Archive for June, 2005

2005 Handango Champion Awards

Handango has announced the winners of its 2005 Handango Champion Awards. Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, held their fifth-annual Handango Partner Summit in Miami, Florida. The winners were nominated by customers and then judged by industry experts and members of the media. The categories were comprised of Palm OS, Windows […]

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

Motorola Franklin = RAZRberry?

The good folks at Engadget have news of a new PDA device codenamed “Franklin”, which will be Motorola’s “RAZR like” PDA offering. The word is that the Franklin has quad-band GPRS/EDGE, 128MB flash, 64MB RAM, Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel camera, MiniSD slot, 2.4-inch 320 x 240 65k color screen, and will apparently run Windows Mobile 5.0.
You […]

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Verizon offering Samsung i730 Pocket PC Phone

As expected, Verizon will be the first carrier to officially offer the Samsung i730 Pocket PC Phone Edition device in the U.S. This hybrid PDA smartphone has been awaited by many, and praised for its cool, stylish look that features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The device will be available for sale on July 7th […]

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Windows Mobile 5.0 Upgrades from Dell and HP

- Reminder:
The new edition of Windows Mobile 5.0 OS for PDAs and smart phones is coming, with Dell and HP offering upgrades for Windows Mobile 2003 users.
The Dell Axim X50/X50v ships today with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition software installed, but a free upgrade CD will be available for new Axim X50/X50v buyers, with additional […]

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

HP iPAQ hw6500 Mobile Messenger Shipping

PDAStreet reports that as part of T-Mobile Germany’s Take-Away plan, customers can buy the new HP iPAQ hw6500 Pocket PC from a store and have it activated later. It also looks like Cingular Wireless will be among the first to offer the PDAPhone in the United States, possibly in September. It’s expected to cost […]

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Several new Palm updates released

Several new Palm updates were released on June 16th for the Sprint PCS Treo 650, the unlocked GSM Treo 650, and the LifeDrive. The updates improve several issues with the devices…

Monday, June 20th, 2005

DoCoMo’s Motorola M1000 3G PDA/Smartphone

Japan’s DoCoMo has released the new hybrid FOMA/3G-PDA M1000 Motorola smartphone. The handset features global roaming tri-band system (W-CDMA, GSM and GPRS), full Internet browsing, PC mail and 80211.b WiFi.
More PDA than phone, it features a bright, 2.9-inch touch screen where you can access Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs as well as […]

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

HTC Universal due 3rd Quarter

A device that has been getting a lot of press in PDA circles is the HTC Universal. A week ago, we posted pics and an early review of the Universal, which is expected to be the world’s first Windows Mobile 5.0 3G device. For those of you eagerly awaiting its release, you […]

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

Samsung SPH-M7000 Pocket PC at CommunicAsia

At the start of this week’s CommunicAsia conference in Singapore, Samsung Electronics has introduced the new Samsung SPH-M7000 Pocket PC with QWERTY keyboard. It sort of looks like a Sidekick PDA, with a slide-out screen that reveals the keyboard. It will be interesting to see if Samsung will come out with a series of […]

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

BenQ P50 to be Released in Taiwan

Here’s another example of a PDA that has been talked about for a while, and finally being released. The BenQ P50 is a great looking device, but the specs are the same as we’ve seen many months ago. You would think that it would be updated…with Windows Mobile 5.0 for example.
Well, maybe that […]

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

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