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Handspring Colour PDA, Phone Module Near
News VisorPhone will be a Handspring cellular phone module costing $299. The module will run on GSM cellular networks and will support short messaging capabilities. It will use Version 3.5 of the Palm OS. The Prism will use Version 3.5 of the Palm OS...
[September 20, 2000, 8:16]
New Chips Aimed At Faster Mobile Phones
News This week Texas Instruments and Analog Devices will announce new chips with advanced capabilities aimed at phones for higher data rate 2.5G and 3G cellular networks. Cellular phones generally consist of three different subsystems: a radio frequency...
[February 19, 2001, 11:47]
Sharp Ships Linux PDA
News Sharp announced at the end of last year that it was planning a host of wireless options for the device, including cellular digital packet data (CDPD), and 802.11 and Bluetooth modules. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and next-generation CDMA...
[April 4, 2002, 9:22]
Smartphone Boom 'won't Hurt Handhelds'
News The Treo 600 handheld from Handspring, soon to be acquired by Palm, features voice and cellular connectivity. Smartphones are more like standard cellular handsets and employ a system such as Symbian or the Microsoft's Smartphone.
[September 10, 2003, 12:20]
Comdex: Linux Not Just For Nerds Anymore
News Karl Fukushima, an IT manager for Bell South subsidiary Honolulu Cellular, said he's considering adding more Linux technology to his company's mish-mash of operating systems because he likes its reliability and power.
[November 18, 1998, 6:24]
News Roundup: Microsoft Ends XP Speculation
News Another disappointment for Microsoft came when Compaq confirmed that it has abandoned plans to sell Unisys' high-end Cellular Multiprocessing server systems, which are closely tied to Microsoft 2000 Data Centre.
[May 2, 2001, 15:19]
Crusoe Chip Mystery To Be Revealed
News Instead, it more likely will be aimed at cellular phones, Internet appliances and possibly handheld devices such as Microsoft's Pocket PC. If Crusoe is targeted more at Internet appliances or cellular phones, as has been suggested, the impact on...
[January 17, 2000, 8:56]
Why Symbian Beat Palm, Pocket PC
News It is specifically designed for smartphones, the next big trend in the cellular phone market, which ships approximately 10 million units per week. The agreement is an indication that Symbian is starting to bear itself out as the most efficient and...
[April 28, 2000, 9:07]
Symbian Smartens Up Against MS
News And the future for devices that combine PDAs and cellular phones looks very bright: ten licensees have already been announced, another is on the way by the end of the year, and several more are expected within the next six months.
[November 29, 2000, 12:07]
Longhorn Preview Due In April
News The track descriptions suggest a number of the areas in which Longhorn will be seeking to improve on today's Windows, including enhancements to printing, improvements in power management and a new feature that will allow Longhorn-based PCs to...
[February 17, 2005, 8:20]
Get Ready For The Summer Of Apple
News The touch-screen phone has been the talk of both the cellular and PC industries since Jobs unveiled it on stage at Macworld in January, and competitors are likely to respond later this year. About 81.3 million smartphones shipped last year...
[June 11, 2007, 17:13]
Are Your Users' PDAs Safe From Viruses?
News Some PDA devices function as a cellular phone, pager, or even a laptop replacement, which provides more connectivity and power, but puts users at an increased risk for virus infection. PC-cillin works on the Palm OS 3.1 or higher, Psion Revo or...
[April 22, 2002, 9:21]
Sharp Unleashes Linux Handheld
News Sharp is also planning a host of wireless options for the device, including cellular digital packet data (CDPD), 802.11 and Bluetooth modules--all planned for the first quarter. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and 1xRTT modems, which can take...
[December 4, 2001, 8:58]
Rivals To Handspring: Bring It On!
News After all, 5 million units is "just a drop in the bucket" when compared to the 350 million cellular handsets now in use, Redman said. Palm Computing officials maintain that the company wins either way -- whether it sells a Palm handheld of its own...
[September 15, 1999, 9:03]
Intel To Launch Processor For Handhelds
News In separate news, TI announced on Tuesday that Japanese cellular carrier NTT DoCoMo will use the chipmaker's OMAP processors in three new FOMA handsets. In addition, XScale chips for handhelds, which came out in early 2002 to succeed StrongARM, are...
[February 19, 2003, 8:56]
All Palm On The Western Front
News Last week, Nokia announced plans to use Palm OS in future cellular phones, while this week at the PalmSource developers show in California, myriad startups plan to roll out products based on the handheld operating system.
[October 18, 1999, 16:25]
Veitch Speaks: Handhelds Up For Grabs
News So even if you're a Microsoft shop, beware of going with CE and take a long look at some possible future developments, especially Symbian, the consortium that brings together Psion's handheld OS with the backing of the big names in cellular phones.
[October 24, 1998, 8:02]
Palm OS Looks To Voice
News To succeed in the cellular market, striking a chord with the mobile and wireless operators that control the distribution channel is also crucial, Nagel added. Currently, only three handset makers have licensed the Palm operating system (OS) for use...
[July 21, 2003, 11:17]
Digital StrongARM Chip Muscles In On Palmtops
News As Intel Corp.focuses on processors to boost notebook PC performance, Digital Equipment Corp.s Semiconductor Division is thinking much smaller -- subnotebooks, handhelds and cellular Webphones, to be exact.
[September 3, 1997, 9:19]
Microsoft's Vision Of The Business PC
News Although unified messaging isn't mentioned by name, the company says that voice over IP, ordinary telephones and cellular networks should be integrated with instant messaging and video conferencing, and that Athens should have hardware and...
[May 7, 2003, 14:27]
