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...game machine. In this year of Internet-TV terminals, PDAs and cell phones, we've settled our prize for best machine on the new Nintendo 64, which has done to video-gaming what the 707 did to air travel. Since arriving on American shores in late September, the 64 has set records for sales, hype and, most important, slack jaws. The pure mix of art and technology implicit in the machine's design and the games that run on it help it transcend the category of mere amusement. It sets, our editors found, a whole new standard in electronic entertainment...
Telecom standout U.S. Robotics has made a surprisingly strong entrance into the PDA market with the Pilot Organizer, sold by their subsidiary Palm Computing. At the same time, industry behemoth Microsoft is getting ready to jump into the fray with Windows CE, an operating system for PDAs that might bring some interoperability into the market...
Unlike its predecessors, the Pilot costs under $300, making it much more affordable for the average consumer. The price is kept low by emphasizing basic functionality. While expensive PDAs like the Newton fared poorly, consumers gobbled up pocket organizers like Sharp's Wizard and Casio's B.O.S.S. because they did the basics right: they kept your schedule and phone numbers and made both accessible at the touch of a button...
Designed to run on a range of palmtops from various manufacturers (but not the Pilot), Windows CE will bring a Windows 95-like environment to PDAs, allowing for common software development and communication. Bill Gates and friends have lined up a consortium of manufacturers to use Windows CE as the platform of choice for their PDAs...
WinCE is strictly hype and promises at this point, despite an optimistic November 17 release date. If you're interested, check out Microsoft's web site at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsce. Right now, though, the little Pilot is the king of the hill among PDAs, and a great way to get yourself organized...