【正文】 es the Philips Velo 500 handheld puter. It features 16MB RAM, 16MB ROM, 75MHz 32bit MIPSbased Philips PR31700 RISC processor, two AA batteries or a nickelmetalhydride battery pack (lasting about 1215 hours), diagonal 640x240 pixel 16shade monochrome LCD display, two Miniature Card slots, 61key keyboard, modem, and Windows CE . Weight is ounces。 size is x x 1 inches。 price is about US$640. [] [] [] At Fall Comdex, NEC Computer Systems Division of Packard Bell NEC announces the NEC MobilePro 700 handheld puters. It features 4grayscale backlit 7inch diagonal 640x240 pixel display, Windows CE 。 8MB RAM, fax/modem, two AA batteries lasting about 30 hours, and keyboard. Weight is 24 ounces。 width is inches。 price is US$699. [] At Fall Comdex, NEC Computer Systems announces the NEC MobilePro 750C handheld puters. It features color 7inch diagonal 640x240 pixel display, Windows CE 。 8MB RAM, fax/modem, lithium ion battery pack lasting about 11 hours, and keyboard. Weight is ounces。 width is inches。 price is about US$1000. [] At the Fall Comdex, Sharp Electronics announces the Sharp Mobilon HC4500C handheld PC. It features 256color LCD display, 16MB RAM, fax/modem, one Type II PC Card slot, lithium ion battery pack, keyboard, and Windows CE . Price is about US$1000. [] At the Fall Comdex, Sharp Electronics announces the Sharp Mobilon HC4000 handheld PC. It features 4MB RAM, fax/modem, one Type II PC Card slot, runs on two AA batteries for about 25 hours, keyboard, and Windows CE . Price is about US$600. [] At the Fall Comdex, Sharp Electronics announces the Sharp Mobilon HC4100 handheld PC. It features 12MB RAM, fax/modem, one Type II PC Card slot, runs on two AA batteries for about 25 hours, keyboard, and Windows CE . Price is about US$700. [] HewlettPackard introduces the HP 320LX Palmtop PC. It features Windows CE , x inch 640x240 pixel 16shade grayscale LCD display, 4MB RAM, stylus, keyboard, PC Card slot, CompactFlash slot, and is powered by two AA batteries. Size is 7,2 x x inches。 weight is ounces。 price is US$499. [] Casio introduces the Cassiopeia A11 Plus handheld PC. It features Windows CE , x inch 480x240 pixel 4shade grayscale LCD display, 6MB RAM, stylus, keyboard, PC Card slot, and it runs on two AA batteries. Size is x x inches。 weight is ounces。 price is US$. [] Apple Computer introduces the MessagePad 2100 handheld PC. It features Newton operating system, x inch 480x320 pixel 16shade grayscale LCD display, 4MB RAM, stylus, two TypeII PC Card slots, four AA batteries. Size is x x inches。 weight is pounds。 price is US$999. [] NEC Computer Systems introduces the MobilePro 700 handheld PC. It features x inch 640x240 4shade grayscale LCD display, 8MB RAM, stylus, keyboard, PC Card slot, CompactFlash slot, Windows CE , modem, two AA batteries. Size is x x inches。 weight is pounds。 price is US$699. [] Palm Computing introduces the PalmPilot professional handheld PC. It features Palm OS , x inch 160x160 pixel monochrome LCD display, 1MB RAM, stylus, two AAA batteries. Size is x x inches。 weight is 6 ounces。 price is US$369. [] Philips Mobile Computing Group introduces the Velo 1 handheld PC. It features Windows CE , x inch 480x240 pixel 4shade grayscale LCD display, 4MB RAM, stylus, keyboard, DRAM slot, Flashcard slot, ROM socket slot, modem, two AA batteries, rechargeable battery pack. Size is x x inches。 weight is ounces。 price is US$. [] Sharp Electronics introduces the ZR3500X handheld PC. It features Synergy operating system, x inch 320x240 monochrome LCD display, 2MB RAM, stylus, keyboard, modem, two AA batteries. Size is x x inches。 weight is ounces。 price is US$399. [] Apple Computer introduces the Apple MessagePad 2100 handheld puter. It features Newton OS, 8MB ROM with various applications, 4MB DRAM, 4MB flash RAM, optional 24MB flash PC Cards, two Type II PC Card slots, 16shade x inch display, four AA batteries, and a stylus. Weight is ounces。 size is x x inches。 price is about US$1150. [] Casio introduces the Casio Cassiopeia A20 handheld puter. It features Windows CE , 8MB RAM, 8MB ROM, wide 640x240 pixel 4grayscale display, keyboard, serial port, Type II PC Card slot, Compact Flash card slot, and two AA batteries or litium ion battery pack. Price is about US$600。 weight is ounces. [] December 31 Shipments of handheld puters in the US for the year: million. [] [] [] Worldwide shipments of handheld puters for the year: million. [] Shipments of Windows CE devices during the year: 430,000. [] Worldwide shipments of PalmPilot handheld puters for the year: about 350,000. [] 1998January At the Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft announces the Palm PC handheld puter, running Windows CE . Code name during development was Gryphon. [] (month unknown) To date, about 500,000 Windows CE devices have been shipped. [] Apple Computer ceases development of its Newton operating system and Newton OSbased products. [] 3Com introduces the Palm III handheld puter. It features Palm OS , 2MB RAM, 2MB ROM, infrared port, x inch 160 x 160 pixel backlit LCD monochrome touchscreen display, serial port, stylus, six buttons. Size is x x inches。 weight is ounces。 price is US$399. [] [] [] March Handheld PC market share: 3Com (Palm) 59%, Sharp 17%, HP 13%. [] March 31 Handheld operating system market share from January to March: Palm OS 67%, Windows CE 18%. [] (month unknown) Everex Systems releases the Everex Freestyle Executive A20 handheld puter. It features stylus, four front and nine side buttons, 8MB RAM, 8MB ROM, Windows CE, x inch 320x240 pixel backlit LCD display, microphone, serial and infrared ports, one CompactFlash slot, modem. Price is US$499。 size is x x inches。 weight is ounces. It operates for about 10 hours on AAA rech