Word: pockets
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...second period was a pocket of strong play for the Crimson. Shots were even at 11 apiece, and both teams nabbed eight groundballs...
First gadget out of the gate is the Pocket PC, set to launch next week and butt heads with the Palm Pilot family of Personal Digital Assistants. Windows-based PDAs have been technically superior for some time, but the Palm outsells them all because of a Filofax-like operating system so simple even executive V.P.s...
...message that we needed to improve our software," says Pocket PC group manager Phil Holden. His new device promises better handwriting recognition than the Palm, easier-to-read text, an MP3 player, a voice recorder, a fully functional Web browser and instant access to e-mail, even for AOL users. Down the line, an experimental device called MiPad has made some promising breakthroughs in voice recognition. PDAs you talk to? Even the CEO might be able to handle that...
...success in its consumer-electronics adventures should ultimately ride on connectivity: the extent to which all these Windows-seeded devices are able to talk to each other and share data. Imagine the timesaving advantages in this technologically fragmented world if you're able to beam a number from your Pocket PC to your Windows cell phone, or use the synchronicity between your satellite dish and your X-box to play games over a broadband network. "Their Windows-ness could turn out to be a benefit," says Mundie. In other words, if Gates has his way, Microsofties won't just...
GEEK GRUB Already a cult figure among geeks for his Dilbert comic strip about office life in a high-tech world, cartoonist Scott Adams has decided to capitalize on his fame by creating the Dilberito. It's an all-in-one microwaveable meal-in-a-pocket aimed at the laptop-and-modem crowd. Bland but basically edible, the Dilberito comes in four flavors, all vegetarian and all stuffed with vitamins and protein. Is the Dilberito for everyone? "Some people care about efficiency," Adams says. "Some people don't. We'll get them last...