‘Global sales of personal digital assistants (PDAs) hit a record 14.9 million last year, with Canadian-based Research in Motion’s BlackBerry leading the market, a survey showed.
Gartner Inc. said the sales for 2005 represented a 19 percent increase from 2004 and topped the previous record of 13.2 million PDAs shipped worldwide in 2001.
Research In Motion (RIM) […]
‘Apple is set to launch another key product. Invitations to a “Special Event” have already gone out. They have also registered a new patent.
A patent filed by Apple suggests that the company is developing its own “smart” touchscreen technology for a whole range of devices, including a tablet computer and home control touch screen. The […]
‘It’s been spluttering and wheezing in its sick bed for what seems like an eternity, but the latest figures from research firm IDC confirm that the prognosis isn’t good for the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
The figures show the worldwide market for handheld PDAs continuing to plummet, with sales dropping for the fourth consecutive year in […]
Mobility Today has news of what could be the HP hw6800 which could be released this coming April:
‘Windows Mobile 5, tri-band GSM with EDGE, FM radio, 2.0MP camera, Bluetooth (with A2DP & AVRCP support), iRDA, 802.11b & Mini-USB 1.1 port. Memory: FlashROM 128MB, RAM 64MB
This is a real product and from what I hear is […]
HP have released an update of the HP iPAQ hw6500 with the following fixes:
‘Fixes issue where an incorrect Cellular Service Provider Name was displayed after inserting a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) from a different Service Provider.
‘Fixes issue where a blank screen was displayed when a SIM card, which has SIM Tool Kit enabled, is inserted.
‘Fixes […]
‘While RIM continues to fight for the life of their BlackBerry service, they’re busy expanding the functionality of the platform. This time it’s who else, Google. RIM just announced that Google Talk and Google Local will be supported by the platform.’
Read more at RIM Ties BlackBerry Into Google Services
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‘Smartphone and PDA vendor Palm Tuesday reported strong profits and dramatically increasing sales of its Treo smartphone in the just-completed quarter. It also said it will release three new Treos in the coming year in addition to the Windows Mobile-based 700w, which will be released in a matter of weeks.
The company reported quarterly revenue of […]
Pocket Lint has news of the new Mio A201 GPS PDA.
The Mio A201 features a rotating GPS antenna, Bluetooth, wireless file exchange, Outlook synchronization, 312Mhz Intel Bulverde processor and 64MB of RAM.
The Mio A201 runs on Windows Mobile 5 OS and will retail from £239 when it hits stores mid to late December 2005.
Howard Forums have pictures of a new smart phone (or a rumored one at least) called the HP hw4500.