Tiny Rex, the size of credit card, holds all your names, dates

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Starfish Software's Rex is a flashy hand-held computer that matches the size of a credit card. The 1.4-oz Rex is ideal for PC users who seek electronic data access, as it fits easily into shirt pockets or business-card cases. Rex has the capability to store 2,500 various items and display them on a little screen that offers surprising sharpness and high contrast. Rex is similar to its six-ounce counterpart, the $299 PalmPilot manufactured by a 3Com subsidiary. Users can transfer information from their PCs to Rex, which literally is a PC card that includes a screen and a high rate of intelligence. The information transfer between the PC and Pilot takes place over a synchronization cradle. Synchronization also can take place between Pilot and a laptop. A drawback to read-only Pilot is users' inability to enter any information on it. Pilot is scheduled for introduction in Sep 1997. Pilot's price is $129 for base models that store 750 items, $159 for high-capacity model that stores 2,500 items.

Computer industry, Product Announcement, Starfish Software Inc., Franklin Electronic Publishers REX PC Companion (Hand-held data device)

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The Palm Pilot has some new rivals but no competition

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Palm Computing's $399 Palm III's emphasis on simplicity outperforms its hand-held computer rivals, Philips's $399 Nino and Windows CE-compatible products from Microsoft and its hardware partners. Palm III, the latest version of the popular Palm OS line, stands out in three particular areas. The product excels in a more limited number of tasks rather than failing to deliver many promises. The Palm II does not include a desktop and it offers few menus. The Palm III is designed to work closely with custom-designed hardware. By comparison, Nino's advantages over Palm III include a larger screen with better definition as well as more options to enter text. The larger Nino screen is offset by a box for entering text, and almost all Nino screens are more cluttered and difficult to use. The Windows CE-compatible devices, Pilot copycats that represent a stripped-down version of Windows, deserve credit for a first attempt.

Product information, Column, Hardware multiproduct review, Palm Computing Inc., Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V., Microsoft Windows CE (Operating system), Palm Computing Palm III Organizer (Personal digital assistant), Philips Nino (Personal digital assistant)

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Faster, cheaper, still out of control, but Web TV is better

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WebTV Networks' new WebTV Plus set-top box for Internet access is more powerful and faster than WebTV's first product, but is priced considerably less at only $199, plus an additional $50 for the wireless keyboard. The special Internet access service for WebTV costs as little as low $15 a month. WebTV Plus includes new features that link television broadcasts with related material on the Internet. The crossover links feature unfortunately does not work well. Crossover links superimposes an icon over TV shows that cooperate with WebTV. Clicking on the icon shrinks the TV picture to about half screen and fills in the other half with the related Web material.

Network computers, Information appliances, Set-top boxes (Television), Internet access, Set-top internet box, WebTV Networks Inc., WebTV Networks WebTV Plus (Set-top Internet box)

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