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Palm offers a refund

posted onOctober 22, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Mobile Commerce World

Palm is attempting to make it up to its customers after it overstated the number of colours available on its m130 handheld.

Palm is offering disappointed customers a cash refund or a free game download in order to make amends.

RealOne Player to ship with NEC PDAs

posted onOctober 19, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Info World

REALNETWORKS' REALONE MEDIA player will ship with all NEC Solutions America MobilePro P300 handhelds, RealNetworks said Thursday.

The deal is an attempt by RealNetworks to gain ground in the personal digital assistant (PDA) arena. The MobilePro P300, targeted at corporate users, runs Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 software, which includes Microsoft's Windows Media Player.

God-Powered PDA

posted onOctober 18, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Tech TV

A new PDA from Godspeed Computing takes handheld computing to a higher place, and we're not talking airplanes.

The eBible combines traditional PDA functionality, including a calendar and scheduler, with many targeted religious applications. The interface is simple and meant for clergy and laity alike. See it tonight on "Tech Live."

Palm's New Grip on the Market

posted onOctober 15, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: BUSINESSWEEK

Times have been tough for Palm (PALM ). Growth of handheld-computer sales has stalled, low-price rivals running Microsoft's (MSFT ) Pocket PC software threaten its core markets, and the company's stock price has fallen below 75 cents. But both halves of the beleaguered company--software and hardware--are fighting back.

PalmSource, the company's software unit, has released the first fundamental overhaul of Palm's operating software since the Pilot began shipping in 1996.

Lay down the law on PDAs

posted onOctober 11, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: ZDNET

Corporations thus far have only bought a fraction of the PDAs sold worldwide, but Gartner Dataquest analyst Todd Kort expects that to change real soon. But if companies don't establish clear guidelines for employees when handing them PDAs, handhelds could quickly become the company's biggest problem.

Smart phones face off

posted onOctober 8, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: ZDNET

Platform vendors Palm, Microsoft, and Symbian have moved the battleground from handhelds to smart phones. We do not expect any vendor to dominate, and companies will need to live with a messy market through 2007.
Meta trend
Through 2003, integration and extension of mobile, wireless, and enterprise applications will require specialized IT skills and resources. By 2004/05,

Sharp shows new Linux Zaurus PDA

posted onOctober 3, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: IDG

CHIBA, JAPAN - Sharp Corp. is giving visitors to the Ceatec 2002 exhibition a first look at what is likely to be a new high-end member of its Zaurus PDA (personal digital assistant) family.

The company is showing a prototype of the device, which it has labeled a "personal mobile tool," at its Ceatec booth and says the company hopes to put it on sale in Japan by the end of the year.

SDIO card adds Bluetooth to handheld devices

posted onOctober 1, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Electronics Talk

Toshiba has a Bluetooth SDIO card that brings wireless communications capabilities to mobile and digital consumer products equipped with an SD slot.
The new card fully conforms to SDIO Card Type-B standards for Bluetooth and Bluetooth Ver.1.1.
The SDIO card supports wireless digital uploads and downloads between suitably equipped products, and can also be used with an adapter in PCMCIA slots of portable PCs.

Palm OS 5 is an ARM's Length Away

posted onSeptember 22, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: SILICON VALLEY

Developers in the handheld sector have had an interesting summer to say the least.

When Palm's (NASDAQ:PALM) software division PalmSource shipped the gold master of its latest operating system (Palm OS 5) to licensees on June 15, many were faced with a conundrum: how to deal with a new ARM microprocessor architecture instead of the DragonBall configurations they've been used to.