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Remote Engineering has announced the released of Version 1.2 of its PocketVIEW CAD Viewer application for the Palm-size PC. PocketVIEW now includes support for color along with all the features of the original version. Those features include Redline tools, a Layer Manager, Pan and Zoom. For AutoCAD users, an ARX application is provided for exporting and importing drawings.
For people who have CAD applications that can create DWG or DXF files, the company also offers PocketDWG, which is capable of handling the conversion between the desktop and PocketVIEW.
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IVI Checkmate Corp. today announced that IVI Checkmate and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to co-develop Windows CE-based platforms for the retail industry. IVI Checkmate is the third largest electronic transaction solutions provider in North America. The Company designs, develops, and markets payment and value-added solutions that optimize transaction management at the point-of-service in the retail, financial, travel & entertainment, healthcare, and transportation industries.
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Interactive Objects, Inc. has announced that Microsoft has purchased its digital audio player technology and that the company has signed a contract with Microsoft to develop additional streaming technology for the Windows CE operating system. Interactive Objects' technology provides the first digital audio player supporting Microsoft's Windows Media file format for the Windows CE Palm-size PC operating system. With almost twice the compression of MP3 yielding half the file size, Windows Media 4.0 effectively doubles the storage capacity of music files on Windows CE while concurrently increasing the device's multi-tasking abilities.
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w-Trade has announced that online brokerages Mydiscountbroker.com, InvestIN.com Securities Corp. and U.S. Discount Brokerage Inc. will begin to offer wireless trading over the Internet to their customers through the w-Trade Wireless Trading System. The w-Trade wireless application platform supports Windows CE Handheld PCs as well as other types of wireless devices, such as cell phones and two-way pagers.
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iBiz Technology Corp. has announced the iKey Mite, a 4.5" x 10" mini-keyboard for Windows CE Palm-size PCs and Palm OS devices. Full production of the iKey Mite is anticipated by June 1, 1999, and sample orders are being taken immediately from US distributors.
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Utopiasoft has announced the availability of Utopiasoft/Xaudio Hum™ v1.0, a commercial MP3 player for Windows CE Palm-size and Handheld PCs based on the Xaudio MP3 engine. A free trial version of the program can be downloaded from the Utopiasoft website.
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Proxim, Inc. announced at Comdex/Spring '99 that its RangeLAN2® wireless LAN technology will enable today's mobile work force using Windows CE Handheld PC devices running the new client software to have wireless access to critical corporate data, email, and desktop applications on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition.
"With the new beta Terminal Server client for Windows CE-based Handheld PCs, people who work outside their office will have more flexibility in how they access their full function desktop applications," said Roger Gulrajani, group product manager, Productivity Appliances Division, Microsoft Corp.
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Ilium Software has released Recordian 1.0 for Palm-size PCs. Recordian allows users to record date-based information, such as project records, client and meeting histories, car maintenance schedules and health histories. The program is priced at US$24.95 and a fully-functional 30-day trial version can be downloaded from the Ilium Software website.
Intermec Technologies has announced the introduction of the world's first Windows CE-based handheld Data Collection PC. The Intermec 5020 hand-held Data Collection PC 5020 is the first product in Intermec's Data Collection PC family of devices, and combines Intermec's high-performance wireless LAN technology with the latest in Handheld PC technology to facilitate the collection of data for a wide range of manufacturing, warehousing and distribution applications.
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Interactive Objects, Inc. has announced that it will integrate Microsoft's Windows Media Technologies 4.0 into its IO Media Player for the Microsoft Windows CE operating system. With almost twice the compression of MP3 and half the file size, IO Media Player's support of Windows Media effectively doubles the storage capacity of music files on Windows CE while concurrently increasing the device's multi-tasking abilities. At the same time, it features anti-piracy technology and support for stereo music playback.
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BSQUARE has announced that its popular SpreadSheet for Windows CE-based Palm-size PCs application has now been finalized and is available for purchase online. The program allows users to import, view, edit and save Pocket Excel files on their Palm-size PC.
BSQUARE SpreadSheet for Palm-size PCs carries a suggested retail price of $39.95 and is immediately available from the BSQUARE online store at www.bsquare.com and other BSQUARE online resellers.
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Hewlett Packard and Philips have both announced that they will be including BSQUARE Corporation products with their palm-size PC devices. The HP Jornada 420 Palm-size PC will be bundled with BSQUARE's bTASK™ and the Philips Nino 500 series Palm-size PC will come with bTASK™, bFAX® Express, and bPRINT™ starting in the second quarter of 1999.
Both HP and Philips hope to provide added value to their palm-size PC devices for the increasingly aware user who is looking for software solutions that enhance their palm-size PC's utility.
BSQUARE has a full line of palm-size PC software and makes the only software - bFAX® Express for users who want to send a fax from a Palm-size PC. BSQUARE also makes bPRINT™ the only software available that can print documents, notes or graphics from a Palm-size PC.
For complete details, see BSQUARE at http://www.bsquare.com, HP at http://www.hp.com/jornada or Philips at http://www.philips.com.
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PC Week reports that Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products is developing a basic speech recognition and TTS (text to speech) translation application for Windows CE Handheld and Palm-size PCs. Likely to be called Voice Alert, the application will allow owners of a Windows CE device to use voice commands to launch applications, retrieve contacts and calendar appointments, browse e-mail and then listen to the messages, which are read aloud by the TTS engine and synthesized voice. L&H plans to demonstrate its Windows CE-based technology, on devices using Hitachi SH-3 and MIPS processors, at Demo Mobile 99 next week in San Diego.
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Windows Magazine has published a comparative review of four color Palm-size PC pre-production models: the Casio Cassiopeia E-100, the Compaq Aero 2100, the Everex Freestyle 540, and the HP Jornada 420. Click the following hyperlink for the full scoop: http://www.winmag.com/library/1999/0501/rev0027.htm
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Spyglass and Microsoft have announced a new strategic agreement which provides Spyglass a minimum of $20 million in revenues over a three-year period. Spyglass will license technology and provide services to Microsoft that will help to accelerate the development and deployment of Windows CE-based Internet products.
In a related story, Spyglass also announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Navitel Communications Inc, a developer of Microsoft Windows CE-based software and applications platform for Internet enabled telephones. Navitel developed the software for Microsoft's "Hermes" Web-enabled telephone platform powered by Windows CE that was recently previewed at CeBIT '99 in Hanover, Germany. Acer Inc., Daewoo Telcom Ltd., Panasonic, Philips and Vestel's information appliances division demonstrated the prototype phones which combined enhanced data capabilities such as Internet access and e-mail with traditional phone services such as voice messaging and caller ID.
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Yahoo! and Online Anywhere, a leading provider of Web delivery solutions for information appliances, today announced an agreement that will enable Yahoo! content and services to be optimized and delivered to personal digital assistants (PDAs) and TV-based Internet appliances. Under the agreement, the Author Once, View Anywhere service from Online Anywhere will be employed to format Yahoo!'s personalized Internet services such as email, calendar, stock quotes, maps, sports, weather, yellow pages, people search, ski and snow reports, restaurant guides, and more for display on non-PC devices.
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PhatWare has announced a new "single-word translation" utility for Windows CE called "HPC Translate 1.0." Initially English to/from Spanish is supported, but support for Italian, German, and French is expected soon. For a limited time you can purchase a copy online from the PhatWare website for an introductory price of under US$15.
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MemoWare and The Lending Library have united their resources to expand their collection of reference, fiction, and literature documents for Windows CE and Palm OS devices. Over 350 documents from The Lending Library have been added to the 1,800+ documents in MemoWare's archives, resulting in a total collection of over 2,200 documents.
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Riverbed Technologies has announced the release of MobileArchitect, a graphical design tool that accelerates the development of Windows CE and Palm OS mobile systems for use in enterprise deployments. MobileArchitect will begin shipping on May 3, 1999 for a suggested list price of $1795 per developer seat.
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Secure Computing Corporation has announced the availability of greatly enhanced security offerings for a wide range of smart handheld devices including the Microsoft Windows CE operating system. The company announced that software authenticators for these devices are now shipping for Sharp Zaurus in Japan, and will be available worldwide for the Palm Computing Platform and Windows CE operating system in April. More information is available from the company's website at www.securecomputing.com.
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HP has announced an upgrade for its HP 620LX and 660LX HPCs. The upgrade includes productivity applications from HP and an upgrade from CE 2.0 to Windows CE Handheld Professional Edition software. The HP productivity applications provide 64K color and MP3 player support, full backup capabilities, an HP viewer for enhanced viewing of PIM information, and HP quick pad. The upgrade will have an estimated price of US$179 and will be available in "early June", according to the company.
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