcing second- and third-tier competitors to shake up their businesses to...

More free and semi-free PCs are heading for the market, while the jury is still out on the long-term profitability and success of the...

As 3Com prepares to spin off its Palm Computing subsidiary, the company recently revealed that Motorola, Nokia and America Online (AOL) will be key...

Digital Paths, a start-up company based in Stanton, Calif., is launching an intermediary service between handheld computers and Internet sites that will allow a...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In an unusual Hollywood-style alliance for the handheld industry, Palm announced that a Claudia Schiffer version of the Palm Vx...

Palm Computing, a 3Com company, announced that the much anticipated Palm VII wireless organizer is now available to retailers in the New York metropolitan...

Palm Computing today demonstrated handheld Palm devices with Bluetooth technology for wirelessly exchanging information with PCs and other handhelds at the CeBIT trade show...

Retailers reported that the rash of ISP rebate promotions now available is creating a surge in PC sales, all but erasing the traditional July...

Personal digital assistant (PDA) vendors are setting the stage for these handheld devices to move beyond their current role as simple devices unable to...

Lexmark became the first printer company to offer Internet rebates that will result in free printer giveaways on three of its models. Lexmark announced...

In a countermeasure to the free and low-cost PCs sold via the Internet, some vendors are preparing to bundle a year’s free unlimited Internet...

3Com said it plans to spin off its Palm Computing Division, maker of the PalmPilot family of handheld PCs, in an initial public offering,...

Apple debuted its new G4 series several months earlier than anticipated and touted its new Macs as 100% to 200% faster than the fastest...

Mountain View, Calif. – Handspring announced today it will ship cellular phone modules for Palm OS devices by the end of the year. Called...

Palm Computing yesterday announced the nationwide rollout of the Palm VII, the company’s first wireless organizer which has been sold exclusively in the New...

Sales of 3Com’s new Palm VII, the company’s first wireless organizer, are doing so well in the New York test market that retailers around...

3Com Corporation and Sun Microsystems announced June 15 that Java technology will be integrated with future PalmPilot devices to allow e-commerce and other new...

3Com’s Palm Computing and Nokia announced they will jointly develop a new class of products that combine a cellular phone with a handheld organizer...

Hewlett-Packard debuted its most extensive lineup to date in printers and imaging with some of the fastest printers and aggressive multifunction products (MFPs) in...

Yahoo! and Palm today announced an agreement to bundle Yahoo! with Palm III, Palm V and Palm VII handheld PCs. Starting later this year,...

3Com said it will enter the Internet Appliance market “as a major area of focus,” this summer, according to a spokesman, who countered reports...

After a breathless year of consolidation and net-to-zero sales, kids’ software vendors are regrouping with a sharpened focus on branding and marketing. The flurry...

Delphi, which claims to have won $2.9 billion in orders for its car multimedia products, announced that it will be working with Ericsson Mobile...