PDAStreet: News: PDA Briefs: 3-in-1 Stylus, Lode Runner, Sprint & Earthlink, Palm Deals, Blade of Betrayal & More

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PDA Briefs: 3-in-1 Stylus, Lode Runner, Sprint & Earthlink, Palm Deals, Blade of Betrayal & More

By PDAStreet.com Staff
June 13, 2003

StylusCentral.com has dropped the price for its 3-in-1 Stylus from $25 to $10. The 3-in-1 Stylus is a product aimed at those who would like to have a PDA stylus, laser pointer and pen all wrapped into one. The company says the device is durably designed with a solid metal casing and includes a shirt pocket clip. To operate the stylus or pen, users twist the lower portion of the shaft; and to deploy the laser pointer, users depress the button on the end of the pen. Once activated, the laser pointer places a red dot wherever the user has pointed the pen. Both the yellow stylus tip and black ink cartridge can be replaced with other colors.

Passengers at the Long Beach Airport airport can now connect to the Internet for free, courtesy of a new Airport hot spot called the Hot Zone supplied by Intermec Technologies. So anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled PDA or laptop can access the Internet while at the airport via weather-proof Intermec MobileLAN WA21 wireless access points by opening their Internet browser, which will automatically load a portal site for Long Beach's Airport Hot Zone. Users then can check email, download files or just surf.

Sprint and EarthLink recently announced an agreement wherebye Sprint will distribute EarthLink products and services to its PCS Vision customers. So now PCS Vision users can access two EarthLink online applications, the EarthLink Personal Start Page and EarthLink Web Mail, from the palm of their hands.

The EarthLink Wireless Personal Start Page provides PCS Vision users access to personalized content including stock quotes, sports, weather, news, and movie listings, while EarthLink's Wireless WebMail allows Sprint customers to view incoming emails and compose emails and access their online address book from their PCS Vision Phone.

HPT Interactive has now opened up a beta-demo version of its upcoming game Blade of Betrayal for download to the general public. In the game, you play Spencer Corinth attempting to discover the mystery behind your father's death. Your life is in danger as you fall deep into a chasm of lies and deceit. With time running out, you attempt to bring the guilty to justice over the course of 14 levels.

Over the course of father's day weekend Palm is offering a number of packaged deals on its website for several of its PDAs.

--Buy a Zire 71 and get a Palm MP3 Audio Kit for $49.95, $50 off.
--Buy a Tungsten C and get a free 64MB Secure Digital Card, valued at $49.95.
--Buy an open-box m130 and get a free MicroInnovation Keyboard, valued at $49.99
--Buy an m515 and get a free 16MB Expansion Card as well as a free Palm open-box Slim Leather Case.

Mobile-systems' Quick ID 1.20 ($19.95)

is designed to secure, encrypt and protect any sensitive information one chooses, including PINs, passwords, and accounts, on a Palm OS device with just one master password.

Ballhooter Games has brought the classic arcade and computer game Lode Runner ($14.95) to the Pocket PC. The goal of Lode Runner is to collect all the treasure you can with only a shovel to dig holes, while running away from those who are out to stop you.