Archive for August, 2005

HP HW6500 Review - Om Malik

Om Malik reviews the HP HW 6500 and writes - ‘The big downside of the device - its happy as a clam in the Windows world. It doesn’t make magic with a Mac as yet, because most of the existing programs like Pocket Mac don’t work for this particular model. On a scale of 1 […]

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

World’s first Linux “PDA phone” on the way?

‘A Chinese mobile phone hardware vendor and a Singaporean smartphone and PDA phone designer will jointly develop a Linux “PDA phone.” Longcheer Technology and Oswin Technology have additionally agreed to jointly market each other’s products, which include “knock-down” phones, and smartphones and PDA phone designs.
Oswin is a Singapore-based ODM (original device manufacturer) that designs embedded […]

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Total recall boosts PDA writing

‘The idea of remembering word patterns and connecting the dots might not sound like an easy way to write an e-mail.
But IBM researchers are betting that tracing letters on a touch screen will become the way to write on a handheld device like a PDA or mobile phone.
They have developed software that works by recognising […]

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Pocket PC Vs Palm: What to Choose

If you’re in the market for a new PDA and are trying to work out whether to buy a PDA or a Pocket PC you might like to read this guide that explores the very question at Pocket PC Vs Palm: What to Choose. They write:

‘If you are after gaming, multimedia, good WiFi+Bluetooth support, […]

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Palm Treo 700 PDA

Mobile Whack has news of what could be the new Palm Treo 700 PDA which features (if indeed it is true):

• 1.3mp camera with digital zoom capability of 8X
• EVDO for Sprint and Verizon users
• A really classy design
• Screen resolution of 320 * 320

Engadget has a great first look review of the […]

Friday, August 12th, 2005

HP iPAQ hw6700 (hw6710 & hw6715) Series Confirmed

It looks like HP is creating a large list of new products right now, as they gey ready to release their hw6515. Bargain PDA offers up the details:
Before HP can even release the hw6515 in the US, they’ve got something new up their sleeve. The HP hw6700 is the same form factor with several new […]

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Orange SPV M500 Smartphone Review - Pocket-lint.co.uk

Pocket-lint reviews the Orange SPV M500 Smartphone and writes - ‘Overall, If you’re after something small, nifty, pretty and practical and you have a love affair with Bill Gates’s empire then the M500 is a good product. If on the other hand you already have a smartphone and you are expecting an epoch-defining handheld device […]

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Qtek 9100 Pocket PC Phone

QTEC 9100 Specifications:

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•PDA form factor integrated quad-band GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi, 1.3/2 mega-pixel camera, and sliding QWERTY keyboard
•Theme: messaging
•Microsoft Windows PocketPC Phone Edition

Dimension
•108 mm(L) x 58 mm(W) x 23.5 mm(T)
•150 g with battery pack

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Orange SPV M500 Smartphone Review - Trusted Reviews

Trusted Reviews has reviewed the Orange SPV M500 smartphone and recommends - ‘In use the SPV M500 works much like a PDA with phone functionality strapped on to it. This is really the only flaw of the SPV M500, although no fault of Orange’s but rather an issue that Microsoft needs to improve upon. Orange […]

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Thoughts on the 500 series Palm

Peter at PalmAddicts shares some thoughts on the 500 series Palm:

‘I found the 500 series to be the best designed palm they have every produced with the LifeDrive coming in second.
I went from the V to the Vx and was very happy with the quality of the workmanship and excellent engineer design. I was sure […]

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

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