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...been dying to try the new class of ultralight computers--most are less than an inch thick and weigh less than 3 lbs.--that began shipping to retail stores at year's end. These machines run on the slimmed-down operating system known as Windows CE--the same one used on personal digital assistants like the PalmPilot. While the machines are technically laptops, my editor at TIME, a brilliant phrase turner, has a better name for them: kneetops...
Starting in March, Microsoft will bundle the Audible software into Windows CE for any palm-size device that comes with a headphone jack. People who use personal digital assistants such as the Philips Nino will be able to buy and play programming without purchasing the Audible player. And last week Audible began offering free samples of its content in the popular MP3 format at www.audible3.com Anyone--even Mac users!--can listen in after downloading a free MP3 player, like the ones at www.mp3.com Audible plans to offer serial books in this format. Still, you might want to buy the Audible...
...today's most popular information appliance--3Com's Palm III (previously called the PalmPilot), a $350 handheld digital organizer for storing appointments and addresses, jotting down quick memos and sending e-mail messages. Casio, Everex, Philips and Uniden all showed off their copycat devices running the Windows CE operating system...
...handheld market have blossomed as well. Last year the obvious choice for a fully functional pocket-size organizer was 3Com's PalmPilot. While this year's upgrade, the Palm III, is still going strong, buyers can now find comparable units from Casio, Everex and Philips that run Windows CE. The competition has brought great new features like wireless data transfer on the Palm III and a voice-memo feature on Casio's Cassiopeia. The research firm IDC predicts that by 2002, U.S. handheld sales will triple to 6.9 million units--about the same number of notebooks sold...
...ultraportables," like Sony's Vaio 505 and Toshiba's Portege 3010CT, comes new "executive cachet," says analyst Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies. He expects this category to account for 20% of all notebook sales over the next few years. The new "Jupiter class" notebooks that run on the Windows CE operating system are just as svelte but cost a mere $1,000. They can run only limited "pocket" versions of Windows applications, but their long, 10-to-12-hr. battery life and low cost make them a good fit for lots of mobile workers...