NewtNews-153-23Sep97

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by Steve Holden <newtnews@pobox.com>.  This is a weekly freeware

newsletter focusing on Newton Technologies and related topics.

NewtNews Copyright 1994-97 Steve Holden.  All rights reserved.  See

the Administrivia at end for details and FAQ info.  NewtNews Web site

is hosted at: <http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/NewtNews/>.



This issue of NewtNews is sponsored in part by:



 + QuickFigure Pro v.3.1 - New version of the spreadsheet solution from

   PelicanWare! - <sales@pelicanware.com> - <http://www.pelicanware.com>



 + PowerMedia presents 'Arcade Game Pack' - Birds With Lances, Rocks

   In Space, Frogs vs. Cars - US$29.95 - <http://www.powermedia.com/~pmi>



 + PDA & HANDHELD DIRECT - Putting Technology in the Palm of Your Hand!

   800-279-4PDA 219-882-5228 [F]:219-845-0578 <http://www.pdadirect.com>



 + VITAMIN A MENU EDITOR - Stand Alone has released it's custom and caret

   menu editor and creator! - Demo at: <http://www.standalone.com/newton>



 + Brain Wash from Concept Kitchen wipes your screen clean --

   <http://www.conceptkitchen.com/htdocs1/products2.html#brain>



 + Buy a guide to what's on TV for your           C o u c h   F i r e !

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 + X-Port, KwikMenu, NewtPaint, Quicknames Pro, proCALC Ex - Newton 2.0

   solutions - <sales@landware.com> - <http://www.landware.com>



 + WinSlurp from Rare White Tiger Creations - Available via WWW at:

   <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/heringermr/winslurp.htm>.



 + PowerTrans 3.0.2 - Multilingual Customizable Translator and Vocabulary

   Trainer - Speech on MP2K, eMate - Demo at: <http://www.travel-cs.com>



 + RidgeNet - ARA, SLIP, PPP access to the Internet from Ridgecrest, CA.

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Table of Contents

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 1. Top News

 2. Comments from the Editor

 3. New and Updated Newton Information

 4. New and Updated Newton Technology

 5. Top Print Sources Of Interest

 6. NewtNews Tips and Tricks You Can Use On Your Newton

 7. Dear Newton Developer

 8. Other Handheld Technology News

 9. Other Tidbits of Information

10. Advertising Notes

11. Product and Service Information

12. Edupage, 15Sep97 thru 21Sep97

13. INNOVATION, 15Sep97

14. Administrivia





Top News

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** PELICANWARE ANNOUNCES PRESENTATION PACKAGE **



PelicanWare <http://www.pelicanware.com> has finally announced their

'full-featured' presentation package they are calling "Avail PointPro for

Newton."  This package will work in conjunction with a PC Card VGA

adapter and allow a Newton user to create 256 color, 640 x 480

presentations that can be displayed on a VGA savvy monitor or projector.

The product is currently in beta test phase. Expect more information to

follow.



** NEW VERSION OF MAHJONGG NOW AVAILABLE **



Scrawl Software <http://www.scrawlsoft.com> has announced a new version

of Mahjongg -- version 1.6 -- with the following new features:



    - access to a elapsed time indicator to time progress

    - ability to keep and view stats on games played

    - automatic saving of game when you quit

    - better sounds

    - much more worthwhile "win" screen

    - ability to specify creation of only winnable boards



Mahjongg is a shareware ancient chinese game that is usually played by

four players with tiles, but this version is similar to solitaire

versions found on desktop PCs.  The software ships with only five

different boards, but once you register you will get an unlimited number

of boards. Mahjongg works on Newton 2.x devices, and supports greyscale

on Newton 2.1 devices (MP2K and eMate 300).  For more information send an

email to: <help@scrawlsoft.com>.



** NEWTONS AT PCS '97 **



John Sullivan <jsullivan@phillips.com> attended the recent

Personal Communications Industry Association's PCS 1997 convention

held in Dallas, Texas on 10-12Sep97.  John notes that several of other

main and popular sites were using badge magstripe readers hooked to

Newton 120s to record contact information.  John also ran into Newton

vertical market developers Visual Link Telecommunications Services

showing off a MP2K solution that fits to a 'police' bicycle with a

battery pack and wireless modem. The developer and the system

integrator, TelePad, have also hooked up the system to monitor heart

rate data from the bicycle rider and wirelessly transmitting this data

back to the home fort.  The 'system' was covered by the at least one

local Dallas TV station in a segment used in their evening news reports.





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  The Next Generation of WriteRight Screen Enhancements protect your

  screen from scratches, reduce glare and improve your handwriting

  recognition by simulating the feel of writing on paper.  WriteRights are

  available for all Newtons in a pack of 12 for $27.95.  For more info:

  415-252-333 <Info@ConceptKitchen.com> <http://www.ConceptKitchen.com>

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  NewtCase 3.0 - The Ultimate Newton Utility Suite. A powerful suite of

  utilities designed for Newton 2.0.  Customize your Newton and get more

  power and control over packages.  Includes: Package Manager, Extensions

  Manager, NewtInfo, SleepAid, GestureLaunch, Desktop, and SoupKitchen.

  From PelicanWare at $49.95+S&H (Upgrades $20+S&H). For more info:

  <info@pelicanware.com>. To order 800.655.6398 or visit resellers.

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Comments from the Editor

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** LOOKING FOR THE LATEST NEWTON INFO?!? **



William Nelson's N2000 Underground continues to be great source for the

latest and greatest in Newton information.  Check it out on the WWW at:

<http://www.skyport.com/nelson/newton>.



** DO YOU NEED SERIOUS WIRELESS LAN ACCESS?!? **



Christopher Mason <cmason+@CMU.EDU> is requesting that NewtNews readers

who would like to see the Lucent WaveLan wireless card work with the

Newton (via Newton Internet Enabler 2.0) to send a nicely written

mention of their interest to the following individual.  Please do not

SPAM this person.  Please write down specifics on why you need this

solution, and how many potential products Lucent would sell if this

support was provided to the Newton.  Here is the name & address: Jan

Marteijn <JMARTEYN@wcnd.nl.lucent.com>.  For more information about

WaveLan check out: <http://www.wavelan.com/>.



** NEWTNEWS READER FIND SUCCESS IN USING NS BASIC **



[EDITOR: This short story was compiled from several messages between

myself and Len over the course of last week.  The whole conversation

struck a cord with me, because of what Len has personally been able to

accomplished with his Newton.  Compelling stories, make for compelling

products, and thus can't help promote the Newton.]



Len Lutz <lenlutz@dca.net> has been a programmer since the 1970s.  He

has programmed computers with all different languages, but was most

comfortable with classic style BASIC.  After getting into the Newton he

checked out all the programming solutions for the Newton, and without a

doubt is very happy and extremely please with NS Basic.  He heartly

suggests to any current Newton users that if they are even remotely

interested in 'quick and easy' programming for the Newton, that they

give NS Basic a try.



** FORM FACTOR MATTERS **



Gerald Mesaric <gmesaric@hyperwave.com> writes:



    In my opinion Apple is not quite right regarding the sizes

    of the currently available Newton MessagePads. I bought a

    Pilot last year, because -- although it has less features --

    it is truly pocket-sized, and it does practically weight

    nothing.



    However, I am of course missing some features of the Newton.

    I think that there is a big market for two additional Newton

    form-factors:



        - a A4-sized Newton, so I can throw away

          my (paper-)notebook which takes my notes

          during the work (the Newton screen is

          too small)

        - a Pilot-sized Newton which I can take

          with me wherever I go



    And of course, excellent IR-communication software between

    those two and a similar IR-docking station for my desktop PC.





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  From your armchair, find your favorite

  shows using your Newton. Couch Fire is        C o u c h    F i r e !

  a TV  programming  guide that includes

  accurate, weekly updates via email. It combines the feel of a paper guide

  with  the intelligence of a Newton. Couch Fire's custom TV grid, searches

  and reminders mean you won't miss a thing.  <http://www.tempestprod.com/>

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  DON'T TOUCH THAT SCREEN --

  until you protect it with The BARRIER Screen Protector!

    *  Clearly Superior Protection

    *  Chemical, Abrasion and Thermal resistant

    *  Given 9 out of 10 by Newton 2000 Underground

  For more info: <http://www.roadrunnertracks.com> or call: 760-431-5483.

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New and Updated Newton Information

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** DEALS FROM CLUBPDA POSTED **



Chris Parker <chrisp2@pacbus.com> has announced "ClubPDA End of Summer

Savings!" (SOURCE CODE: 933797).  MP120s can be had for US$249, along

with in stock bundles for the MP2K and eMate 300.  They are also

offering some 'pretty good' prices on Kingmax Newton Flash Cards,

styluses, modems, software, and other accessories. For more information

call: 888.258.2732 or check out: <http://www.clubpda.com>.



** NEWTON PROGRAMMERS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA? **



Greg Smentkowski <gsmentko@cris.com> is looking for any Newton Script

developers in the Central Florida regions -- specifically in Tampa Bay

or Orlando.  He would like to get a Newton programming user group

together in this area so he can learn more about programming his MP130.

Greg has also volunteered to bring 'free' pizza to the first meeting.

Send Greg email if you are interested.



** USER GROUP NEWS **



Johnny C. K. Lau  <cklau@eee.hku.hk> reports that the next Hong Kong

Newton User Group (HKNUG) meeting will be heald on 27Sep97 (Saturday) at

18:00 on WanChai MTR Station HS Bank.  For more information send Johnny

email or check out: <http://www.eee.hku.hk/~cklau>.



Lewis <LAFPDL@aol.com> notes that the San Francisco Newton Users Group

(SFNUG) has created a WWW site and has held their first meeting on

28Aug97 (Thursday).  Their next meeting is going to be on 24Sep97 and

you can learn more via: <http://www.sfnug.com>.



Rob Bruce <rbruce@tactile.com> reports that the Denver Area Newton Group

(DANG) continues to meet at the Ross University Hills Branch Library.

The October meeting is currently being planned, and will feature demos of

Newton->VGA adapter, HyperNewt, World Conquest, and MoreInfo 5.0.  For

more info check out: <http://www.pdantic.com/Dang.htm>.



** NON-PROFIT LOOKING FOR NEWTON DONATIONS **



Stuart Ungar <Haikustu@aol.com> reports that the non-profit Word Dance

literary magazine for grade-school children would like to use old

Newton MessagePads as note takers and 'youngster ego boosters.'  If you

have an extra old Newton (all models accepted) and would like to donate

send Stuart email or call him at: 302.322.6699.



** CLARIFICATION ON OLD WRITERIGHT DEALS **



K. Dale McAdams <dale@conceptkitchen.com> would like to remind loyal

NewtNews readers that the current pricing for Concept Kitchen's screen

protection technology in pkgs of 12 is US$27.95.  There is no longer a

10% discount in effect.  For more information about this product and

others being offered by Concept Kitchen check out this URL:

<http://www.conceptkitchen.com>.



** NEWTON SOFTWARE DIGEST UPDATE **



Ian Robinson <ian@stormont.compulink.co.uk> reports that the Newton

Software Digest was recently updated to reflect details on the following

new Newton software postings:



    Affiliateplus 1.1d, Alertmaker, Back On Top, Backlight Ctrl

    Button, Clip Assist 1.0, Copycat 1.04, Crypto 1.0, Dateview

    1.0, Deutsche Wortliste 1.0, Director, Dragndrop Names 1.2,

    Dsr 120, Earth 1.02, First Men In The Moon (Newton Book),

    Freeze Utilities 1.5, Freezeman, Glinda Of Oz (Newton Book),

    Gps Monitor 2.0, Heapsaver 1.05, Home Inventory 1.0,

    Hypernewt 2.01, Intempo 1.0, Jumpn 1.1, Lone Star Ranger

    (Newton Book), Newtnews 148, Newtnews 149, Newtnews 150,

    Newtnews 151, Newtterm, Notion 1.5.3 Demo, NotePad Converter

    v1.2, Onetapmute 1.0, Onetapnew 1.0, Onetaprecord 1.03,

    Onetapscroller 1.1 , Palmedic, Partial Recall 01b1, Pimple

    2.7, Pkg Popper 1.1, Pkginfo 1.0d2, Plan 9 1.03, Power

    Freeze 1.2, Powerlink 1.01, Powernavigator 2.4,

    Privateaccess 2.0, PT100 9.95, Roosta 1.0, Stand Alone Menu

    Editor (Public Beta), Scarecrow Of Oz (Newton Book),

    Scratchback, Simplemail 2.0, Sound To Soup, Soundoff 1.2,

    Stock Slip Cs 1.0, SuperCaps, The Whole Text 1.03, Tik Tok

    Of Oz (Newton Book), Timeit 1.02, Timer Watch, Tin Woodman

    Of Oz (Newton Book), World Conquest 1.0 and Zacharys Wheel

    2.8



For more info about this very useful and extremely helpful resource

check out: <http://www.compulink.co.uk/~stormont/newton/weekly.htm>.



** FINDING NEWTON SOURCE IN NEW YORK CITY?!? **



Alan Drogin <drogin@panix.com> responded for a "Where is the Newton

store in NYC?" post to comp.sys.newton.misc with the following helpful

information:



    Newton Source

    42 West 58th St.

    212 688-0491



Alan also recommends using the following searchable archive of USENET

posts: <http://www.dejanews.com> for tracking down old

comp.sys.newton.misc posts of interest.



** WHAT DOES PCMCIA STAND FOR?!? -- HERE ARE TWO GOOD ANSWERS **



Don Vollum <donv@teleport.com> provided the right answer to a compelling

question on USENET newsgroup comp.sys.newton.programmer -- What does

PCMCIA stand for?  And the right answer is:



    Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association



But this one is also a favorite:



    People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.



** WIN A MP120 **



DataStorm Information Systems <dsisinfo@dsis.com> is hosting an Internet

survey where one of the prizes is going to be a MessagePad 120.  You can

participate in the survey via: <http://www.dsis.com>.



** UPDATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT NEWTONTALK **



Sean O'Shaughnessey <seanos@earthlink.net> reports that NewtonTalk now

has 682 subscribers (as of this writing).  The discussions have been

numerous and very helpful.  A You can learn more from the following URL:

<http://www.esosoft.com/seano/subscribe.html>.



** NEW SUITE OF UTILITIES NEEDS BETA TESTERS **



Holger Mueller <mueller@c.cityweb.de> at Softwarebuero Mueller reportedly

looking for beta testers for a new suite of utilities that will offer the

following components: Programs, Stores, Soups, Battery, Device Info,

Registry, and Backup and Restore.  The software package is going to be

called "SBM Utilities for Newton" and it will only support Newton OS 2.0

and higher.  For more info check out: <http://www.c.cityweb.de/~mueller>.



** MACWAY NEWTON MENTIONS **



Guy Kawasaki's MacWay Evangelist email listserver had a couple of Newton

blurbs recently including:



    - Wyatt Earp <wyatt@imagina.com> is looking for a

      Newton barcode scanning solution for a computer

      software and hardware repair/upgrade system that

      the Newberg Oregon Public Schools is trying to

      build.

    - Erik Nordh <erik.nordh@neuro.umu.se> is looking

      for examples of Macs/Newtons being used to train

      medical students.  Send your input to Erik via

      email with the following subject heading: "Macs in

      Medicine."



For more info about this excellent Apple, Macintosh, Newton, etc. ...

resource check out: <http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/>.





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$ NS BASIC  $ The latest implementation of this cool programming tool has an

$   3.6     $ easy to use graphic screen layout function, plus indexed file

$   with    $ communications, graphics and more!  Program directly on Newton

$  Visual   $ or with a PC or Mac.  Create packages in the Extras drawer and

$ Designer! $ much more. 260 pg handbook. Cost is $99+5 S&H for all Newtons.

$           $ <info@nsbasic.com>,  <http://www.nsbasic.com>,  416.264.5999

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  PDA and Handheld Direct, Everything you need for your Newton

   - Apple MessagePad 2000 Standard Model only $949.00 (#22005)

   - Apple MessagePad 2000 Business Bundle only $1099.00 (#22008)

   - MP130 Buy Back Program - Trade in your MP130 for special deals on

     MP2000 or other PDAs - Call for details: 219-882-5228

   - MP2000 Accessories: Rech. Battery $31.95 (#22209) AC Adapter $29.95

     (#22202) MP2K Pen $12.95 (#31227) -- Type II Flash Memory 4MB $98

     (#41070) 8MB $174 (#41073) 10MB $210 (#41074) 16MB $310 (#41077)

   - Revelar Connection Utilities (RCU) for Win and Mac $39.95 (#10071)

  To order 800-279-4PDA or 219-882-5228 or FAX 219-845-0578 [Source #161]

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New and Updated Newton Technology

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** YOUR PERSONAL GOLF 'CADDY' IS ENHANCED WITH MORE FEATURES **



Sun Sabre Software <sunsabre@one.net> has leased a 'minor' upgrade to

their flagship product called ScorePad.  Version 3.1 adds some of the

most requested features from current ScorePad customers, making this

'golfing' stats tracker even more appealing.  For complete details

about all the changes check out ScorePad WWW pages on AOL at:

<http://members.aol.com/sunsabre/ScorePad.htm>. It should be noted that

this upgrade is free for 1997 Scorepad customers, for 1996-later

customers the upgrade fee is US$10.  If you'd like to purchase ScorePad

via the WWW check out Software Unboxed at: <http://www.unboxed.com>.



** IMPORT DESKTOP SOUNDS TO YOUR NEWTON **



deep focus designs <http://www.deepfocus.com> has released 'Sound Icon

Maker' -- a shareware Mac/Newton solution that takes Mac OS sound files

and converts them to "Newton Sound Icons" that can be downloaded to your

Newton. For more info send email to: <yischon@netcom.com>.



** KEEP TRACK OF YOUR ASSETS USING THE NEWTON **



SplitRock has a new solution for the Newton called Asset Manager v1.0 --

that makes it possible for individuals and businesses to track their

assets.  Asset Manager also works with most bar code readers and can

generate Claims Cost Analyzer reports.  For more information check out:

<http://www.n-abled.com>.



** NEWTON DATABASE SOLUTION GETS NEW REV **



David Pompea <74736.172@compuserve.com> has announced a new version of

NewtDb version 1.26.  You can download a demo version of NewtDb via:

<http://www.netacc.net/~dmpsyst>. This version has been optimized for the

MessagePad 2000, but should work on most other Newton platforms.  Other

new features include: Newton Script support; Edit List window goes full

screen; and various bug fixes.



** MODEMBRIDGE GETS A REV **



Paul Cimino <cimino@voicenet.com> at Trans Lunar Designs Incorporated

has released a new revision of his very cutting edge solution called

ModemBridge Version v2.6.  This solution lets you use your Newton's PC

card modem on a desktop system.  For more information check out:

<http://www.voicenet.com/~cimino>.



** NEW VERSION OF CHATBUDDY POSTED **



Rob Bruce <rbruce@tactile.com> has announced the version 1.5 of

ChatBuddy at Newton Internet Enabler (NIE) savvy IRC/chat client for NIE

savvy Newton devices.  This version fixes reported bugs and adds more

keyboard shortcuts to control the application.  ChatBuddy is only US$25

until 15Oct97 then US$30 after that.  Upgrades from previous versions

are free. For more info check out:

<http://rainbow.rmi.net/~rbruce/tactile>.



** PARTIAL RECALL GETS OVERHAUL -- V0.2 IS NOW AVAILABLE **



Yoshio Hirose <hirose1@t3.rim.or.jp> has rev'd the freeware version 0.2

of Partial Recall for the Newton.  The new version is more 'stable' and

include the ability to fax/print, and to add custom NewtonScript

functions to the application.  For more information check out:

<http://www.t3.rim.or.jp/~hirose1/>.



** TRACK YOUR WEALTH WITH NEW NEWTON APP **



Peter Leenes <pmleenes@knoware.nl> reports that NewtBrick has announced

a new v1.0 shareware product called Newton Portfolio Manager -- which

helps you manage your investments in stocks, mutual funds, options and

bonds. For more info check out: <http://www.w4r.com/macbrick/NewtBrick>.



** POWERSET ADDS MATHSTAR -- PERFORMANCE IS REPORTEDLY VERY GOOD **



Ashish Mishra <a2mishra@uwaterloo.ca> reports that Sine of the Times is

how shipping Powerset 2.0 -- their 'advanced' calculator series that

supports plug-in components (MathStar, Eclipse GX, Basis, Nebula, &

EquSolve).  For more information these new powerful components check

out: <http://www.sineware.com>.  The software retails for under US$60

and a demo version should be posted to the Sine of the Times Web site

within three-weeks.



** PRETEC PC STORAGE CARDS FOR THE NEWTON **



Mach Sovan <mach@pretec.com> notes that Pretec is offering a special

promotion for Newton MessagePad and eMate users for their suite of PC

Card storage options.  Prices are cheaper in greater volume, and they

also have PC Card modems available.  You can learn more via the

following URL: <http://www.pretec.com>, or send email to:

<cardinfo@pretec.com> or call: 510-440-0535.



** MAKE YOUR 4D DATABASES MOBILE **



Ludovic Durand-Texte <ldurandt@imaginet.fr> reports that you can take

your ACI's 4th Dimension databases with you using his Bee-one 2.0

relational database solution for the Newton.  You can learn more about

this cutting edge solution via: <http://207.34.52.19/beeone>.ss



** BASEBALL SCORE SHEET SOLUTION POSTED **



Sam Tawfik <sam.tawfik@worldnet.att.net> reports that Tropical Software

has release a baseball/softball electronic score sheet solution called

"Newton Score Card."  For more information check out:

<http://home.att.net/~sam.tawfik/newton/nsc/scoreCard.htm >.



** TRUE NORTH UPDATES CORE NEWTON SOLUTIONS & OFFERS BUNDLE DEAL **



True North <http://www.northisup.com> has released new versions of

Gulliver and Out of Pocket.  Gulliver, your travel resource companion,

is now version 2.12, and Out of Pocket, your travel expense tracker, is

now version 1.56.  There is also news that you can now purchase these

two products together direct from True North for a special price under

US$100. For more information call: 800.846.9278 or send email to:

<info@northisup.com>.



** NEWTON TO UNIX COMMS MADE EASIER **



Mark Boyns <boyns@sdsu.edu> was quick to point out a post to USENET

newsgroup comp.os.linux.announce announcing a new version of Newtl!

(Newton/UNIX Communications System).  This system lets you "send email,

print, and fax from your Newton's Mail, Print, and Fax Outboxes through

your UNIX machine." It will also let you load packages to your Newton

from your UNIX machine.  For more information check out:

<http://www.tcel.com/~aehall/newtl/>.





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   WinSlurp! - Rare White Tiger Creations provides Newton Book publishing

   services and is NOW offering WinSlurp. A windows front-end to Slurpee

   which supports transferring notes back and forth between the Newton

   notepad and the PC desktop.  Available for downloading from this URL:

   <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/heringermr/winslurp.htm>.

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   PowerMedia is your source for all the latest cutting edge Newton apps:

     + Super NotePad: Quick access arrows, encryption, tags, filters, etc.

     + DateMan 3.0: Complete agenda and contact management.

     + Stationary Construction Kit: Build your very own custom stationary.

   Commercially available at your favorite Newton retailer.  Or check out

   online demos via the following site: <http://www.powermedia.com/~pmi>.

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Top Print Sources Of Interest

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[EDITOR: This is a collection of articles of potential interest to

NewtNews readers from the leading technology print newspapers,

newsletters, and magazines.]



** BUSINESS EMATE RUMORS POP-UP AGAIN **



Blaine Fergerstrom <webmaster@starbulletin.com> reports that rumors have

begun to circulate about a Color eMate via the following URL:

<http://www.thessasource.com/archives/september.html#16>.  The date of

this post was 16Sep97.  According to sources sited by this article the

'Business eMate' will offer: a faster StrongARM processor; memory

expansion options; Newton Internet Enabler 2.0 support; and a TFT color

screen.



thessaSOURCE News Archives also covered the following Newton related

tidbits of news recently:



    - 12Sep97: Apple has plans to close Advanced

      Technology Group (ATG). The Newton was at

      one time a project within ATG.

    - 11Sep97: Apple does 'reabsorb' Newton, Inc.

    - 08Sep97: Rumors abound of Apple 'reabsorbing'

      Newton, Inc.



** NEWTON GETS BIG PLUG DOWN UNDER **



Justin Mansfield <juz@poboxes.com> notes that 16Sep97 edition of "The

Australian" had a front page article about the MP2K in their Computers

section.  The article included a color photo of the MP2K and is entitled

"Newtons demystify engine room of politics." The bulk of the story on

page 43 focuses on how the MP2K is used by the New South Wales

Parliament to schedule and report on parliamentary proceedings, and

relay information to the public via IR to closed circuit TV.  The

Parliament "worked together with Newton World, a local dealership who

did most of the hard work by the sounds of things."



** NEWTON MENTIONED IN POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE **



Calvin Grier <76330.3425@compuserve.com> notes that the October 1997

edition of Popular Science has a "Return of the PDA" article. According

to Galvin the "MP2000 is mentioned, and even recommended for anyone

doing serious work on-th-go. The focus is then shifted to how poorly the

handwriting recognition is on the MP2K."



** NEWTON GOES BACK TO APPLE **



Leander Kahney and David Morgenstern have a front page MacWeek Newton

mention in the issue published on 15Sep97.  The article is entitled

"Newton back; ATG, QA cut in Apple reorg".  The Newton mention is in

regards to the news that Apple has brought all the Newton technology

given out to Newton, Inc. back to Apple.  The focus of the Newton group

will reportedly be on building eMate like devices with many network

computer (NC) features.



** YOU CAN EXPAND THE EMATE **



Wen-Yu Chang has a 'correction' to a previous review of the eMate in the

Nov97 edition of MacWorld.  Wen-Yu notes that you can add a SIMM RAM

upgrade to the eMate's internal RAM slot from Newer Technology at:

<http://www.newertech.com>.



** NEW PICTURE BOOK SHOWS OFF APPLE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS **



Paul Kunkel has a new book entitled "AppleDesign" published by Graphis.

The book examines many of the innovative designs from Apple's Industrial

Design Group.  The book lists for US$50 and you can get more information

via: <http://www.graphis.com>.



** HELPFUL MAJOR WEEKLY MAGAZINE WEB POINTERS **



    - Web Week: <http://www.webweek.com>

    - MacWeek: <http://www.macweek.com>

    - InfoWorld: <http://www.infoworld.com>

    - Computer Reseller News: <http://www.crn.com>

    - PC Week: <http://www.pcweek.com>

    - Network World: <http://www.nwfusion.com>

    - LAN Times: <http://www.lantimes.com>

    - Information Week: <http://www.informationweek.com>

    - Network Computing: <http://www.networkcomputing.com>





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  Tim Constantine has several cutting edge Newton solutions: Flash - A

  Speed Reading Tutor; CrazyDice - Multi-player Strategy Game, and Clean

  Notes - Stationary w/o Lines.  For more info: <timconstan@kagi.com> or

  <http://www.kagi.com/timconstan>.  Tim is also available for custom

  Newton application development.  Send Tim email if you have a question

  about custom application development or about his cutting edge solutions.

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NewtNews Tips and Tricks You Can Use On Your Newton

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** NO NONSENSE NUGGETS OF NEWTON KNOW HOW **



Compiled by Roger Coleman <roger@rogercoleman.demon.co.uk>



If you have similar tidbits for this column, please drop me a line!

<roger@rogercoleman.demon.co.uk>. Please include details of the Newton

model and OS that you are using.



** MAXIMISE HEAP FOR BETTER INTERNET SESSIONS **



>From Richard Braine <brainer@rmbphoto.netkonect.co.uk> [an essential tip

for MP120/OS2.0, MP130]:



    Maximising Heap:  New Newton Users and New NewtNews readers

    having problems with NetHopper and EnRoute e-mail may not

    know about the following heap shortage workaround for a

    trouble free time online: reset the Newton and quickly hold

    the pen tip down on the left side of the screen. When asked

    whether to activate packages, don't. If you have a card  you

    will again need quickly to hold down the pen on the left to

    stop the card from activating. You now have maximum free

    heap and all packages not built-in will have crosses through

    them - they are temporarily "frozen." Now only activate what

    you need for your internet session (e.g. NIE and NetHopper

    for browsing and/or NIE, EnRoute Core, EnRoute internet and

    whichever EnRoute plugins you use for e-mail) by tapping

    their icons. You can put them all in one folder to make this

    process quicker (you can file extensions in any folder).

    When you finish browsing, just do another reset to

    reactivate all packages. This may well significantly

    increase the duration of your session.



** SOLVE RECOGNITION PROBLEMS WITH AWKWARD WORDS! **



>From John Heaney <heaney@crl.com> [for Newton OS 2.x]:



    I was having trouble with the word "the" while using

    cursive. "the," being very common is not a word I want to

    have a problem with. Fortunately, it was coming out as

    "etu", which is not a common word. So I added "etu" to my

    word list and made it expand to "the." Problem solved!



    [To do this: open up the little keyboard on the button bar

    in 'Notes' & tap the little book icon to open up the

    personal word list. Type the new word, tap 'expand,' type

    the word to expand to and tap 'add.']



    I figured out an interesting way to verify this solution. If

    you go to the Setup folder in Extras you can open the

    Writing Practice application. A useful feature of this

    application is that it will tell you the top three candidate

    words for what you wrote. You don't have to write the word

    it suggests. In my case, I wrote the word "the" several

    times. Each time, I checked to see how it was interpreted,

    clicked the Same Word button and tried again. Many times, it

    would come up with "etu" as a better match than "the." For

    example, it might say "etu 76%" and "the 54%". Then I added

    "etu" to the word list and tried again. Now it says "the

    76%" and "etu 76%". So, you can see that it interpreted my

    scrawl as "etu," which expanded to "the." So, they have the

    same score, but "the" is at the top of the list.



    You can use this technique for any common word that

    frequently gets turned into an uncommon word.



** TIPS WANTED **



Please send me any tips, hints, goodies, jokes, interesting facts or

similar bits of information for future issues of this column to Roger

Coleman <roger@rogercoleman.demon.co.uk>. Thanks!





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Dear Newton Developer

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** INTRODUCTION & INCENTIVE **



This area is dedicated to trying to solve NewtNews readers programming

needs, and in turn hopefully lead to the creation of a legitimate Newton

shareware solution for the developer solving the problem.  If a developer

solves such a problem, NewtNews will give them a 50% price reduction for

any advertising service they order for that product in our Products and

Services area.  If you have a utility you need written, please let

NewtNews know by sending an email to: <newtnews@pobox.com>.



** THREE UTILITIES NEEDED **



Mark Ritchie <markr@pobox.com> is looking for a utility that places all

the alphabet letter name tags back to Names for those folks running

Newton 2.x.  Instead of seeing "AB", Mark would like to see "A", "B",

etc. ...  Mark is also looking for two other small utilities: a small

font to be used in the Dates that would make a 5 days in advance view

possible, and digital clock utility that would take up the whole screen

on the MP2K.



** MUSICAL NOTE AUTHORING SYSTEM?!? **



Robert Snarrenberg <rsnarren@artsci.wustl.edu> is looking for a tool

that will let him jot down musical notes in a blank score page.  The

tool should probably include a musical symbol palette and support

handwriting recognition for musical symbols.



** PRINTING TO EPSON PRINTERS IS SUPPORTED **



Jason Dufair <funne@iquest.net> reports that last weeks request for

Epson Stylus Color 600 print drives can be satisfied by using the Epson

LQ driver that is part of Apple's Newton Print Pack.  The down side is

that the utility typically costs around US$100.





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    + Newton Reference: <http://www.panix.com/~clay/newton/>

    + Always Newton Central: <http://newton.theonly.com>

    + NewtUser: <http://www.newtuser.com>

    + NewtWorld: <http://www.fw3.com/newtworld>

    + The Ultimate Newton: <http://shell.rmi.net/~rbruce/>

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Other Handheld Technology News

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[EDITOR: News collected via snail mail, major publications, USENET

newsgroups, email, and the WWW.  For more information about Farcast check

out: <http://www.farcast.com> and for more information about HeadsUp use:

<http://www.individual.com>.]



** PALMPILOT **



IBM has signed an OEM agreement with 3Com to market a version of the

PalmPilot with an IBM logo and an 'new' not-yet-announced IBM name but

rumored to be "Workpad."



The Union-Tribune's ComputerLink published on 16Sep97 has a PalmPilot

article on page 9.  The article is entitled "Wireless modem links Pilot

users, cellular networks" by Jonathan Marshall, San Francisco Chronicle.

The new CDPD wireless modem for the PalmPilot is called Minstrel built

by Novatel. The unit will also run 'WWW' software written on the client

and the server by Unwired Planet.



Some other PalmPilot links of potential interest:



    - PALMpilotTALK Discussion Forum:

      <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/1322/pilottalk.html>.

    - Pilot Zone: <http://www.pilotzone.com>

    - New PalmPilot Third Party Software Site:

      <http://www.blaise-enterprise.com/pilot/>

    - PalmPilot Freeware & Shareware Sites:

      <http://pilot.cc-inc.com/stinger/stingersoft.cfm>,

      <http://www.palmpilotfiles.com/>,

      <http://www.pilotgear.com/>, <http://pilotzone.com/>

    - PalmPilot Reviews:

      <http://www.columbia.edu/~ylee/pilot-reviews.html>

    - Option of Belgium [PalmPilot to GSM mobile phones]:

      <http://www.option.com>

    - CNET recently posted an article entitled "SECRETS OF THE

      PALMPILOTEERS":

      <http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Pilot/index.html?dd>

    - Winpic3x for Psion:

      <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RWakelin>

    - PalmPilot FAQ #1: <http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/pfaq4.txt>

    - PalmPilot FAQ #2: <http://www.pilotfaq.com/>

    - PalmPilot FAQ #3: <http://www.wademan.com/Pilot/Program/FAQ.htm>

    - PalmPilot FAQ #4: <http://www.usr.com/palm/custsupp/faq.html>



** WINDOWS CE **



Brian Robinson has an article entitled "Embedded technology develops

robust commercial flavor" on page 28 of Federal Computer Week published

on 15Sep97.  The article has mentions of Java and Windows CE embedded

solutions on the horizon.  The article can be viewed at:

<http://www.fcw.com>.



Windows CE 2.0 news has been circulating full force of late.  Press

releases were posted from the following companies with reference to this

new iteration of Microsoft's handheld and potential network computing

operating system: Vadem Inc., Annasoft Systems, Intrinsyc Software, The

Philips Mobile Computing Group, Paragon, Casio Computer, Intel, Toshiba

Applian Technologies Inc., MobileSoft, and Sharp Electronics Corporation.



Costco is reportedly blowing out 2-MB versions of the Cassiopeia Windows

CE machine from Casio for under US$210.  This might sound too good, and

reason why many question the blow out is that the future Windows CE 2.0

is rumored to require at least a 4-MB version to upgrade to Windows CE

2.0.



Some Windows CE links of potential interest:



    - Tetris for Windows CE [US$19.95]:

      <http://www.mobilesoft.com>

    - Windows CE Reviews: <http://goinside.com/#Windows>



** PSION **



PSION has reportedly not been able to meet product demands for their new

Psion Series 5 palmtop, upcoming financial statements will not be as

good as anticipated.  On the good news side of things, Psion Software

did recently announced that Philips Consumer Communications group has

licensed their EPOC32 operating system.



Some Psion links of potential interest:



    - Psion MMM Sticker v2.96 for Psion:

      <http://home.hkstar.com/~dvm/>

    - SugarDay 1.03 & ZuckTage 1.05 [German]:

      <http://members.aol.com/klausstahl/home.html>

    - Psi-Mapper [Psion GIS/Mapping Software]:

      <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fawnbench>



** OTHER DEVICES **



Motorola has announced a new version of their Personal Messenger 100C

Wireless Modem Card that is 300% faster than previous versions, and has

much better power management features.



Texas Instruments has a new handheld information management solution they

are calling Avigo <http://www.ti.com/avigo/>.  TI also has a new line of

personal organizers called PocketMate.



Symbol Technologies has announced a new contract with The BOC Group to

provide them with US$15 million in ruggedized pen computer systems to

be used in a delivery order system.



Nokia and Geoworks have announced that the Nokia 9000i 'smart phone'

powered by Geoworks handheld operating system called GEOS will ship in

North America in Oct97.





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  to Appletalk network printers too. Farallon offers four Newton-to-

  Ethernet solutions, including EtherWave, the daisy-chainable technology

  that connects up to 7 devices to one Ethernet port. For more info visit:

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Other Tidbits of Information

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** WIRELESS & MOBILE **



LAN Times published on 15Sep97 has several 'wireless & mobile' related

articles.  Jeffery Barlett has an opinion piece entitled "PERSPECTIVE:

Not as mobile as we'd like to be" on page 3.  Brain Riggs looks at

"REMOTE DATA: Fighting for wireless Access" on page 43.  Douglas Van

Kirk has "WIRELESS NETWORKS: Data goes airborne on dedicated networks"

also on page 43.  Lastly Douglas van Kirk has another article on page 24

that is entitled "WIRELESS ALTERNATIVES: Paging to power mobile

connections."



Federal Computer Week (FCW) published on 15Sep97 has three mobile

related articles on interest.  Colleen O'Hara examines the new IBM

PenWare 3000 point of sale (POS) solution being deployed by the U.S.

Postal Service on page 71.  And Collen also covers the news that U.S.

Postal Service has reversed a previous decision to not deploy a GPS

savvy truck-tracking system on page 24.  The new project is in the early

planning stages but it has already been decided that the system will use

existing cellular networks for communications.  Also on page 24 is news

from L. Scott Tillett that the "FBI seeks info for wireless NCIC: Wide

network would bring multimedia info to patrol cars"



Some Wireless & Mobile articles & links of potential interest:



    - "BT Rolls Out Satellite Communications For U.S.:

      Systems aimed at companies that need contact with

      offshore workers" by Teri Robinson, Information

      Week, 15Sep97, page 108

    - "SNEAK PEEK: IBM Retreads Wireless Service" by

      Sean Gallagher, Information Week, 15Sep97, page 169

    - NFS' Wireless Field Test: <http://wireless.oldcolo.com/>

    - Wireless LAN/WAN Modem Product Directory:

      <http://hydra.carleton.ca/info/wlan.html>



** LAPTOPS **



J. Gerry Purdy has a 'Mobile Access' opinion piece entitled "Yesterday's

clunky portables are today's networked PCs" on page 46 of LAN Times.



Some Laptop articles of potential interest:



    - "HP, DELL Hooked on Competing With Tillamook CPU

      Rollouts: manufacturers introduce new notebook

      design" by Lisa Dicarlo, PC Week, 15Sep97, page 10

    - "HP product line getting bigger: new 3.1 pound

      portable is less than 1 inch thick" by InfoWorld

      Staff, Infoworld, 15Sep97, page 31

    - "Intel attempts to rally industry behind mobile

      power saving" by Torsten Busse, InfoWorld,

      15Sep97, page 34

    - "PowerBook 2400c: Subnotebook is fast and

       convenient but needs better keyboard" by Cary Lu,

       MacWorld, Nov97, page 50

    - "Notebook power: energy-saving Intel chip lets

       vendors expand feature offerings" by Tom Davey,

       Information Week, 15Sep97, page 113

    - "RDI Intros Portable UNIX Workstation: larger

       screen, removable storage intended for general

       users" by Mary Hayes, Information Week, 15Sep97,

       page 114



** APPLE & MACINTOSH **



IBM and Motorola are officially out of the Mac OS clone market.



Steve Jobs has been named Apple Computer's Interim CEO until a new CEO

can be found.



Apple's executive vice president of marketing Guerrino De Luca has

resigned stating personal reasons.



Ambrosia Software <http://www.ambrosiasw.com> has released a new

shareware Mac OS game called "Harry the Handsome Executive: A Superhero

for the Modern Corporation."



MacTech reports that any Mac developer can get access to a free resource

called MacDev-1 -- "the Mac OS Developer News and Info server." For more

info: <http://www.mactech.com/macdev-1/>.



Some Macintosh related sites of potential interest:



    - InCDius 1.0: <http://www.xnet.com/~grhowes/>

    - OSA Menu 1.1b5: <http://www.lazerware.com/~leonardr/>

    - TeaCuP for TCP/IP:

      <http://www.geek-central.gen.nz/pages/ldo/sw/index.html>

    - Text Machine 1.0: <http://www.prefab.com>.

    - WEB FM 3.1 for FileMaker Pro 3.0/4.0 <http://macweb.com/>



** INTERNET/JAVA/OTHER **



Financial Cryptography 1998 (FC98) -- the world's "only financial

cryptography conference, exhibition, and workshop"  will be held

23-26Feb97 at The Inter-Island Hotel in Anguilla, BWI. For more

information: <http://www.fc98.ai/> or

<http://www.cwi.nl/conferences/FC98>.



Fujitsu is reportedly working on a Sparc-based JavaOS savvy embedded

microprocessor.



Some JAVA/NETWORK COMPUTER articles & sites of potential interest:



    - "JavaStation, Finally: Next model with USB, PCI,

      1394 support already in the works" by Lisa

      Dicarlo, PC Week, 15Sep97, page 10

    - "Sun Posts Its Java Workshop Upgrade" by Antone

      Gonsalves, PC Week, 15Sep97, page 10

    - Enabling the Information Age through Network

      Computing: <http://nc.oracle.com>

    - Network Computer Profile:

      <http://www.internet.ibm.com/computers/networkstation/ncrp.html>

    - The NC Store: <http://nc.oracle.com/ncstore>

    - Network Computer, Inc.: <http://www.nc.com>

    - "Java in the Enterprise: Heading to promised

      land" by Brad Morrey & John Broderick, InfoWorld,

       5Sep97, page 76



** OTHER SITES WORTHY OF A POTENTIAL BROWSE **



    - SnadBoy's Revelation 1.1 [reads Win95

      passwords]: <http://www.snadboy.com>

    - Pictorius Announces iNet Solo: <http://www.pictorius.com>

    - StormWatch [The Red Storm Entertainment Newsletter] 1.07

      (19Sep97): <http://www.redstorm.com>

    - Cyberian Outpost: <http://www.outpost.com>





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Edupage, 15Sep97 thru 21Sep97

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INTERNET KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING



The old phrase "growing like Topsy" may be replaced by "growing like the

Internet."  A survey by Christian Huitema of Bellcore indicates that the

number of host computers grew from 14.7 million in September of 1996 to 26

million in September of 1997.  The goal of the survey was to count

centralized server computers, work stations, and each modem in the modem

bank of Internet Service Providers.  (New York Times 15 Sep 97)



WINDOWS 98 TIMETABLE



Microsoft announced that it will delay by several months the introduction

next year of its newest Windows software program (Windows 98), so that it

can coordinate release of two versions of the new product, one to upgrade

Windows 3.1 and the other to upgrade Windows 95.  Made jittery by the delay,

investors caused Microsoft stock to drop $7.25 on Monday.  (Washington Post

16 Sep 97)



MICROSOFT JUMP-STARTS WEB TV



Microsoft has unveiled a new, souped-up version of its WebTV system for

surfing the Net via the television.  The company's new technology is based

on an innovative chip that combines the capabilities of a TV tuner, a cable

modem and a high-speed PC modem all into one low-cost unit.  The new boxes

will enable WebTV to develop content that combines both television

programming and Web sites in a seamless mix, using an improved program guide

called Explore.  "We intend to define mass-market media for the next

century," says WebTV CEO Steve Perlman.  Forrester Research predicts some 1

million Net-ready TVs will be in U.S. homes by 2000.  (Business Week 22 Sep 97)



SEGA, MICROSOFT TO TEAM UP ON HIGH-POWERED VIDEO GAME



A Japanese newspaper reports that Sega Enterprises and Microsoft are

collaborating on a 128-bit home video game machine.  An official agreement

likely will be signed next month, say sources.  (St. Petersburg Times 15

Sep 97)



INTEL'S NEXT GENERATION OF CHIPS



Intel has designed a new generation of memory chips capable of storing not

one but two bits of information on each transistor, effectively doubling

the storage capacity of a chip. In addition, Intel engineers think that in

the future they may be able to build chips holding four or more bits on

each transistor.  The new chips will use "multilevel cell flash memory,"

which is able to go beyond binary (zero-or-one) readings and sense four

distinct states -- equivalent to two bits of data.  (New York Times 17 Sep 97)



IMS METADATA SPECS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT



The metadata specification recently announced by Educom is available for

review and comment by interested parties until December 5, 1997. The

specification is posted at <http://www.imsproject.org/metadata>. Developed by

a coalition of academic, industry and government organizations, the

metadata spec is the first of a series of specifications and software

components that will enable Internet-based learning materials from diverse

sources to be widely used. Educom also plans a 1998 release of a prototype

instructional management system based on this and additional

specifications. Once released, the specifications and software components

of the IMS project will be available at no cost. Additional information on

the IMS project can be found at <http://www.imsproject.org>.



CONCERT TARGETS LAPTOP USERS



Concert Communications Services, the joint-venture company of British

Telecom and MCI, is offering a Remote Internet Access service that allows

mobile computer users to hook up to the Internet via a network of local

points of presence (POPs) in 50 countries.  The service could enable

multinational corporations to provide Internet access to their overseas

employees without having to incur the expense of international phone calls

to a home server.  In addition, smaller Internet service providers could use

the Concert network to expand their international POPs without the expense

of building their own infrastructure.  (InfoWorld Electric 19 Sep 97)



NETSCAPE CHIEF PREDICTS PC GIVE-AWAY



Netscape Communications CEO James Barksdale says his company will begin

providing computers and other hardware at no cost to customers within a

year.  "In various parts of the country you will be definitely seeing trials

within a year -- within a year from now -- of these kind of distribution

models for appliances, network computers and personal computers."  The

company's strategy is to generate revenue through advertising,

subscriptions, and a percentage of each online purchase made by subscribers.

"We learned early on, give them a phone," he says of his earlier days at

AT&T Wireless Services and McCaw Cellular.  "They might use it."  (Computer

News Daily 19 Sep 97)





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INNOVATION, 15Sep97

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** TRENDS: READY-TO-WEAR COMPUTER CHIC **



Wearable computers are now making their way from the military to civilian

life, with companies like Xybernaut Corp. now marketing systems to

companies interested in boosting worker productivity in a variety of

industrial activities, including maintenance, inspection, inventory

control and data collection.  "We're also beginning to receive interest

from the medical community," says a Xybernaut marketing rep.  "Surgeons,

for example, can use a wearable computer to examine a series of X-rays

during an operation without having to rely on a runner to retrieve and

deliver the images."  And once high-quality voice recognition technology

becomes widely available, wearable computers will rapidly move from niche

markets into the mainstream, says a computer scientist at the Johns

Hopkins University Center for Language and Speech Processing.  "Right

now, while users can issue simple interface commands with a high degree

of accuracy, entering spoken information into word processors and other

applications remains a tedious and unreliable chore."  He predicts that

when computers can accurately process conversational language and respond

accordingly, people will wear computers "in the same fashion as a

Walkman."  (CIO 1 Sep 97) <http://www.cio.com>



** STRATEGIES: DISTRIBUTION AS STRATEGY **



You may think you're in the computer business or the washing machine

business -- and maybe you are -- but you're also in the distribution

business, because you won't compete effectively in the marketplace if you

think distribution of your goods or services is peripheral to your

strategic interests.  What you need to develop is a "channel strategy"

which aligns your organizational resources with what it should do to

satisfy its target customers.  Three ways of doing this:  first, design

your distribution channels from the market back, so that they're

customer-focused rather than company-focused;  second, create barriers to

a response from your competitors, perhaps by locking yourself into an

internal operation or into close ties with selected channel partners who

will agree to lock out competing suppliers;  third, enhance the delivery

of superior customer value.  The most important point to remember in

choosing distribution methods is to choose organizational strategy.  "The

choice of a channel is also dictated by whether a firm elects to compete

on operating excellence (e.g., by emphasizing reliability and competitive

pricing of standard products and services), customer responsiveness

(through some variant of mass customization or business partitioning), or

superior performance. Each strategic thrust reflects the choice of a

specific target segment, with distinct requirements and needs.  (Erin

Anderson, G. S. Day, V. K. Rangan, "Strategic Channel Design," Sloan

Management Review Summer 97)



** INNOVATIONS: GLASSED LIGHTNING **



International Robotics is marketing the perfect paperweight for the

technophile who has everything.  Its Luminglas electronic sculpture

contains chemically coated beads and inert gas, which, when electrically

charged, sends filaments of light arcing through the glass sculpture.

Even better, it's interactive -- when you touch it, the light is drawn to

your fingertips.  (Popular Science Sep 97)  <http://www.popsci.com>



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