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To: joe who wrote (26648)	12/28/1998 8:39:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

Underhyped, overhyped 1998: From wireless to Windows CBS MarketWatch - Last Update 11:07 AM ET Dec 24, 1998 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The year 1998 was for wireless phones, LCD displays, and more than anything else, hype about gadgets. So it seemed fitting to offer a guide to the most underhyped and overhyped of the year's new tech gadgets. Most underhyped, yet worthy: -- 3Com's Palm III Connected Organizer: see Windows CE below. Most overhyped, yet worthless: -- Anything that runs Windows CE. Looking like a PalmPilot (COMS) doesn't make that cute little Philips Nino a PalmPilot. Microsoft WinCE (or Wince as critics call it) is a slow, useless pale imitation of what currently exists as the only multi-faceted cross-platform user-friendly stand-alone palm-sized operating system, 3Com's PalmOS. Take as evidence that a Wince utility that allows "task switching" and thus "makes Wince devices more competitive with the PalmPilot" won a Comdex Best of Show Award. You'll never know what a handheld can be if all you ever try is Wince. Pay the extra $30 and go with Palm. cbs.marketwatch.com o~~~ O