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But in its annual forecast, IDC also pointed out competition in the market is increasingly fierce however, required the companyto develop a new model for moving information from the As part of its announcement, Palm Computing introduced technology it calls “Web clipping.” The technique is a wayof extract- Franklin anticipates adding the Palm VII to its product offerings, said Todd Simons, director of mation from Web sites while also eliminating extraneous informa- pany’ technologygroup. “We're always happyto see the ing specific sets of needed infor- tion served up by regular Web browsing. ‘Twenty-two providers of Internet content, including US West Dex, The Weather Channel, E*Trade, Travelocity, Ticketmas- ter and USA Today, on Wednes- veloped for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CEplatform, and other Palm-like alternatives. “Vendors needto be aggressive tion on their sites available for accessible to Palm VII users. lessly to capture significant it’s importantfor us to be part of daysaid theywill make informaWebclippingsoit will be easily and execute their strategy flaw- “We expect the market for this type of product to explode, and pieces of the market,” said Diana Hwang, an IDC analyst. business development for US Palm Computingbelieves Inter- net accessis increasingly important to mobile professionals, Rob- erts said ‘They include Franklin Covey said. as more vendorsintroduce smart phones, hand-held appliances de- opers who makesoftware and accessories for the Palm platform. 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