May 18, 2005

PalmOne has just introduced their new LifeDrive PDA and a number of sites have published reviews. The device contains an internal 4 GB hard drive, and features both Bluetooth 1.1 and Wi-Fi wireless networking. Other features include a 416 MHz Intel XScale processor, a 320 x 480 pixel screen, 64 MB of RAM, PalmOS Garnet, a 1660 mAh Li-ion battery, and a SD/SDIO card slot. The device can also act as an external USB hard drive for easy file transfer and storage. As for media capabilities, the LifeDrive can play MP3, WMA, Vorbis, and WAV audio files as well as offering up to 8 hours of full screen video playback.

May 15, 2005

Tom's Hardware and TrustedReviews have published a detailed review of the PalmOne Treo 650 smart phone. The Treo 650 features mobile telephone functionality, wireless email, web access, digital camera capabilities and hundreds of available applications. The device features a 312 MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor, 32 MB of memory, 640 x 480 pixel camera, 320 x 320 pixel LCD display, Palm OS 5.4, Bluetooth, compatibility with GSM or CDMA wireless networks, and much more.

May 5, 2005

According to several news sources, palmOne is set to introduce a new PDA called the LifeDrive Mobile Manager, which will contain an internal 4 GB hard drive from Hitachi. The device will be priced at $499, and will feature both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless networking. Other features include a 416 MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor, a 320 x 480 pixel screen, PalmOS Garnet, and an SD card slot. The device will also be able to act as an external USB hard drive for easy file transfer and storage. As for media capabilities, the LifeDrive will be able to play MP3, WMA, Vorbis, and WAV audio files as well as offer up to 8 hours of full screen video playback.

April 29, 2005

A Canadian company called StyleTap has unveiled a $30 piece of software that lets Pocket PCs run over 20,000 applications written for Palm OS 5.2 and earlier. These applications run on the Pocket PC just like native Pocket PC applications. It is even possible to cut and paste information between Pocket PC and Palm OS applications.

April 13, 2005

Today palmOne released the new Tungsten E2 PDA. This sequel to the Tungsten E has many improvements and enhancements over the original. Although the device looks identical to the previous version, it offers a much better 320x320 pixel screen (30% brighter with 40% better color saturation), Palm OS 5.4, a 200 MHz XScale processor, 32MB of non-volatile NVFS memory, Bluetooth wireless networking, and a much better battery. The Tungsten E2 also comes with a full copy of Documents to Go 7.0 Professional Edition, software that allows viewing and editing of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in their native formats. The retail price for the device is $249.

April 3, 2005

If you want your web pages to look their best on mobile devices with small displays, there are certain guidelines that need to be followed. This developerWorks article provides the needed details for getting the job done.

March 21, 2005

Fossil's Palm OS powered wrist PDA is finally available. See what one reviewer thinks about the product. Features include Palm OS 4.1.2, a 66MHz CPU, 8MB of RAM, 4MB of flash memory, and up to four days of battery life on a single charge.

February 13, 2005

It looks like Nintendo is planning to add significant PDA functionality to the Nintendo DS and possible future devices. Rumors abound about what Nintendo plans to introduce at E3.

January 19, 2005

Brighthand has posted at lengthy review of the Treo 650 smartphone.

January 13, 2005

iGolf Technologies announced that they will begin distributing and selling a SD GPS receiver with their proprietary SD GPS driver exclusively for the Treo 650.