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...sales wither and dotcoms disappear, handheld-computer makers are enjoying a rather solitary spring fling. Just look at the flurry of new-product announcements in the past few weeks. From Handspring's razor-thin Visor Edge to a new memory-packed Compaq iPaq, a major upgrade has been trumpeted by nearly every PDA maker. Here's why: last year nearly 10 million PDAs were sold worldwide, almost double the number for 1999, according to research firm Gartner Dataquest. By 2004, the firm anticipates that everyone from executives to hairdressers will buy some 33 million PDAs, generating nearly $8 billion...
...long run, though, Palm's biggest threat may come from Microsoft, which makes the Pocket PC software platform for PDAs sold by Compaq, Casio and Hewlett-Packard. "Microsoft has tremendously deep pockets, and it seems to stick to things until it gets them right," says Palm CEO Carl Yankowski...
...biggest problem with micropayments is managing the payments. Credit cards, which require each transaction to be separately billed and processed, aren't designed to handle charges of, say, 7[cents]. But new players are moving in. Compaq's MilliCent, for example, is a pay-per-click network currency that will let Web surfers micropay for everything from news stories to online games. Users will be billed by credit card, phone, ISP bill or prepaid card...
GIGATUNES Be careful: if you buy a Compaq iPAQ Music Center, your five-disc CD changer and your AM-FM tuner may get a teeny bit jealous. The networked device, due out in late spring, blends in with the other audio components on the shelf but contains a 20-GB hard drive, a CD deck and a Net radio tuner. You will be able to store and sort 5,000 songs and listen to your favorite radio programs, even if they're airing on the other side of the globe...
...fear of cell-phone radiation is creating fresh markets for entrepreneurs. Sevin Rosen, the venture-capital firm that launched Compaq Computer, recently pumped $2 million into a California start-up that plans to build low-radiation phones. At the same time, a cottage industry has sprung up to market shielding devices that block out radiation, although most have scant scientific evidence to support their claims of effectiveness...