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...wireless communication capabilities. It uses Microsoft's recently released Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition software, which nicely integrates ordinary phone functions with those of a handheld computer. SMS messaging and e-mailing are effortless, thanks to the handwriting recognition software that allows you to jot a missive on the touchscreen and send it off to someone in your address book with just a couple of taps?no more thumb typing. Even cooler: if you're listening to music through the included headset?the xda can play MP3 files?and a call comes in, the system automatically turns down the volume...
...August, Harman, who is married to Democratic Representative Jane Harman of California, oversaw an $850 million deal to provide entertainment systems for Mercedes. The dashboard components--similar to those Harman already produces for Porsche, Audi and BMW--will replace a clutter of knobs and buttons with a single touchscreen panel that allows drivers to control not only temperature, navigation and stereo sound systems but also access to the Internet, e-mail and video...
...MAIL Ever wish you could carry your desktop PC with you--without giving yourself a hernia? One solution is the new AirSpeak FLAIR ($1,985), a flat, lightweight touchscreen peripheral the size and shape of a cocktail tray that connects to your computer wirelessly. The FLAIR displays whatever is on your desktop, so you can check your e-mail or surf the Web from the living room or the boardroom. And when you're finished, you can serve martinis...
INVISIBLE ORGANIZER It's not as powerful as a Palm or as colorful as a PocketPC, but Xircom's REX 6000 rex.net $149) goes where the others can't: inside a laptop. The tiny touchscreen PDA is really a PC card, the kind that can slide into the side of portables. If you don't use a laptop, you can buy the optional cradle to fill REX with content from the Web or synchronized schedules from Microsoft Outlook. REX is right for inveterate networkers who travel light and don't want to miss a single digit...
Many companies showed off Internet appliances--devices that browse the Web and send e-mail, without the complications of a full-fledged PC--but the Gateway Connected Touch Pad ($599) drew the biggest crowds. It has a touchscreen, so you can pick it up like a notebook and write directly on its screen with a stylus. While it's easy to use, it's also technologically cutting edge: a low-power Crusoe chip gives it extra-long battery life, and instead of Microsoft's Windows it runs the crash-proof operating system Linux. Needless to say, Bill Gates...