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Hands On: Updated Documents To Go

DataViz's new Documents To Go Premium Edition 7 ($50, $30 to upgrade) for Palm OS devices adds native support for PowerPoint, JPEG, and bitmap image files. Documents To Go allows Palm OS users the ability to view and edit Word and Excel files and view PowerPoint presentations.

In the past, Documents To Go converted all PowerPoint presentations into a DataViz proprietary format that a PC without Documents To Go installed couldn't read. Native file support for PowerPoint means that you can now easily send and receive PowerPoint file attachments on a Palm OS device using VersaMail or SnapperMail. Or you could copy a presentation stored on your Palm OS PDA onto a SD card, then transfer the presentation onto a PC (with an SD card reader or via Bluetooth) for printing or editing. Unfortunately, the PowerPoint files are read-only. Still, for those who rely on PowerPoint slides, native file support is a welcome addition--and a step above Microsoft Windows Mobile devices, which don't include PowerPoint support.

Reader's Choice: Austin's Filling Station Is Cool Hotspot

The Filling Station in Austin, Texas has "the world's best hamburgers," along with "super chicken dishes" and free Wi-Fi access for customers, writes newsletter reader Sam Dorfman of Dallas. This laundry-turned-restaurant resembles an old gas station and features vintage car memorabilia, not to mention a dish entitled "chicken fried chicken burger," which presumably is served with a side dish of Lipitor. Burgers are $6.25 to $8.25.

Have other nominees for cool hotspots? Send them to me.

News: A Windows Mobile Browser Alternative

Opera, the alternative Web browser popular with anti-Internet Explorer types, is coming to a Windows Mobile Smartphone near you. The Norwegian browser developer Opera Software says its Windows Mobile version will feature small-screen-rendering technology that optimizes Web page viewing on Smartphones, the company says.

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