Electronic organizers are offering more for less; schedules and to-do lists in handheld computers

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Electronic organizers are more versatile and less expensive, and they are losing their images as toys and status symbols. Personal Technology Research, a market research group, foresees a market for hand-held computers that will amount to $155 million, or 1 million units, in sales in 1991. Size - some are as small as standard checkbooks and weigh less than a pound - and the capability to connect with a larger personal computer make these products attractive, but an organizer can be useful and effective without another computer. Organizers can operate as schedulers or phone books, and they can provide to-do lists or record travel expenses or perform calculations. Average prices dropped 12 percent in the past two years, to about $150. Hewlett-Packard and Lotus Development entered the market in Apr 1991 with the HP 95LX ($699), which comes with Lotus 1-2-3.

Commercial nonphysical research, Hand-held computers, Handheld computers, Design and construction, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP, Laptop computers, Portable computers, Desktop accessory software, Laptop/Portable Computer, Market Survey, HP 95LX (Personal digital assistant), Personal Technology Research

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Public access databases

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Public access data base services are replacing technical telephone support from vendors because of the bottlenecks, busy phone lines and general aggravation that surrounds telephone support. The only things required are a computer and a modem. The services typically charge a fee for each minute of connection. The data base services allow users of a certain type of software, or a variety of software from the same vendor, to solve networking problems. Users are really utilizing these services because they receive networking tips from fellow users as well as warnings against particular software bugs. Vendors are even getting involved because their expenses are reduced and demands on their support staff are lessened. Each service also contains forums that concentrate on specific topics.

Computer related services, not elsewhere classified, Usage, Computer industry, Column, Information services, Customer service, Public relations, Databases, Database, Online, Support Services

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Now software giants are targeting E-mail

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One of the most popular functions on a local area network is electronic mail (E-Mail) and software companies are battling to become the market leader. By 1995 E-Mail is expected to be a $500 million business. A number of software firms are maneuvering to take advantage of the market. Lotus Development Corp bought CC:Mail, which makes the CC:Mail product. Novell Inc licensed Message Handling Service from Action Technologies. Microsoft Corp bought Consumer Software's Network Courier package and renamed it Microsoft Mail. Companies are developing new forms of E-Mail to merge with other software packages. Lotus Notes, for example, is a groupware package that allows groups on a network to work together efficiently. Lotus Notes is easier to use when coupled with CC:Mail.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Microsoft Corp., Electronic mail systems, E-mail, Email, MSFT, Workgroup computing, Local area networks, Novell Inc., NOVL, LAN, Market Analysis, Work Group Computing

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