In
the
last
mission,
I
mentioned
that
we
have
many
Palm
User
Groups
in
Japan. And
we
have
many
meetings
of
Palm
User
Groups,
too.
Except
them,
we
have
had
some
big
events
for
Palm
Users,
1998.8-12
Palmware
and
Goodz
Contest
The
first
large
one
was
on-line.
In
the
summer-autumn
of
1998,
the
famous
news
sites
for
Palm
in
Japan; "Palmfan
"(Mr.Hirose)
and
"FPalm
"(Mr.Minotan)
co-produced
the
first
software
and
goods
contest
only
for
PalmOS
machine
in
the
world. Its
name
was
"Palmware
and
Goodz
Contest
".
hi-tech
styluses;
"Stabo3
"
and
"SUS
",
and
so
on!
The
final
result
was
that
the
Palm
game
software
that
simulated
a
Japanese
classic
game
got
the
Grand
Championship! Its
name
was
"KOIKOI
".
1999.2.20
Makuhari-Project
'99
The
second
large
one
was
off-line
in
Feb
20,
1999.
The
event
that
was
called
as
"Makuhari-Project
'99"
was
hold
being
connected
with
"Mac
World
EXPO
'99
in
Tokyo".
Mr.Uriu
proposing
the
first
meeting
of
Palm
Users
in
Japan,
30
ladies
and
gentlemen
gathered
together
in
KANDA(TOKYO).
1999.9.20
PUXPO
'99
Half
an
year
after
that
event,
we
experienced
the
thrid
large
one
off-line,
too.
The
event
that
was
called
as
"PUXPO
'99
"
was
hold
being
connected
with
"World
PC
EXPO
'99
in
Tokyo"
in
Sep
11,
1999.
The
volunteer
Palm
users
team
that
Mr.
Kentaro
had
controled
proposed
it. And
more
than
200
Palm
Users
gathered
together
in
MAKUHARI(CHIBA). Still
more,
Mr.Street
(Palm
Comuputing,,Inc.Vice
President),
Rob
Haitani
(Handspring,
Inc)
joined
it,
too!
And
now
Japanese
Palm
Users
have
kept
such
enthusiasm!