Microsoft will tomorrow morning announce that it is entering the pocketable computer field with a hanheld design much smaller than models currently running Windows CE.
The design is expected to be a challenger to 3Com-USR's smash-hit PalmPilot.
Microsoft declined to comment except to confirm that the unit will be Microsoft-branded. A US conference at 3am tomorrow (UK time) is planned.
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