NewtNews-160-02Dec97

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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:



 + GERMAN QUALITY by Rindle & Partner GmbH maker of the Isaac's

   application suite:  <http://www.rindle.de/Horizontal.US.html>



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

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



 + PowerTrans 3.2 - Multilingual Customizable Translator and Mobile

   Vocabulary Trainer - Speech on MP2K, eMate <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>



 + Sticky Newts 2.0 lets you jot notes, get organized, or just doodle.

   From Concept Kitchen: <http://www.conceptkitchen.com>, 415-252-3333



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

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



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

   solutions - <sales@landware.com> - <http://www.landware.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, 24Nov97 thru 30Nov97

13. INNOVATION, 24Nov97

14. Administrivia





Top News

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** NEW NEWTON OS UPDATES **



Apple has released two Newton system updates -- one for the MessagePad

2000 and another for the eMate 300.  You can learn more via:



    - <http://www.newton.apple.com/product_info/SW/system_updates.html>

    - <ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Misc/newton/>



** NO JAVA ON WINDOWS CE?!? **



While details are sketchy and no one else has written about this, there is

a 'Quick Takes' blurb on ZDNET that states "Microsoft: No Java support

for Windows CE 'til '98."  Check it out at:

<http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt1125nk/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1484.html>.



** SOME UPCOMING CONFERENCES WORTHY OF NOTE **



The 3rd Annual Mobile PDA Expo will be held 18-20Feb97 in San Francisco,

California. To learn more call: 415.252.8008, email: <info@wmsltd.com>, or

WWW: <http://www.pda-expo.com>.



Mobile Insights '98 <http://www.mobileinsights.com> will be held

01-03Mar98 at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, California.

For more information call: 800.640.6497 or 415.390.9800.



Networks and Communications Systems 98 conference is going to be held in

Pittsburgh, PA from 13-16May97.  This conference will include info about

wireless communication and mobile computing.  For more information call:

714.778.3230 or check out: <http://www.iasted.com>.



** SPYGLASS BUYS ALLPEN SOFTWARE **



The Macintosh News Network <http://www.macnn.com/> reports:



    Spyglass has acquired AllPen Software, hoping to

    leverage "AllPen's extensive experience in

    providing Internet device solutions, particularly

    in the areas of Java, Windows CE and mobile

    technologies." Allpen makes the NetHopper browser

    for MessagePad 2000 series and the eMate 300.



You can learn more about Spyglass' acquisition of AllPen Software via

Web-Vantage <http://www.web-vantage.com/wv/971121n3.cfm>.



** LONG AWAITED NEWTON BOOK NOW AVAILABLE **



"Newton's Second Law: The Digital Nomad's Guide to Newton 2.0" by Andrew

Gore & Mitch Ratcliffe (ISBN: 0122916557) is now available via Amazon.com

at: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0122916557/e>.



** A HOST OF AIRMEDIA NEWS **



Recent AirMedia <http://www.airmedia.com> news:



    - Incorporated their AirMedia Live product with

      Philips Mobile Internet Antenna, and Compaq's

      Mobile Internet Antenna

    - Premier Service Plan is $5.95/month for 24 hour

      wireless broadcasts of all news and information.

      Email alert service starts at only $4.00/month

      additional with regional and national coverage

      available.

    - AirMedia will use Diffusion's Diffusion Server

      2.0 with their AirMedia Live Internet Broadcast

      Network for access to Web data.



For more information call: 800.AIR.MEDIA



** NOT SO GOOD EUROPEAN MP2K UPGRADE NEWS **



Nick Perry <nick.perry@amulation.co.uk> reports that European MP2000

users can upgrade to the MP2100 for US$199 (+17.5% VAT for UK customers).

No explanation was available from Apple on why the cost was double what

was being charged in the United States.





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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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  Notion 1.5 Enhanced for Newton 2.0 OS: Notion 1.5 is a powerful, easy

  to use tool that helps the mobile professional manage all the lists

  necessary to organize, integrate and communicate vital information.

  Includes Notion Connect for Import/Export 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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** HOAX ALERT **



NewtNews has confirmed that the "Apple is going to sell the Newton group

to 3COM" rumor is a hoax.  The 'hoax' post via Deja News was falsely

attributed to Flash Sheridan <flash@pobox.com> who has denied posting the

message.  The person most likely responsible for this post is the USENET

newsgroup comp.sys.newton.misc 'troll' named "Dan Villalanti

<villalanti@earthlink.net>".



** TWO EMATE RUMORS **



Rumors are cropping up that Apple has plans to cut the online price of

their eMate 300 devices in the near future to under US$700.



Demos of the next generation eMate devices are apparently happening in

greater frequency.  An interesting rumor is that some sort of 'QuickTime'

is running on this next generation eMate, along with some flavor of Java.

Opinions tend to run high for a possible shipping product in Q1'98.



** ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR THE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENT **



The following is a message from David Miller <veritas@worldnet.att.net>

in regards to our article "NEWTON SUPPORT GROUP NEEDS TO THINK DIFFERENT"

in the last issue of NewtNews --



    I've been on backorder for a hinge cover since Friday, June

    20 (case number 941431). Barb at Apple Support told me I

    couldn't order one, since there was no part number, because

    the manufacturer was using all available capacity to keep up

    with the demand for complete MPs and could not devote

    resources to producing spare parts.



    I called back on August 20, but since my 12-digit support

    number had expired by that time, I had a heck of a time

    getting through. I was finally put in touch with Ken, who

    confirmed that they still had my case number on file, but

    told me that there was still not a part number available.

    When I told him how difficult it had been to get through,

    now that my 12-digit support number had expired, he assured

    me that I would be contacted when a part number becomes

    available. No need to worry. So I didn't. For two more

    months.



    Now comes the upgrade offer. Great! I called on November 7

    and ordered an upgrade. The clerk--Tanya Brown--asked me

    whether my MP2K was in good working order. I said that it

    was, but added that my hinge cover was broken, and that I

    would like to have it replaced at the same time my MP was

    being upgraded. She told me that not only was it not

    possible to replace the hinge cover simultaneously with the

    upgrade, but also, if I sent in my MP for the upgrade, they

    just might send it back to be, because they can only accept

    MPs in good working order for the upgrade. I replied that I

    had a case number for the hinge cover, and that I had been

    on backorder since June. I mentioned that, at this point, I

    saw the hinge cover problem as Apple's, not as my own. She

    responded by asking me if I had called lately to see whether

    hinge covers were available now. I replied that it was very

    difficult for me to get through, now that my 12-digit number

    had expired. Yada, yada, yada.



    She sold me an upgrade, and the box arrived yesterday. But

    honestly, I don't know what to do at this point. Don't know

    how to get feedback about this situation to anyone at Apple

    who functions at a level higher than that of an answering

    machine!





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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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** CHATTING ABOUT THE NEWTON **



Rob Bruce at Tactile <http://www.tactile.com> notes the creation of a

dedicated IRC channel for Newton discussions on EfNET. The server =

irc.idt.net, and the channel = #newton.



** NEWTON DEVICE BENCHMARKS **



Jim Bailey <jdb@shore.net> notes the availability of some computing power

related benchmarks on Newton devices posted to:



    - <http://www.tiac.net/users/jdb/life/index.html>.



** GOOD SOURCE FOR POINTERS ON NEWTON WIRELESS LAN OPTIONS **



Jonathan Kay <Jonathan.Kay@ndcb.ox.ac.uk> keeps a list of Wireless LAN

suppliers and related sites entitled "Newtons, Handhelds and Wireless

LANs" and posted to: <http://oxmedinfo.jr2.ox.ac.uk/WWWdocs/homes/jdsk.html>.



** EXCELLENT DATABASE OF NEWTON RESOURCES **



DNUG (Danish Newton User Group) <http://www.dnug.dk/> has announce that

the number of products highlighted in their Newton Versions database has

jumped to 500 products.



** CLUBPDA NEWS **



Chris Parker <chrisp2@pacbus.com> notes that ClubPDA continues to have

MP2100s in stock, but is heavily constrained on MP2000/2100 batteries.



Chris also notes that ClubPDA has sold some AXEL/APOLLO modems that are

not compatible with the Newton.  If you are having trouble with a 'new'

AXEL modem from ClubPDA use the following URL: <http://www.clubpda.com>

to contact Customer Service.



** NEW CONTACT INFO FOR NEWTON DEVELOPERS **



Two Newton software developers have announced new updates to their

contact information:



    - Steve Weyer can now be reached at: weyer@kagi.com

      <weyer@kagi.com> and his official WWW site is now

      at: <http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm>.

    - Preissler Media / Computer Services has changed

      internet providers. You can now send them email

      at: <preissler@earthlink.net> and check out their WWW

      site at: <http://www.earthlink.net/~preissler>.



** GETTING A MP2100 IN ASIA **



Kenneth Wong <kenneth@cybpage.com> notes that his company CyberPage

Productions (Web site in the works) is now an authorized Newton Reseller

with MP2100s in stock at Asian prices.  Send Kenneth email if you have

more questions.



** A COUPLE OF POSTS TO CHECK OUT **



Bryan Oakley <oakley@healthcare.com> has posted his next iteration of

"What's Right With The Newton, Part X" to the following WWW site:

<http://www1.clearlight.com/~oakley/newton/index.html>.  The focus of

this iteration is "PocketMoney and Catamount Software".  This info was

also posted to various handheld USENET newsgroups.



Robert Sexton <robert@kudra.com> posted the "comp.sys.newton.misc

Frequently Asked Questions" resource on 21Nov97.  You should be able to

track down the post via Hotbot: <http://www.hotbot.com>.



** NEWTON INFO SITES GET UPDATES **



    - "A Day in the Life of my Newton":

      <http://www.pobox.com/~rrisley/newton/dayinthelife.html>

    - Newton Pre-Buyers' Guide:

      <http://www.jlist.com/peter/newtonrev.html>

    - Newton Hall of Fame:

      <http://www.msu.edu/~luckie/hallofame.htm>

    - Newton to Windows NT connectivity:

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





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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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** MAZE GAME AVAILABLE **



Robert Bruce <rbruce@tactile.com> reports the release of another Newton

game from Tactile <http://www.tactile.com/motile.html>.  This 'maze game'

is called Motile 2.0 (version 1.0 was a popular Newton OS 1.x game), and

you can download a demo from their WWW site.



** TAX SOLUTION FOR NEWTON NOW SHIPPING **



Vicky Meier <vmm@earthlink.net> at Advanced Mobile has announced the

release of TaxPro'97 <http://www.taxpro1040.com/> for 1040 tax planning

with new tax rates.  This solution is Newton 2.x savvy and you can get

more info via email at: <sales@revelar.com>.



** VEA GETS UPDATE FOR NEW HARDWARE **



Joe Collins <sarge@freeside.fc.net> reports the availability of Vea 1.4

for Newton OS 2.1.  Vea is an object-oriented diagramming tool from Planet

Computing <http://www.aplanet.com> which provides a way to organize and

diagram a variety of environments.



** XMAS ADVENTS CALENDAR UTILITY **



Andreas Briell <a.briell@ebb-ubb.com> has released the freeware Xmas97

<http://www.ebb-ubb.com/ebb/greenware> -- an advents calendar for the

Newton.  Andreas has also announced plans to spend some time working on

getting 'chocolate' behind the doors of Xmas97, but has run into some

serious engineering problems.  If you have suggestions on how to overcome

this limitation, send him email.



** AMUG SHIPS THERE #10 NEWTON CDROM **



AMUG CD <http://cdrom.amug.org/> has announced their 10th Volume of the

Totally Incomplete PDA CD-ROM for Newton.  This US$29 CD-ROM contains

over 1450 packages, is Mac and Windows compatible, and can be ordered by

calling: 602.497.2244 or by email <sales@amug.org>.



** A NEW PRO VERSION OF N*PROJECT RELEASED **



Tom Unkefer <nomadict@ix.netcom.com> has announced the 'PRO' release of

Nomadic Technologies <http://www.NomadicT.com> project management system

for the Newton called N*Project. This version "adds integration with most

project manager, spreadsheet and database applications on Mac OS and

Windows desktop systems."



** COMMUNICATING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES GETS EASIER **



Travel Concept Solutions <http://www.travel-cs.com> has announced version

3.2 of their "Multilingual, Customizable Translator and Portable

Vocabulary Trainer" called PowerTrans.  The software ships with support

for 6 languages -- English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and

Portuguese; and it should be noted that other languages can be

self-created.  The SRP is US$89 and can be purchased via SSL webserver at

the URL listed above.  For more information send email to: Frank Wegener.

<info@travel-cs.com>



** NEW CALCULATOR HAS A GOOD NUMBER OF FEATURES **



Paul Dorweiler <dohram@bamboo.verinet.com> has announced the freeware

release of RPNcalc Lite <http://www.dohram.com/newton/> -- a small

freeware RPN calculator app which supports the "basic four arthimetic

functions (including Square root and stack manipulation) and has a

4-entry stack."



** THIN EMAIL CLIENT SOLUTION NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE NEWTON **



Enfour <http://www.enfour.com/us/> has released UniMail 1.01 -- an

Internet Mailer (a fully integrated mailer and browsers for Unix shell

accounts) for Newton OS 1.x and 2.x.



** K2 CONSULTANTS HAS UPDATED TWO OF THEIR NEWTON SOLUTIONS **



K2 Consultants <http://www.skyscape.com/k2> has announced the release of

the "King James Bible for Newton for 1997".  You can buy the software on

the Internet at 1st Stop Software <http://www.1stopsoft.com/newt.htm>, or

at Buy Direct <http://www.buydirect.com/Developer/0,24,358,00.html?isv.ktwo>.



K2 Consultants also notes that they have teamed up with Dr. Mark Dambro

to release of the 1998 version of Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult

(5MCC) for Newton.  The 5MCC contains comprehensive information for over

1000 medical topics.



** INNOVATIVE NEWTON CASE GETS PRICE CUT **



Bryson Jack <bryson@pda-concepts.com> reports that the PDA Concepts Hand

Stand case for the MP2000/2100 has a new list price of US$79.95 (US$10

price drop).  You can learn more via: <http://www.pda-concepts.com>.



** SECURITY UTILITY GOES TO VERSION 2.0 **



Hardy Macia <hardy@catamount.com> has announced the release of TimeLock

2.0 <http://www.catamount.com/TimeLock2.html> -- a small shareware

utility that lets you customize the delay required to set the security

PIN.



** RECENTLY UPDATED NEWTON OFFERINGS **



    - TimeTrax: 0.95b:

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

    - GoFetch, 1.2.7:

      <http://www.enfour.com/us/products/index.html>

    - SBM Utilities for Newton:

      <http://members.aol.com/muellerho>

    - Xmas97: <http://www.ebb-ubb.com/ebb/greenware>

    - Bee-one 2.1:

      <http://207.34.52.19/beeone/bee-one_new_features.html>

    - Holidays98: <http://www.pobox.com/~toadhollow/>

    - Mark Degg's Casual Bag:

      <http://www.soft.net.uk/lister/newton.htm>

    - Jupiter's Moons v1.0

      <http://www.best.com/~jluszcz/software.html>





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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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** THE FAR AND WIDE NEWTON SEARCH ... **



J.G. Benichou <100710.205@compuserve.com> at Dyna Publishing brings us a

Newton news sighting in the Dec97 French edition of Cosmopolitan

magazine.  According to the Apple PR page in this issue, Apple will bring

the eMate 300 to France in early 1998 with a French version of the Newton

2.1 OS.  The price of the unit should be close to US$800.



Greg Goodwin <greg.goodwin@chrysalis.org> also caught a Newton related

sighting in one of the classroom scenes in the new movie "Starship

Troopers."  One of the students clearly uses a MP110/120/130 pen to write

and draw on a flat screen display.



Christopher Sowada <103010.567@compuserve.com> notes that Apple eMate 300

was featured as one of the "Twelve Gizmos of Christmas" on page 120 of

December's Playboy.  A small photograph of the eMate accompanies the

article.



Chris Minnick has a Newton mention covering the MP2100 product

announcement in an article entitled "New Toy" in Computer Life published

on 01Dec97.



** NEWTON SHINES IN UK ARCHITECT'S MAGAZINE **



Guy Marriage <guym@mail.bogo.co.uk> notes that the Nov97 edition of RIBA

Connect (the computing magazine for the Royal Institute of British

Architects) has the front page photo and article on "Apple pi -

Macintosh's new MessagePad, can it save you time?" written by Amanda

Baillieu.  The best quote in the article according to Guy is from

Architect Joanna van Heyningen: "We loved it. It has huge potential,

which is almost there. If the price comes down or one of us goes to Hong

Kong, we'll definitely buy one."



** GADGETS OF THE FUTURE IN COMDEX **



John Dodge has a very interesting article entitled "Gadgets, Futuristic

Visions Abound at Comdex" on page 3 of PC Week published on 24Nov97.  Top

new technologies include: flat screen displays, DVD drives, digital

cameras, and handhelds.  John noted the following products of interest in

the article: Sharp's Mobilon (Windows CE device), Mitsubishi's Amity CN

(mini-notebook); Play's Trinity 1.0 (TV production system); and Cyrix's

MediaGX chip set.



** SIGNIFICANT WINDOWS CE ARTICLES **



John Spooner examines "Windows CE Gets Vendor Backing: But at the end of

the OS's first year, doubts linger over its viability" on page 31 of PC

Week published on 24Nov97.



There is a Product Spotlight that looks at Compaq's new color C-Series

handheld that is Windows CE savvy on page 32 of InfoWorld published on

24Nov97.



Dan Briody has an Infoworld article with Windows CE mentions published on

17Nov97 entitled "Handhelds stake their claim at Comdex - IT managers

still leery of new devices" on page 33.



** HANDHELDS INCLUDED IN CROSS-PLATFORM STUDY **



Omid Rahmat has a major study foucused on 'cross-platform issues' on page

18 of Interactivity <http://www.eyemedia.com> published for Dec97.  The

article is entitled "It's a crossplatform world - crossing the great

platform divide" and it includes a detailed look at "Handhelds and

Palmtops". The article mentions: Windows CE, Newton, Psion, PalmPilot,

wireless technology, new display technology, and Internet connectivity.

>From a multimedia perspective Omid only sees growth perspective if Microsoft

includes ActiveX technology with Windows CE.



** GIFT BUYING GUIDE IN SF EXAMINER **



The San Francisco Examiner examined the following handheld technologies

in a 'Holiday Electronics' article entitled "Itsy-bits Gizmo makers find

a pocket of opportunity" published on 28Nov97: Franklin Electronic

Publishers' REX; 3Com's PalmPilot; Toshiba's Libretto 70CT; Sharp's LC1

& LC2 digital cameras; and Epson PhotoPC 550 (also a digital camera).



** NEWTON CONTINUES ON WORLD TRIP **



Christian Dreyer <cdreyer@magnet.ch> notes that the Joan Indiana Rigdon

travel around the world report continues to mention the Newton.  You can

read the latest article "Cycling En Masse Generates Gossip, Friendly

Competition " via:

<http://interactive.wsj.com/edition/current/articles/SB879868337762395500.htm>.

** TOP 1997 TECHNOLOGIES **



PC COMPUTING 1997 MVP WINNERS worthy of mention:



    - State-of-the-Art Notebooks: IBM ThinkPad 770

    - Lightweight Portables: IBM ThinkPad 560E

    - Workhorse Portables: Micron Electronics'

      TransPort VLX

    - Handheld PCs: 3Com PalmPilot Professional

    - Input Devices: Dragon Systems' Dragon

      NaturallySpeaking



** A HOST OF PALMPILOT NEWS ARTICLES **



PalmPilot <http://www.palmpilot.com> related articles in the news:



    - Austin American-Statesman published "PalmPilot

      defies doubters, develops a cult following" on

      18Nov97

    - Business Wire <http://www.businesswire.com>

      published "3Com Corporation Honored at COMDEX with

      PC Computing MVP Awards" on 18Nov97; and "3Com

      PalmPilot Connected Organizer Receives Top

      Industry Awards at Comdex '97" on 25Nov97

    - Newsbytes had "3Com PalmPilot Gets Web Browser,

      Paging, Fax " on 25Nov97

    - Electronic Messaging News published "PUTTING THE

      NETWORK IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND - Small Devices

      Link To Intranets" on 26Nov97

    - Wireless Data News published " PalmPilot Gets More

      Wireless Scrutiny -- Glenayre Plans Connectivity

      Option" 26Nov97.



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

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    - 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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NewtNews Tips and Tricks You Can Use On Your Newton

---------------------------------------------------



** 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.



** MORE ON SYNCING WITH MP2K & CLARIS ORGANIZER 2.0 **



Thanks to Paul Kerr <paul.kerr@broadvision.com> for this weeks tip:



    I'm using a MessagePad 2000 with OS 2.1. I've just tracked

    down and solved a gotcha with NCU's Synchronize feature: the

    default setup doesn't transfer email addresses from Contacts

    to the Newton. I've also enabled syncing associated URLs

    between the two.



    (CO2 can store URLs for contacts. If you want to do the same

    on your Newton, you can create a custom field for this

    within Names by tapping the Add button in Names, then

    selecting Custom in the popup menu. A list of custom field

    names appears. Enter the word URL into the one that opens.

    Tap the close box. Thereafter URL will appear in the Add

    popup menu.)



    If you're looking to move your Newton Names and other data

    into Claris Organizer 2.0 (CO2) for the first time, create a

    new file in CO2, then quit. If you're moving your CO2 data

    into a new Newton, just use the CO2 you've already got.



    In NCU select Synchronization Settings from the Edit menu.



    Launch NCU, dock from your Newton, select Synchronization

    Settings from the Edit menu. Set the CO2 file as the one to

    use for Dates, Names and To-Dos.



    Click on Names and click the Advanced Options button. If

    you're moving your Newton Names and other data into CO2, set

    Conflict Resolution to Newton wins. If you're moving your

    CO2 data into a new Newton, set Conflict Resolution to

    Computer wins.



    Click the Field Mappings button. Set the Email field in the

    Names column to synch with the Custom 1 field in the Claris

    Organizer 2.0 column. If you've setup a URL field in Names,

    set the URL field in the Names column to synch with the

    Custom 2 field in the Claris Organizer 2.0 column.



    Click OK as needed to close up the settings.



    Thereafter, when you synchronize, these important fields

    will be included.



** TIPS WANTED **



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

ideas 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

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** A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS **



Adam Sugerman <sugerman@jetcity.com> is looking for several solutions:

1.) multiple address books [not just by folder but physically separate];

2.) display multiple folders in an address book; 3.) Tegic

Communications' T9 text input ported to the Newton.



** NOTES VOICE ANNOTATION UTILITY NEEDED **



Chris 'Blade' Kotelly <blade@bladenet.com> is looking for voice

annotation utility that would let him attach annotations to a Note, or to

items in a Note.



** IS WATER PROOFING A NEWTON POSSIBLE?!? **



Cindy Park <cindy@fieldworker.com> is looking for a way to seal a MessagePad

screen to protect it from water intrusion.  Send Cindy email if you have a

potential solution.



** GOLDMINE CONNECTIVITY?!? **



Jeffrey Weitzman <jeff.weitzman@counsel.com> noted on the EvangeList

listserver <evangelist@apple.com> the lack of a Newton sync tool for the

contact management and sales automation called Goldmine. He suggest those

interested in such a tool check out the Goldmine WWW site at:

<http://www.goldminesw.com> and register your interest.





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Other Handheld Technology News

-------------------------------



[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 **



Ed Wilborne <wilborne@gamewood.net> has released J-Moons! v1.0

<http://www3.gamewood.net/mew3/pilot/astronomy/> (displays the Galilean

satellites) for the PalmPilot.



Mike's Pilot Library <MichaelHeinz@worldnet.att.net> (includes a complete

set of InterText) has moved to a new Web site being sponsored by

PilotMail  <http://www.pilotlibrary.org>.



Bill Husted had an articled entitled "Palm-sized computer scores big at

Comdex" published on 21Nov97 in the Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta

Constitution. The focus on the article was news surrounding 3Com's

PalmPilot at COMDEX (with a positive MessagePad message). There is now a

PalmPilot mapping solution from DeLorme; and Motorola has a new PagerCard

in the works for early 1998 that will be PalmPilot savvy. The article

also noted the existence of: Rex PC Companion from Franklin Electronic

Publisher; the 9000 Communicator from Finland's Nokia; Windows 98; and

digital cameras like: Casio QV-70; the Minolta Dimage V; the Olympus

D-320L, and Sanyo's VPC-X300.



Wired has coverage of Comdex PalmPilot news at the following URL:

<http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/other/technology/story/8623.html>.



Novatel Wireless <http://www.novatelwireless.com> is now shipping their

wireless device for the PalmPilot called 'Minstrel', and 'Sage' for

desktop and laptop PCs.



Cyberian Outpost is selling PalmPilots via NetBITS at the following

URL: <http://www.netbits.net/nbp/palm-pilots.html>.



Some PalmPilot links & articles of potential interest:



    - Actioneer: <http://www.actioneer.com>

    - AppMan 1.0:

      <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/5028/appman.zip>

    - LaunchPad 1.11:

      <http://www.nwlink.com/~emilyk/LaunchPad>

    - BackupBuddy 1.2: <http://intellisys.base.org>

    - LispMe 1.50 Fix:

      <http://home.t-online.de/home/johler/pilot.html>

    - Random Number Generator:

      <http://www.stevenscreek.com/pilot

    - PilotFORTH 0.5.7:

      <http://www.interlog.com/~nbridges>

    - Pyramid Solitaire 1.1:

      <http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/~scubajl/ss/ss.html>

    - Countdown to the Year 2000:

      <http://www.mindspring.com/~jgrand/y2k.htm>

    - TikTok v1.05: <http://www.pilotgear.com/>

    - CASL 2.0: <http://www.caslsoft.com>

    - TRG: <http://www.trgnet.com/pilotweb/pilot.html>

    - Stanford Pilot User Group:

      <http://pobox.com/~spug/>



** WINDOWS CE **



Newsbytes reported the following about the COMDEX keynote: "Major Jim

Comisky of the US Marine Corp joined Gates on stage and demonstrated how

a Windows CE-based handheld computer can save lives in the battlefield.

The Major tossed the device across the floor, stomped on it and proceeded

to show how Marines are battlefield-computer savvy."



Thinque Systems Corporation <http://www.thinque.com/> has announced plans

to port their Sales Force Automation software to Windows CE 2.0.



The official Microsoft Windows CE Web Site gets updated quite frequently

by Dave Kramer <mworker@microsoft.com>. There was recent news about --

Comdex; the new color Windows CE 2.0 devices in the works; and some new

games for Windows CE 2.0 posted.  You can learn more via:

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



Onsale's 'Featured Product' is a Hitachi Windows CE HPC with 4MBs of RAM:

<http://www.onsale.com/category/inv/00198831.htm>.



CompUSA's "Latest Holiday Gifts" press release distributed on 24Nov97

only mentions Windows CE devices by name in the 'handheld category.'



The following companies are rumored to have plans to build 'Network

Computer' devices using Windows CE 2.0: Tektronix, Boundless

Technologies, and Wyse.



MobileSoft <http://www.mobilesoft.com> has announced plans to give away a

host of Windows CE devices in their "Season of Giving" essay contest

being held 25Nov-25Dec97.



Reports out of Comdex bring us news that Intel has major plans to use

their new 'StrongARM <http://www.digital.com/semiconductor>' technology

to go after the SGI MIPS processor business in the Windows CE device

marketplace, and will also push these processors in the 'Internet

Appliance' realm.



PC World <http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/news?ID=971119101030> has a show

review of the new Windows CE 2.0 device from Sharp.



Nikkei English News reports that Casio Computer had worldwide shipments

of 300,000 Cassiopeia Windows CE 1.0 units for Casio's fiscal 1997. Casio

had reportedly hoped to sell 500,000.



Advanced Recognition Technologies <http://www.artcomp.com> recently had a

host of announcements: 1.) smARTwriter [handwriting recognition] for

Windows CE 2.0; 2.) smARTscribble [drawing tool] for Windows CE 2.0; 3.)

Casio will bundle smARTwriter on the Casio CASSIOPEIA A-20; and 4.)

smARTcontact & smARTcommand [speech recognition] for Windows CE 2.0.



Some Windows CE links & articles of potential interest:



    - Actioneer: <http://www.actioneer.com>

    - Casio Computer CASSIOPEIA A-20

      <http://www.casiohpc.com>

    - Philips TwoChipPIC Plus

      <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com>

    - NEC Computer Systems Division's MobilePro 700

      Handheld PC <http://www.necnow.com>

    - Hitachi Home Electronics's Handheld PC

      <http://www.hitachi-ce.com>

    - Proxim RangeLAN2 client for Windows CE

      <http://www.proxim.com>

    - Hewlett-Packard HP 620LX palmtop PC

      <http://www.hp.com/handheld>

    - LG Electronics Phenom <http://www.lgphenom.com>

    - Philips Mobile Computing Group Velo 500

      <http://www.velo.philips.com>

    - BSQUARE Development: <http://www.bsquare.com>



** PSION **



Psion Dacom <http://www.psiondacom.com> has announced plans to launch

their Gold Card Global PC Card modems in the U.S.



Psion <http://www.psion.com> will be showing off the following new Psion

Series 5 software: Messaging Suite, PsiWin 2.1, MacConnect, and Allegro

handwriting recognition software.



Some Psion links & articles of potential interest:



    - HomeBank BETA 0.9:

      <http://www.highfell.demon.co.uk/psion.htm>

    - French Psion S5 Site:

      <http://www.chez.com/cordo/psion.html>

    - Contact! Newsletter 7:

      <http://www.btinternet.com/~tim.richardson>

    - Psider 1.0 for Series 3a/c:

      <http://www.class.de/~holger/psider.html>

    - Geofox One: <http://www.geofox.com>

    - Yatzee 1.0 for S3a/c:

      <http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/vanthal/46/index.html>



** OTHER DEVICES **



PC World <http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/news?ID=971118103440> has a look

at some new digital cameras.



Tom Davey examines "Subnotebook Market Grows - Dauphin and Nimantics

models resemble oversized handheld devices" on page 108 of Information

Week published on 24Nov97.



David Morgenstern has details on "Iomega unveils Click! storage" on page

29 of MacWeek <http://www.macweek.com> published on 24Nov97.



Magellan Systems, a subsidiary of Orbital Sciences, is now shipping an

under US$100 GPS handheld receiver called the Pioneer.



PC Magazine recently wrote the following about the IBM Think Pad 770

-- "the ultimate notebook available today because it includes every road

warrior's wish list of features."



SanDisk <http://www.sandisk.com> has announced a new distribution

strategy that places their CompactFlash storage cards into the following

stores: CompUSA, Circuit City, Office Depot, Staples, Computer City, Best

Buy, Micro Center, and Fry's Electronics.



Nintendo's next generation handheld game platform called 'Pocket Monster'

is reportedly very successful in Japan and plans to move the device to

the U.S. are underway.



Starfish Software <http://www.starfish.com> has released TrueSync 98 for

REX -- synchronize data directly to REX without importing.  In related

news, Nina Yuan <nhy@panix.com> has announced the creation of a REX

mailing list.  You can learn more via:

<http://www.panix.com/~nhy/rex-list.html>.



Lexicus <http://www.mot.com/lexicus/> has announced some new Japanese

handwriting recognition technologies that are ideal for OEM integration

and for end-user software products.





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Other Tidbits of Information

----------------------------



** WIRELESS & MOBILE **



L. Scott Tillett examines "R&D: Virtual Motion secures wireless LAN" on

page 34 of the 17Nov97 edition of Federal Computer Week

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



Lernout & Hauspie has a new Voice Xpress savvy pager in the works for

release in early 1998.  A prototype was shown at the recently held Comdex

conference. [PC Week, 24Nov97, page 3] & [InfoWorld, 24Nov97, page 34]



LAN Times published on 24Nov97 has two potentially interesting articles:

1.) "Vendors can't cut proprietary cord: with the IEEE standard stuck at

2-Mbps, hardware makers are pushing speed over interoperability" by

Stephen Lawton [page 11]; and 2.) "Buyer's Guide: Unplugged Systems on

the rise" by Gael Core <gaelcore@aol.com> [page 48].



Wireless Data News published an interesting article on 26Nov97 entitled

"Geoworks Broadens International Exposure On Two Fronts".  The article

goes into indepth analysis on some of the recently announced Geoworks

cooperation agreements with companies like:  NEC, Toshiba, NNT DoCoMo,

Access Co Ltd, and Telecom Finland.



** APPLE - MACINTOSH - RHAPSODY **



Apple is now shipping their Mac OS compatibility environment for

Rhapsody, codenamed "Blue Box", to their developer community.  For more

information about Apple's desktop directions check out the following

sites: <http://www.macos.apple.com> and <http://www.devworld.apple.com>.



Wayne Rasband <wayne@codon.nih.gov> reported on the Apple MRJ listserver

the availability of the following free Java functions: fprintf(),

printf(), and sprintf() at: <http://www.efd.lth.se/~d93hb/java/printf/>.



Apple's Mac OS 8 was the top operating system sold in Nov97 according to

The NPD Group's Softrends.  Mac OS 8 captured 35.1% compared to 27.8% for

Windows 95.



Stanford University's library system has acquired more than 2,000 boxes

of history from the Apple Computer to be included in Stanford's history of

science and technology collection.



Some Macintosh related sites of potential interest:



    - Media Design in*Progress:

      <http://interaction.in-progress.com/components/cloak/cloak-bridge>

    - Orniwell: <http://www.kagi.com/panetta>

    - ClearlyHome Virtual Hosting Plugin 1.0.4:

      <http://www.clearink.com/fun_stuff/plugins/>

    - SpotCheck 1.0: <http://www.genieworks.com>



** MISCELLANEOUS INFO **



Jeff Walsh has a very interesting article entitled "User Interfaces crumble on

the Net" starting on page 131 of InfoWorld published on 10Nov97.



Some links to check out:



    - Infrared Data Association: <http://www.irda.org>

    - Portable Add-ons: <http://www.portable.co.uk>

    - Webmonkey 2.0: <http://go.hotwired.com/webmonkey/relaunch>

    - Apptivity V2.0: <http://apptivity.progress.com>

    - Mekatronix: <http://members.aol.com/meksales>

    - NovaSoft: <http://www.mil.ufl.edu/novasoft>

    - DARPA: <http://www.darpa.mil>





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  - KWIKMENU: the Newton dashboard, includes GestureLaunch Lite.

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* Bricks is FAST -- Bricks, a classic ball and paddle game that utilizes

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* HexPaint, plus Paint Transfer (Mac conductivity) gray scale paint

  application for Newton OS 2.1, filters include invert, rotate and flip.

  German version of HexPaint also available.

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Connects to most GPS receiver's offering a NMEA183 interface.  For more

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Edupage, 24Nov97 thru 30Nov97

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** MICROSOFT, INTEL RETHINK NC **



After spurning the Network Computer concept, and coming out with a

slimmed-down NetPC instead, Microsoft and Intel now are exploring the

possibility of manufacturing a diskless version that would download

modified Windows NT 5.0 software from a server.  The new effort is being

billed as a "logical extension" of the NetPC, which some industry

insiders say has not been selling up to expectations.  One analyst for

Goldman Sachs & Co. notes that the new machine could give the Java NCs

from Sun Microsystems stiff competition: "There is a lot of interest in a

thin client that could still have a Windows desktop.  This would co-opt

NCs by providing Windows compatibility."  Meanwhile, Novell CEO Eric

Schmidt says:  "What Microsoft and Intel did is they took the NC and they

refined it into an NC plus all the applications you already use, a very

clever marketing strategy.  The thing missing in their strategy was...

that the real problem with the NC and the personal computer as they exist

today is in the back end, not the front end." (Computer Reseller News 22

Nov 97)



** LEARNING HOW WE LEARN **



The National Science Foundation's new Learning and Intelligent Systems

initiative is aimed at determining how learning takes place and how

technology can help that process along.  Grants worth more than $22.5

million have been awarded to 28 institutions for research on how animals

and babies learn from the environment around them, and how older humans

learn theoretical concepts that have not been directly experienced and

then transfer those concepts to situations outside the original learning

context. The unifying theme of the Learning and Intelligent Systems

project, says a UCLA researcher, "is the interaction between the

structure of the brain's learning mechanisms and the structure of the

data that support that learning."  One NSF organizer says some research

will also be directed at developing new technologies that will better

measure prior knowledge, thereby providing a shortcut in retraining

people for a changing workplace. (Los Angeles Times 24 Nov 97)



** NOT SO HELPFUL AT THE HELP DESK **



A temporary employee fired last Spring from the "help desk" of Forbes,

the magazine publishing company, for "rude and abusive" behavior, has

been charged by federal prosecutors for "a serious act of computer

sabotage" that caused more than $100,000 damage to the company's computer

system.  If convicted, the man faces up to five years in prison for his

act of revenge. (CyberTimes 25 Nov 97)



** POLICY FIGHT OVER USE OF UNIVERSITY COMPUTING RESOURCES **



Declaring that "it was the judgment of the people in computing services

that it was an inappropriate use of computer services and a violation of

the agreement that the students sign at the beginning of each year," the

University of Pittsburgh has closed down a student-run Web site created

to share tips about avoiding security problems with software.  A

university administrator asserts that the site violated a campus policy

that computers may not be used for commercial purposes, but the student

charges that the university is censoring him and says:  "We didn't make a

dime.  We didn't ask for a dime.  We didn't sell any advertising on it."

Following his attempt to orchestrate an e-mail and telephone protest

action from his supporters, the student was charged by the university

with harassment, failure to comply with the request of a school official,

and interference with the use of the university's judicial process.  (AP

28 Nov 97)



** DYNAMIC ENCYCLOPEDIA **



Philosophy professors at Stanford University are developing The Stanford

Encyclopedia of Philosophy < http://plato.stanford.edu >, which is

designed so that the authors of articles contained in the compendium can

update their subject matter as needed.  The system then automatically

alerts the editors, via e-mail, that new material has arrived, to be

reviewed and made available to readers.  Twelve editors and 120 scholars

thus far have contributed to the encyclopedia, and the project's leader

expects to have most entries completed within five years. (Chronicle of

Higher Education 28 Nov 97)





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INNOVATION, 24Nov97

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** TRENDS: KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR GENERATION Y **



While marketing types have been focusing on the Baby Boomers and

Generation X-ers that currently are dominating consumer profiles, the

next generation -- dubbed Generation Y or the Millennial Generation -- is

coming into its own.  The estimated buying power of the Y-ers -- those

between the ages of 12 and 19 -- is $106 billion, and they have influence

over another $100 billion to $200 billion, in terms of where their

families vacation or even what automobiles they buy.  Marketers would do

well to latch onto this group now, says Lynn Christie, VP of publishing

at Packaged Facts.  The brand loyalties that teens develop now can

influence their buying behavior for the next 50 years:  "Marketing to

teenagers is a high-stakes proposition.  Those who get it right hope to

ride the wave of one of the largest demographic groups ever to wash

across the American landscape.  Those who fail will have to play catch

up."  Her recommendations for marketing to today's teens? "One of the

worst mistakes that a marketer can make is to pretend to be 'one of the

gang.'  Teens have phoniness sensors, and trying to be cool is not cool."

 Also, to appeal to their strong environmental and socially conscious

awareness, she suggests that marketers should "be nice to Mother Nature,

and don't be racist or sexist."  (Entrepreneurial Edge Nov 97)

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



** STRATEGIES: WHAT BUSINESS ARE YOU IN? **



Because of the Internet, software company executives need to be sure they

know what their real business is, because the Internet blurs distinctions

between software, content, services and commerce.  CD-ROM titles that

seemed to make sense just a few years ago have been made irrelevant by

Web sites that offer a richer, more compelling, interactive, up-to-date

vehicle for the same information or service.  So the question software

designers need to ask is whether the industry their product serves is so

big that someone will give away software just to encourage sales.

Example:  the Website GardenEscapes offers a Java applet that lets you

design your own garden, by choosing from a long list of plants and

figuring in a variety of local sunlight and climate conditions.  Cost to

the customer?  Nothing.  Benefit to GardenEscapes?  Sales of garden

supplies.  Danger to software companies that had hoped to sell gardening

software?  Extinction.  "Five years from now, are customers more likely

to pay for software, services, or content? Or worse, will software such

as yours be given away to drive someone else's sales?"  Software

companies can get into business real fast -- and go out real fast.  (J.

William Gurley, "When Software Is More Than Just Software," Fortune 8 Dec

97)  <http://www.fortune.com/>



** INNOVATIONS: CLICK HERE FOR FEELING **



Silicon Valley-based Immersion has come up with a new handle on mouse

technology -- the FEELit mouse.  The touchy-feely mouse is used in

conjunction with a special mouse pad that allows you to "bump" into the

edges of the screen and "feel" each tiny button and icon.  The product

works with Windows 95 and Microsoft Internet Explorer software.

(Business Week 24 Nov 97)  <http://www.businessweek.com/>



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