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To: joe who wrote (26588)	12/23/1998 6:47:00 PM
From: Erin	Respond to of 45548

C\|Net: Gadgets galore for the holidays [PalmPilot] Gadgets galore for the holidays By Stephanie Miles Staff Writer, CNET News.com December 23, 1998, 12:15 p.m. PT SAN FRANCISCO--If that special wireless-wearable-digital-device your loved one wants can be found on store shelves in late December, chances are it's not the high-tech version of the Furby. A tour of San Francisco computer stores found that, like the popular Furby toy, certain high-tech gadgets can be difficult to track down. The most obvious success story this holiday season appears to be 3Com's Palm III handheld, the latest version of the PalmPilot the company rolled out earlier this year. It was flying off the shelves at four computer retailers we visited here this week. The device, which sells for around $350, is coasting on positive word of mouth, according to Oscar (no last name given), a handheld-device salesman at CompuTown on Market Street. "If you see everyone wearing Nike's, you want to get Nike's," he said, explaining the success of the Palm III. Customers find the PalmPilot easier to use than comparably sized devices running the Windows CE operating system, he said. "Selling a Palm III is like selling cookies," he said. "The [Philips] Nino is not as hot as the Palm III," agreed Tony, a sales clerk at Circuit City on Van Ness Avenue. The Nino runs a version of Microsoft's Windows CE OS. Other larger Windows CE devices are also being passed over, Oscar noted, for full-size inexpensive notebooks. PalmPilot games are selling briskly at Computown, Oscar said, but noted that the majority of these accessories are sold to less experienced computer users. "Tourists tend to buy the games you can get on the Internet for free," he said. [continues...] news.com