News and Events

News

Intel has introduced Ethernet LAN and 9600 bps PCMCIA cards. The cards meet the PCMCIA 2.0 specification and Intel’s X86 architecture implementation called Exchangeable Card Architecture (ExCA). In other words, these cards will work in Intel-based machines with PCMCIA card slots. Contact:

Intel Literature Center
Packet #D6-P01
P.O. Box 7641
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-7641
800-548-4725

Inforite will be shipping its MP100 and MP200 Writing Pads in the next few weeks. The writing pads work with DOS or Windows and are ideal for signature capture or other handwritten notations. Data can be transferred from the writing pads to a host PC via an RS-232 connection. These pads are based on the AS1050 writing pad, which U.P.S. uses for signature verification. Inforite claims that U.P.S. has purchased over 60,000 units. The MP100 is designed for RS232 operation, while the MP200 is designed for point-of-sale systems. Both are priced at $295. Contact:

Inforite
1670 Amphlett Blvd. #201
San Mateo, CA 94402
415-571-8766

Baywood Technologies is offering its services in the custom design of pen-based systems. The company has contracts with Wisconsin Power and Light and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The Blue Cross project involves the design of a computerized claims system based on the NCR 3125. Contact:

Baywood Technologies
194 Ketten Dr.
Naperville, IL 60563
708-416-7658

Kurta Corp. claims to be a key supplier of display/digitizer components to IBM for its ThinkPad (IBM doesn’t disclose who its suppliers are). Kurta says it’s been working together with IBM for the last 18 months under a joint development agreement. Contact:

Kurta
P.O. Box 60250
Phoenix, AZ 85082-0250
602-276-5533

Superscript has announced “context interpretation software” designed for improving the accuracy of hand printed input. Called PenSieve, the product acts as an intermediary between a handwriting recognition engine and a query-based application, interpreting handwritten input and then matching it with data in a database. The product is initially aimed at software developers and will be available in fourth quarter 1992 for $195. A run-time license will be available for $995 per application for an unlimited number of users. Contact:

Superscript
36 Bay State Rd.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-876-0787

Motorola has introduced an external radio packet modem that can either operate as a stand-alone two-way messaging device or as a peripheral for a notebook or laptop computers. Called InfoTAC, the device uses Motorola’s 56156 digital signal processing technology. InfoTAC will be available directly from Motorola this month, priced at $1350. Contact:

Motorola
1301 E. Algonquin Rd.
Schaumburg, IL 60196
708-576-1000

GO Corp. has announced that six Japanese companies have announced their intentions to support GO’s Japanese version of PenPoint to be released early next year. These companies include Canon, Fujitsu, Matsushita, IBM Japan, OKI Electric, and Toshiba. Contact:

GO Corp.
919 E. Hillsdale Blvd.
Suite 400
Foster City, CA 94404
415-345-7400

NCR has announced a $3.3 million contract with New Jersey Bell (a Bell Atlantic company) to supply NCR 3125 notepads as well as a variety of servers. New Jersey Bell will use the NCR machines for applications such as inventory management, time reporting, electronic mail, and other data collection activities. Contact:

NCR
Public Relations
Dayton, OH 45479
513-445-5236

PenMagic Software, makers of the Numero “financial work processor” for PenPoint, has announced that it has received $2 million in first-round funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and from Integral Capital Partners. The financing will be used to market the Numero product and to develop new applications. Contact:

PenMagic Software
310-260 West Esplanade
North Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V7M 3G7
604-988-9982

A U.K. company called C-Star Software has introduced a software product called Pen Friend, which is a forms application system designed to run under CIC’s PenDOS. The product is priced at 199 pounds. Contact:

Phil Jones
C-Star Software
49 Hamilton Square
Birkenhead, Merseyside
United Kingdom L41 5AR

Samsung began shipping the 80386SL based PenMaster notepad system in early September, priced at $3995, which includes 4 MB of RAM, and a 60 MB hard disk. Contact:

Samsung Electronics America
105 Challenger Rd.
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
201-229-4000

StylusTech has introduced Pen InputMaster, a custom pen control application designed to work with Microsoft’s Visual Basic. Users can develop pen applications by adding pen control to their Visual Basic programs. Contact:

StylusTech
One Kendall Square
Suite 300, Bldg. 600
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-277-7007

Events

Fall Comdex is coming up November 16-20 in Las Vegas. Japan Entry will hold a Japan/U.S. Marketing Partnership Summit (JUMPS) on Sunday, Nov. 15 at the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas. Topics will include “personal digital assistants, pen-pcs, electronic books, and wireless communications.” Contact Japan Entry at 508-352-7788.

Boston University Corporate Education Center will host PenExpo ’93, January 25-29 at the San Francisco Hyatt in San Francisco, CA. For more information, call 800-733-3593.

Technologic Partners will host a Mobile ’93 conference on mobile computing and data communications February 16-18, 1993, at the San Jose, California, Convention Center. Contact Technologic at 212-696-9330.

CeBIT ’93 will be held in Hannover, Germany March 24-31. One of the world’s largest computer and telecommunications expositions, expect a major presence of pen computing products. Contact:

Hannover Fairs USA
103 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08450
609-987-1202