The Cybiko, a mix between a Palm handheld and a GameBoy, as employee Paige O'Connor, below left, tries it out. To capture the teenage market, New York-based startup Cybiko Inc. has seized on their social needs. The gadget fulfills basic organizer functions, but also communicates wirelessly with others of its kind up to 300 feet away.
Users can trade messages and even play games with one another.
The Cybiko connects to PCs as well, and the company provides free software on its Web site that can be downloaded to the device through a cable. There's an expansion slot in the device as well, which Cybiko says will be able to take an optional digital music player that uses the popular MP3 format. The Cybiko alerts users to received messages by vibrating. In a slightly presumptuous way, it also alerts users if another Cybiko carrier matching their romantic preferences comes within range. The Associated Press.