NewtNews-159-18Nov97

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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:



 + 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>



 + 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 !

   Newton <http://www.tempestprod.com/>



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

   <http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/RidgeNet/RidgeNet.html>





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. Handheld Mentions in 'The Media'

 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, 10Nov97 thru 16Nov97

13. INNOVATION, 10Nov97

14. Administrivia





Top News

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** MP2000 UPGRADE WOES **



NewtNews readers continue to report problems getting through to the

MP2000 to MP2100 Upgrade line.  To make matters worse, apparently Apple

is already out of 'upgrade kits' and is telling callers that the wait for

the kits could be significant.



The MessagePad 2000 to 2100 upgrade phone number should be working

though.  Use either: 800-233-6555 or 800-500-7078.



** HOW DO YOU USE YOUR NEWTON?!? **



Larry Rank <aku-aku@teleport.com> reports the creation of a new site

called 'The Art of Newton.'  The site is going to be dedicated to

"anecdotes on how people use their Newtons."  You can check out the site

via: <http://www.teleport.com/~aku-aku/TheArtofNewton.html>



** WHAT IS HAPPENING AT COMDEX?!? **



Dauphin Technology will introduce their new "Orasis mobile computer"

powered by a 233-MHz Pentium processor at the show.



DynaFirm has a new business card reader called "CardJet" that is suppose

to be PalmPilot savvy.  [Palm Computing Booth  H1024, Station 22]



Spyglass <http://www.spyglass.com> will show their "Prism content

conversion technology" at Sharp's Booth:  L828.  [EDITOR: Spyglass as

also reportedly just purchased AllPen Software.]



LG Electronics will have a complete product display, including new

Windows CE 2.0 devices, at booth L864, North Hall.



The Microsoft Partner Pavilion at will have Windows CE wireless solutions

on display from: Wright Strategies <http://www.wrightstrat.com>

(L2212-X02), Novatel Wireless <http://www.novatelwireless.com>

(L2212-W08), and Socket Communications <http://www.socketcom.com>

(L2212-V05).  You will also find RAM Mobile Data at the Microsoft's

Partner Pavilion offering wireless data services at the show.



Phoenix Technologies <http://www.phoenix.com> (no. L482) and NEC

Electronics <http://www.nec.com> (no. L2612) will be showing off their

complete lines of Windows CE OEM technology.



And IrDA <http://www.irda.org> will have 'The IrDA Cordless Connectivity

Showcase Pavilion' also at the shop, with showcase demos from its

industry wide membership.





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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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  QuickFigure Pro (QFP) 3.1 Spreadsheet for Newton 2.0 or better operating

  systems. Supports 255 x9999 cell worksheets, landscape mode, direct cell

  entry, worksheet linking, delayed recalc, and over 70 functions. Includes

  QF Exchange for Import/Export with Excel from Mac or Windows desktop.

  From PelicanWare at $59.95+S&H (Upgrades $25+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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** EDUPAGE EXPOSED AGAIN TO CENSOR'S KNIFE **



The folks at Edupage wrote the following recently:



    Because we used a "red flag" word, the last issue of Edupage

    was rejected as salacious by the filtering software used at

    one U.S. institution of higher learning.  The offending word

    was found in the sentence:  "The new bill is more narrowly

    focused than the CDA, and is targeted strictly at impeding

    the flow of commercial pornography on the World Wide Web."

    (Of course, because of the same filtering software, some of

    you out there will never read this issue of Edupage to know

    why you were unable to read the last issue of Edupage.  Oh

    well.)



I guess NewtNews will also now be censored now.  Oh, well.



** DOES THE NOW SOFTWARE BUY OUT MATTER FOR NEWTON USERS?!? **



Qualcomm has decided to purchase Now Software.  Not sure if this has an

impact on the Newton yet ... both companies in the past have released

Newton solutions.  Some more successful than others.



** DONATE YOUR OLD NEWTONS **



Stuart Ungar <Haikustu@aol.com> at Playful Productions, a non-profit

organization that publishes a quarterly literary magazine for and by

grade-school children called 'Word Dance,' is looking for old Newton

MessagePads to be used by interns, volunteers, and in classrooms.  Such a

donation is tnax-deductable.  For more information send email to the

address listed above or call: 302.322.6699.





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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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** APPLE TEAMS WITH INFOSPACE FOR MP2100 FEATURE **



Apple <http://www.apple.com> and InfoSpace <http://www.infospace.com>

have announced a partnership to integrate InfoSpace's directories and

information services into Apple's MessagePad 2100.  Users will be able to

access phone numbers, addresses, door-to-door directions among other

things.



Apple Developer News published on 14Nov97 (Issue 83) also had a pointer

about this new development, and a URL to the following Yahoo news story:

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/971111/wa_ca_infospace_appl_1.html>.



** SPEAKER AT HANDHELD CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED **



Creative Digital Publishing <http://www.cdpubs.com> has announced that

Alan Cooper (known as the "Father of Visual Basic" and author of the book

"About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design" ) will be the lead

keynote speaker for 'Handheld Systems 98 -- The Science, Art, and

Business of Personal Systems Development.'  This conference will be held

06-08Apr98, in the San Francisco Bay Area.



** EVANGELIST NEWTON MENTIONS **



None!  Bummer!  Yes, for the first time in a very long time, there were

no Newton blurbs during the past week on Guy Kawasaki's Evangelist email

listserver.  The list is still a must read though if you want to learn

more about Apple, Macintosh, etc. ...  Check out the following URL for

more information: <http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/>.



** NEWTON MENTION IN TIDBITS ARTICLE **



TidBITS#404/10-Nov-97 has a Newton mention in their coverage of the news

that "Qualcomm Buys Now Software".  For more information check out:

<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-404.html>.  You can learn more

about the news via: <http://www.nowutilities.com/os8.html> and

<http://www.eudora.com/press/1997/pr97.cgi?f=97.11.10.now>.



** STAND ALONE NOVEMBER PROMOTION **



Devin Tuffy <devin@standalone.com> reports that if you mention the Stand

Alone WWW site at: <http://www.standalone.com> in a US$25 or more order

placed before the end of Nov97 that you will be entitled to a 15%

discount.



** NEWTON INFO SITES GET UPDATES **



    - Newton Magazine:

      <http://members.aol.com/joeshoewa/newtonmagazine/>

    - The Newton Underground:

      <http://www.newton-underground.com/>

    - Gecko (Dec97):

      <http://members.aol.com/geckoweb/gecko.html>

    - HandJive v1.06:

      <http://www.phosphor.com/handjive/>

    - Creative Digital Publishing Handheld Computer

      Almanac (2nd Edition): <http://www.cdpubs.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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** POTENTIAL NEW SERIAL CONNECTOR IN THE WORKS **



Gerd Staudenmaier <gerds@micronet.de> reports:



    I have made a locking, mechanical very robust prototype

    connector with aluminum housing for the MP2x00 interconnect

    port. It connects to all important signals and also contains

    a RS232 line driver for using the second serial port (this

    one also used for the optional internal modem).



    Through the weekend I will try making some photos of the

    connector and putting them onto my Web

    <http://www.soaring.de/gps/GPS_Map.html> site and perhaps to

    some newsgroups.



    If there is enough request I could produce this connector

    type in quantities. The price would be around US$150.



** NEWT'S CAPE BETA IN THE WORKS **



Steve Weyer <weyer@kagi.com> is reportedly beta testing a new version of

Newt's Cape.  If you are registered user of Newt's Cape [EDITOR: Highly

recommended!] you can apparently get access to the betas.



** NEWTON STUFF FOR SALE **



Widget Software Canada <http://www.widget.co.uk/canada/> has a host of

Newton accessories (some used) available for customers in the U.S. and

Canada.  If you are looking for stuff for the MP100, MP110, MP120, or

MP130 check out the URL above.  Widget Software also has PalmPilot, Psion,

and Windows CE devices and accessories available.



ClubPDA <http://www.clubpda.com> reportedly has MP2100's in stock.  They

also have MP2x00 pens in stock, and some new 'lower' prices on Newton

memory PC Cards.  There are also price reductions for their current

MP2000 bundles.



Cafe PDA <sales@cafepda.com> reports to have recently received a large

supply of MP2000 Rechargeable Batteries.  Check out the following URL for

more information: <http://www.cafepda.com/>, or call: 800.9898.PDA or

919.844.7588.



Small Dog Electronics <http://www.smalldoggy.com> has the new MP2100

in stock, along with the Philips Velo1,  PalmPilot Pros, and other

PDA devices.



** RECENTLY UPDATED NEWTON OFFERINGS **



    - DejaVu Software's InkSpot v1.04:

      <http://www.martnet.com/~dejavu/Ink>

    - Lunatech Research's LunaSuite Preview 2.1Bc258:

      <http://newton.lunatech.com/Download/2.1Bc258_release_notes.html>

    - Concept Kitchen's PDA Starter Kit :

      <http://www.conceptkitchen.com>

    - Peter Mitchell's TrackIt 2.0:

      <http://www.ccinet.ab.ca/pmitchell/trackit.html>

    - Sine of the Times' CardMedia:

      <http://www.sineware.com/products/CardMedia>

    - Enfour's Shodo:

      <http://www.enfour.com/us/shodo/>

    - Tactile's 'Motile': <http://www.tactile.com>

    - Century Software's Clockwork 1.0:

      <http://www.centsoft.com>

    - EnRoute 1.4.2: <http://www.netstrat.com>

    - K2's Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult 1998

      for Newton: <http://www.skyscape.com/k2>

    - Phoenix Soft's TimeTrax v0.94 Beta:

      <http://www4.cs.fau.de/~reitzner/Newton/>

    - Nomadic Technologies' N*Project Pro:

      <http://www.nomadict.com>





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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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Handheld Mentions in 'The Media'

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** WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY IN APPLE R&D LABS USES NEWTON **



MacOS Rumors <http://www.macosrumors.com> had a rumor on 12Nov97 posted

on their site that 'confirmed' that Apple does have some wireless Mac OS

and Newton LAN technology 'floating' around their R&D labs.  Not sure if

the products will see the light of day though.



** TOP GADGET LIST POSTED TO PC WORLD **



PC World has posted their "Editors Rate the Top 30 Cool Tools for the

Holidays" to the WWW at: <http://www.pcworld.com/dec97/gadgets>.  The

following devices were examined: Cross' iPen; Sceptre FT15 LCD Monitor;

Kensington CD Drive Cleaner; NoiseBuster Extreme; REX PC Companion;

Ironman Triathlon Watch; Nokia 9000 Communicator; Psion Series 5; Canon

BJC-80; Connectix Color QuickCam 2; Sidewinder Force Feedback Joystick;

and PCWorks Speaker System.



** SHORT NEWTON MENTION IN BUSINESS WEEK **



Peter Burrows has an article entitled "A Peek At Steve Jobs' Plan"

Details of Apple's Overhaul are leaking out" published in Business Week

on 17Nov97.  The article includes several short Newton mentions in

regards to bringing Newton, Inc. back to Apple, and the success of the

eMate 300 in the education marketplace.



** INTERESTING PALMPILOT NEWS **



THE COMPUTISTS' COMMUNIQUE published on 13Nov97 (Vol. 7, No. 78) has a

very interesting PalmPilot blurb.  Here is a summary:



    When Palm Computing developed its PalmPilot electronic

    organizer, they had to find someone to manufacture it.

    Former partner Tandy/Radio Shack turned them down, since it

    had lost money on the Zoomer.  Palm didn't approach Casio,

    Sharp, or HP, since all had competing products.

    Negotiations with a telecom company and a PC company broke

    down over who would control the technology.  Finally U.S.

    Robotics showed interest.  Palm was asking for a $5M

    investment to cover production, but accepted a counter offer

    of $45M in stock for the company.  Early buyers were mostly

    tech-savvy men, 35-45 and making over $100K/year.  They

    liked it and told others, creating holiday sales of 350K

    units.  (Zoomer had only sold 10K the previous season.)

    This year there are over 200 companies creating add-on

    software or hardware.  3Com, which bought U.S. Robotics, has

    licensed the PalmPilot to IBM, which sells them as the IBM

    Workpad.  Now 3Com is working on specialized devices for

    vertical markets such as inventory work, parcel delivery,

    and medical charts.  [Janet Rae-Dupree, SJM, 10Nov97, 1E.]



You can learn more about TCC via the following WWW site at:

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



** EMATE GET GOOD REVIEW **



Ian Baker <newton@imagian.demon.co.uk> reports that a recently published

edition of the UK's The Guardian had a very good review of the eMate.  This

publication also recently ran an article showing celebrities flashing their

Macs: <http://online.guardian.co.uk/computing/879349766-apmast.html>.



** TWO NEWTON SIGHTINGS REPORTED **



John Byrne <byrnejbb@ix.netcom.com> writes:



    "Two Newton sightings to report.



    "The first is in Upline Magazine's catalog has a section on

    planners.  The section cover page has a photo of a person

    using what appears to be an MP120.



    "The second is in a TV commercial being run by local

    Baltimore radio station, Mix 106.5.  The commercial has a

    really cool scene of live video running on what also looks

    like an MP120."



** HANDHELD MARKETING NEWS **



International Data Corp. (IDC) is predicting that smart phones will be a

US$1.2 billion industry in Western Europe next year.



Dataquest <http://www.dataquest.com> reports that during the first half

of 1997 that the handheld marketplace shipped 1.4 million units, this is

'up' from the total shipments of 1.6 million during all of 1996.  The

PalmPilot has 66% of the market compared to 20% by Windows CE.



You can also learn more via:



    - <http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/sr_headline.sh?/bw.111297/531418>

    - <http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,16360,00.html>



** 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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             A N N O U N C I N G   L E X I D R U G S - 97          +-------+

  K2 Consultants, Inc. has just announced the latest version of    | A R T |

  Drug Information Handbook with 5000 drugs and improved interface.+-------+

  Check out www.skyscape.com/k2 for all medical and non-medical    |  b y  |

  titles such as 5 Min. Clin Consult, Ferri's book for internists  |  K 2  |

  Archimedes Intelligent Calculator, Current Clinical Strategies   +-------+

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  INTRODUCING WebXpress - Have web pages like The Wall Street Journal, CNN

  Interactive, The NY Times and other popular info sources ready and

  waiting for you each & every morning with WebXpress! With WebXpress

  your Newton can retrieve  and store sports news, weather reports,

  technology updates, medical news, stock reports, you name it! WebXpress,

  delivers the Web to you - $34.95 - Free demo at: <http://www.pentekk.com>

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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.



** THANKS FOR SYNC AND BACKUP TIPS! **



Thanks to the dozens of NewtNews readers who responded to the recent NCU

syncing and backup tips feature.  This is obviously a difficult, as yet

unresolved area for MessagePad users.  If anyone has any more hints or

workarounds in this area, please pass them on to me and I shall pass them

on through future columns.



Any other ideas for future themed columns would also be welcomed!



** CONVERT SCRIBBLES TO TEXT TO SAVE MEMORY **



A couple of weeks ago I suggested always setting the handwriting

recognition option to 'sketches' in order to prevent a MP120 trying to

read what you write for fast handwritten entry.  The only problem with

this idea is that if you enter a large amount of un-converted text, you

will quickly fill up the memory available in your Newton.  To overcome

this problem, convert the handwritten text into typed text which uses

much less memory. (Double-tap handwritten text to convert it to type -

you can convert whole pages at a time if you select it first).



** GREAT USES FOR A NEWTON PEN **



The pen supplied with all models of Newton is great for pressing the film

rewind button on many models of compact 35mm camera, or the little hidden

buttons that set most digital watches.  Newton pens work much better than

real ballpens because they don't gum up the little buttons with ink.

However, be careful what you press with your Newton Pen, damaging the tip

may cause damage to the Newton screen.



** TIPS WANTED **



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

ingenious ideas for future issues of this column to Roger Coleman

<roger@rogercoleman.demon.co.uk>. Credit and glory will be attributed as

necessary. Thanks!





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  upgrades for Newton MP130 and MP2000.  Custom styli for WinCE, USR, and

  Sharp PDAs.  Wide selection of Pocket Styli for all tastes and budgets.

  Duo multi-function stylus/pen combo. Beacon L.E.D. lighted stylus. Stylus

  inserts for Cross & other popular pens.  More info: 800.270.7196 or

  516.467.4042, FAX: 516.467.6329, <http://www.PDAPanache.com> (secure)

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  PowerTrans 3.0 - Translator and Vocabulary Trainer - 60,000 Words -

  English, Spanish, German, French and Italian (no storage card required).

   + Customize the vocabulary and/or create new languages, attach notes

   + MP2K and eMate featured - speech, classroom multi-user, keyboards

   + Vocabulary Trainer - based on approved didactical learning system

  Checkout demo: <http://www.travel-cs.com> - contact: <info@travel-cs.com>

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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>.



** CORRECTION **



Kevin Fox <kevin@fury.com> noted a mistake in a recent suggestion

solution.  NewtNews incorrectly attributed the publisher of Kevin's

Reflex Newton software.  This software is actually being distributed by

Casady & Greene.



** SENDING A PKG TO YOUR DESKTOP SYSTEM VIA EMAIL **



Olivier Ozoux <o_ozoux@beachnet.com> recently contributed the following

suggestion/tidbit:



    You can use EnRoute email to install packages on your Newton

    if you send them as MIME attachments from your desktop.  But

    did you know you can also use email to export packages back

    to the desktop?



** PKG DISTRIBUTION SITE NEEDED **



Trevor Lien <trevor.lien@sk.sympatico.ca> would like to find an Internet

server service that would accept posting of Mac .sit and .sea Newton pkg

submissions and extract the compressed pkgs.  Once decompressed, the pkgs

(in their raw, native form) would be made available for download via Mac,

PC, or Newton.



** META-DATA NAVIGATOR **



Jason Kulas <JKULAS@BCBSCT.COM> writes:



    I'd like a Notes meta-data navigator (sort of an enhanced

    Find) that will give some functionality like having a mini

    project-planner/organizer.  Must be able to present summary

    listing of Notes bullets sorted & organized according to

    [meta] data attached to each bullet:



    Here's the deal: I love Notes bulleted checklists.  I like

    being able to have multiple lists (named Notes) in a compact

    font and being able to sort & re-org bullets whenever

    appropriate.  But now I'm looking for more organizational

    sophistication.



    Ideally, for each bullet I'd like to be able to attach some

    meta data that won't normally be visible on the Note w/out

    tapping something or whatever.



    The meta data I'm interested in would be creation-date,

    due-date, days-to-complete, date-to-start, and priority. I'd

    be satisfied w/ pretty minimal navigational aids that use

    this meta data.



    Should be able to get overview/list (sort of like built-in

    Find) that will show me:



    List all bullets in selected Note(s) sorted by various meta

    data criteria--overview must show Note name, at least some

    of bullet text, and whatever of the meta data I want

    displayed.



    List all bullets in selected Note(s) or across all Notes

    that have selected meta data attributes.



    It would be ok for this overview to be read-only, but I'd

    definitely want to be able to do something like tap on an

    entry & have it jump me into the right Note at that bullet.





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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 **



Karrier Communications <http://www.karrier.com> has announced the release

of 'IntelliGolf <http://www.intelligolf.com/>' for the PalmPilot OS

devices.



PC Computing is giving away a PalmPilot in their latest sweepstakes. For

more information check out:

<http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt1114wi/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1451.html%0

D>.



Aportis Technologies <http://www.aportis.com> has acquired the rights to

"Doc" -- a software application for displaying and interchanging

electronic text on PalmPilot devices.



Some PalmPilot links & articles of potential interest:



    - AlphaQ: <http://www.quail.demon.co.uk/alphaq>

    - MoonFN version 1.0:

      <http://www3.gamewood.net/mew3/pilot/rpn/>

    - The Pilot Installation Program Ver 1.01b:

      <http://www.ingeninc.com>

    - SuperPilot DeFragger v0.9c:

      <http://www.trgnet.com>

    - ToDo PLUS 2.1:

      <http://www.pilotplus.com/html/todoplus.html>

    - SuperPilot Memory Board II beta:

      <mwalter@trgnet.com>

    - PalmPilot Entertainment Zone Updates:

      <http://www.fidalgo.net/~ram>

    - GO INSIDE Magazine: <http://goinside.com>

    - PAC:

      <http://www.cre.canon.co.uk/~philj/pilot.html>

    - PageNOW! for Pilot 1.0d1:

      <http://www.markspace.com/pagenow_pilot.html



** WINDOWS CE **



Puma Technology <http://www.pumatech.com> has announced "IntelliSync

Gold" -- a complete 'corporate edition' of their mobile device to PIM

data synchronization solution. This version supports laptops, Windows CE,

PalmPilot, TI's Avigo, Sharp's organizer, Nokia 9000/9000i Communicator,

ATT PocketNet Service phones and the HP 200LX.



Andrew Seybold's most recent Outlook newsletter is completely focused on

Windows CE 2.0 and related devices.  You can learn more via:

<http://www.outlook.com/articles/september97article1.html>.



Sharp's new Mobilon device (Windows CE 2.0 savvy) is going to use

AltoCom's  SoftModem 2.0 technology <http://www.altocom.com>.



MobileSoft <http://www.mobilesoft.com> has announced that their online

software distribution system will offer Windows CE users Windows CE 2.0

solutions as soon as they become available.



Philips <http://www.mobile.philips.com> has announced the release of the

Velo 500 handheld, and HP <http://www.hp.com/handheld> has announced the

release of their HP 360LX palmtop PC. Both devices are Windows CE 2.0

savvy.



SanDisk <http://www.sandisk.com> has also announced the Ericsson MC12 --

"a 2-MB CompactFlash memory card for Windows CE devices."



Femi Oyelakin <fao@moore.uk.sun.com> recently posted an interesting read

to several handheld related newsgroups.  The article is entitled "PDA

WAR: Chapter IV" and is focused on: "HPC Cradles and Expansion

Capabilities".  You can use HotBot <http://www.hotbot.com> to track down

the article.



Some Windows CE links & articles of potential interest:



    - HPCVault Deluxe 1.0:

      <http://users.aol.com/anyware/wce/hpcvault/index.htm>

    - Whack Force: <http://www.ruksun.com/wince>

    - The Windows CE COMDEX Web site:

      <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/comdex/>

    - IrcCE v0.89a:

      <http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/9987>

    - BookWorm: <http://www.iclsofttech.com/centrivex>

    - WindowsCE On-Line: <http://www.winceonline.com/>



** PSION **



Psion Software <http://www.software.psion.com/> has announced the

incorporation of Papyrus Associates' <http://www.papassoc.com/> "Allegro

character recognizer software" into Psion's EPOC32 (mobile ROM-based

operating system platform).



Some Psion links & articles of potential interest:



    - PsiBank, PsiFile and PsiLink:

      <http://home.worldonline.nl./~agiessen>

    - Task Switcher v2.2:

     <http://anais.aurecvideo.fr/JPh/index.html>

    - uucp message editor: <http://telematique.org/ft>



** OTHER DEVICES **



Tadiran Communications has won a US$52 million contract with the U.S.

Marine Corps for "Rugged Handheld Computers."  This devices are already

being used by Israeli military units.



Iomega <http://www.iomega.com> has some new storage technology ideal for

handhelds called 'Clik! Drive.' Several companies, including:  Kodak,

Zoran Corporation, LSI Logic, Hewlett-Packard,  Hitachi, Microsoft,

Polaroid, Motorola, Matsushita, Citizen, and Texas Instruments have

announced plans to use this technology in various devices (cameras,

handhelds, laptops, etc. ...). PC World has an online article about it,

if you are interested in more information.  Check out:

<http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/news?ID=971114102704>.



There is a new "Digital Portable Dictation System for Mobile Computing"

in the works that combines technology from: Olympus, IBM , and Intel. The

device is going to be called the "Olympus D1000 digital voice recorder"

that takes voice input and translates the content to text so that it can

be integrated via uplink to other devices.  The U.S. English version

should be out in Q1,98, and other languages like (U.K. English, French,

German, and Japanese) will follow shortly.  You can learn more via:

<http://www.olympus.com>, and <http://www.ibm.com/viavoice>.



Mitsubishi has new 16-Mbit DINOR MobileFLASH memory; and Siemens and

SanDisk have announced a "solid state memory card the size of a postage

stamp called MultiMediaCard."



Epson's Point Of Sale (POS) handheld site can be found at:

<http://pos.epson.com/handheld/>.





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** WIRELESS & MOBILE **



Nokia <http://www.nokia.com> will be shipping in the near future the

9000i Communicator for use on GSM-9000 and DCS-1800 systems in Europe and

Asia.



Geoworks and Access Co. Ltd. have announced "a strategic alliance with

the goal providing Internet connectivity to the growing Japanese mobile

phone market."  And in related news, the daily news site Webintosh noted

on 12Nov97 that Access is also working with Metrowerks  for developer

tools for their " NetFront suite Internet access software modules".  You

can learn more via: <http://www.geoworks.com>, <http://www.access.co.jp>,

<http://www.webintosh.com/>, and <http://www.metrowerks.com>.



Metricom <http://www.metricom.com> has a new wireless connectivity device

for their service called 'Ricochet SX'. The unit will work with --

Macintosh, PC and Windows CE 2.0 operating systems; and may be used with

the HP 300/320 LX, Casio's Cassiopeia, the Compaq PC Companion, Philips'

Velo 1 and the Apple Newton 2000/2100.



GoAmerica Communications <http://www.goamerica.net> has announced some

new "turnkey wireless Web services."  In related news, The SmartTime

Network (a unit of InteliData Technologies) and Wireless Services have

announced similar plans to offer wireless Web services.



Lotus is expected to release in the near future some more 'handheld

savvy' sync tools for Lotus Notes and Organizer.



** APPLE - MACINTOSH - RHAPSODY **



Apple recently revealed their 'major' announcements in regards to:

selling systems on the Internet direct to customers, and new hardware

offerings.  The Apple Store received "over 4.4 million hits and booked

over $500,000 of orders during its first 12 hours of operation."  The new

hardware offerings included: three G3 processor powered desktop systems,

a G3 PowerBook, and a 17-inch monitor called the 'Multiple Scan 720'

display.  For more information check out: <http://www.store.apple>.



VST Technologies <http://www.vsttech.com> is now shipping Iomega

<http://www.iomega.com> Zip Drives for Apple PowerBooks.



Farallon <http://www.farallon.com> has change their official business

name to Netopia <http://www.netopia.com>.



Some Macintosh related sites of potential interest:



    - Media Design in*Progress 's Cascade Light:

      <http://interaction.in-progress.com/cascade>

    - Roaster Technologies' Roaster Release 4:

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

    - ProFunda Storeys v1.0.6:

      <http://isa.dknet.dk/~profunda>

    - Glenn Howes's InCDius 1.1 beta 5:

      <http://www.xnet.com/~grhowes/



** MISCELLANEOUS INFO **



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Windows NT 4.0 savvy "Professional Server 4600S tailored to small

business."





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Edupage, 10Nov97 thru 16Nov97

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** NADER JOINS ATTACK ON MICROSOFT **



A conference put on by consumer advocate Ralph Nader is taking a look at

the way Microsoft, "not content with its enormous market share in PC

software, wants to hold our hand as we navigate the information highway,

and to push us -- not so subtly -- toward its own partners and

subsidiaries."  One of the conference speakers is Microsoft-hater Scott

McNealy of Sun, whose talk is entitled "No One Should Own The Alphabet."

Microsoft refused an invitation to the conference, saying that it was

stacked with rivals. Microsoft defender Tony Williams says:  "Nader

doesn't speak for consumers. He speaks for Nader.  But certainly he is

one who is very media savvy and has an ability to cause heartburn to

American corporations."   (AP 12 Nov 97)



** INTEL EYES CHEAP PC MARKET **



Intel, in a strategic about-face, says it will begin manufacturing

specialized chips that run PCs costing less than $1,000 and other

information appliances.  "What it means is we will have multiple products

in multiple segments under one brand," says Intel CEO Andy Grove.  Intel

previously had focused on building ever-more-powerful microprocessors for

high-end PCs, but now says it can produce variants of its Pentium II chip

that can be incorporated into much less expensive machines.  (Wall Street

Journal 10 Nov 97)



** IBM INTRODUCES HIGH-CAPACITY DRIVE **



IBM will begin shipping two new drives that use its breakthrough Giant

Magnetoresistive (GMR) heads technology next month.  The Deskstar 16GP

will have a storage capacity of between 3.2 gigabytes and 16.8 gigabytes,

and the second drive -- the Deskstar 14GXP -- will provide up to 14.4

gigabytes of storage.  PCs with the new drives will be available in early

1998.  The company eventually plans to make the GMR technology available

in devices ranging from notebooks to IBM subsystems.  "There is no reason

why we wouldn't incorporate these advances into other systems," says an

IBM VP. "This announcement is aimed at the desktop arena, but the entire

family of hard disk drives will be incorporated into other products."

(InternetWeek 10 Nov 97)



** ISP NUMBERS STILL GROWING **



Despite predictions of an imminent shakeout in the Internet service

provider (ISP) market, the number of providers has almost tripled in the

past 18 months to 4,000.  Industry observers say the increase is fueled

by large increases in online users:  "Access revenues will be growing

rapidly because more people are getting online," says a senior analyst

with IDC/Link.  The number of online households is expected to rise to

around 40 million by 2001, up from 13 million in 1996.  (Investor's

Business Daily 13 Nov 97)



** MASTERING THE NET **



Marlboro College in Vermont will begin offering two new graduate programs

in January -- a master of arts in teaching with the Internet and a master

of science in Internet strategy.  "Knowledge-making is changing in every

field because of this technology," says the college's president.  "We're

not focusing just on the Internet, but how people can use this kind of

cardinal technology in a broader way."  The programs will focus on

teaching teachers how to incorporate the Internet into the classroom

experience, and teaching managers how to oversee an organization's

Internet strategy.  (Boston Globe 14 Nov 97)



** GIANT CD-ROMs SLATED FOR 2000 **



Norsam Technologies Inc. in Albuquerque, N.M., is developing a CD-ROM

technology that would enable users to store up to 165 gigabytes on a

single disk -- almost 10 times as much data as can be stored on digital

video disks.  The additional capacity is made possible by replacing the

prevailing 800- and 350 nanometer laser writing technology with a more

powerful 50-nanometer particle beam.  "The Norsam HD-ROM will ... be a

major competitor in the high-availability data arena," says the company's

president.  The HD-ROM disks will be the same size as current CD-ROMs,

but will require users to install high-density readers in their devices.

(InternetWeek 14 Nov 97)





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INNOVATION, 10Nov97

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** TRENDS: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF TELECOMMUTING **



Telecommuting is already changing traffic patterns around metropolitan

areas, and accelerating outgrowth to more rural areas, but the effects of

these shifts will have important ramifications for the demographic

make-up of the country as well.  According to new research from

ActivMedia, the rise in telecommuting will mean urban dwellers will

become even younger on the average than they already are, as

twenty-somethings opt to stay in the cities, while 35- to65-year-olds

move out to the 'burbs and beyond. Technical and clerical workers will be

more likely to move out of the office, with management and executives,

who depend more on face-to-face contact, remaining at headquarters.

Finally, the movers and shakers that make up the telecommuting population

are pretty much already wired -- the advent of WebTV and other Internet

appliances is not likely to change work patterns very significantly:

"You're not going to get garage mechanics moving out to the country just

because they can get on the Web," says an ActivMedia researcher.

(TechWeb 31 Oct 97)



** STRATEGIES: WHAT'S CHANGING? AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO OTHER CHANGES? **



Gary Hamel, coauthor of "Competing For The Future" (Harvard Business

School Press) says that if you want to create an industry revolution,

look around you, and see if you can find changes -- "discontinuities" --

that are under-recognized or under-appreciated.  And think like an

outsider -- because insiders rarely create industry revolutions.  The

grocery industry was changed by upstarts like Peapod and Starbucks and

Petco and Boston Market, and the auto industry was changed by Auto-By-Tel

and CarMax and AutoNation.  One of the most interesting cases of all is

CNN, which "saw at least three things that had already changed in our

world that others had not yet put together":  technology changes produced

small satellite uplinks that made it possible to report from virtually

anywhere;  lifestyle changes meant we don't all get home in time for the

six o'clock network news;  and regulatory changes allowed cable operators

to undermine the monopoly of regional broadcasters.  Seeing the future is

not all forecasting and is not all scenario planning.  It is looking

around yourself and seeing what's happening.  (Joel Kurtzman, Interview

with Gary Hamel, Strategy & Business 4th Qtr 1997)



** INNOVATIONS: TIME WILL TELL ... **



It's too late for this year, but technology currently being developed

could put an end to the seemingly endless resetting-the-clocks routine we

all stumble through twice a year when standard time changes to daylight

savings and back again.  The technology operates off a signal beamed from

the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Fort Collins, Colo.

 The signal, which is already used by government agencies to pinpoint

exact time, would be boosted nationwide, where digital clocks equipped

with tiny receivers -- including those in computers, microwaves and VCRs

-- would automatically be reset to the new time.  And for once, all the

clocks in the house would be synchronized!  (Information Week 27 Oct 97)

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



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THIS EDITION OF NEWTNEWS WAS WRITTEN WITH THE HELP OF: dinner at the San

Diego Brewing Company of Friday night, and Magnolia's Casino Night at

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Dogs look up to you, cats look down at you.  Give me

a pig.  He looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal." -- Winston

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