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...fund's assets, reports AMG Data. Manager Bob Sanborn has been forced to sell long-held stocks and realize the gain. "I'd be shocked if our distribution is not aberrationally high," he says. So don't buy now; it might even make sense to sell (I'm not) if your shares haven't gone up much. Other guideposts to a potential big hit: a new fund manager and excessive trading (a turnover rate above 100%). If you can help it, no point getting stuck with the evidence...
...that Handspring finally unveiled its glorious personal digital assistant last week. Now--maybe--I won't have to write about PDAs for a while. I am sick of them, frankly. That type of appliance just doesn't suit me. As a writer, Web browser and unrepentant Quake player, I'm strictly a laptop kind of guy. I demand more screen real estate than you get on a device small enough to fit in your shirt pocket. Also, I don't have enough friends or business associates to necessitate an e-address book...
...come to grips with the fact that I'm different from most people--4 million folks use one of 3Com's Palms, after all. I assume many millions more are sitting on the e-fence (ouch!) deciding whether to get one or a device that runs the rival Windows CE or even the respectable dark horse, the Psion 5mx. If I were buying a PDA, though, I'd probably get Handspring's new 5.4-oz. Visor, which you'll be able to purchase next month online at the company's website, handspring.com I say probably because, though Handspring finally gave...
...m simply describing a cheaper Palm here, which misses the genius of Handspring: the Visor has a proprietary slot in the back--a data port called Springboard--that allows you to plug in an array of different devices. Within the year, you'll be able to buy Springboard modules from other manufacturers that convert the thing into a cell phone, pager, global-positioning device, universal remote, MP3 player and more. It's a radically cool idea; in the marketing parlance of the company, it makes the Visor "infinitely expandable," allowing you to choose the devices you need to add functionality...
...live in Baltimore, where you can buy a three-story town house for $100,000 or a mansion on half an acre for $300,000. I'm a 15-minute drive from the symphony, the opera, three art museums, a dozen colleges and two new stadiums. Manhattanites and TIME staff members, come on down where life is good! JOHN MACLAY Baltimore...