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New rules outlaw hand-held mobile use while driving
News David Jamieson, road safety minister, said in a statement that he hoped the ban would cut road traffic accidents: "You are four times more likely to be involved in an accident when using a mobile phone and driving -- and this new offence will help...
[December 1, 2003, 14:45]
New rules outlaw hand-held mobile use while driving
Talkback I understood it was always illegal to hold a microphone while driving, so what does this law change?
[December 2, 2003, 10:01]
Member Review Miniature Multiband Antennas for Hand Held WiMAX and WiFi Application
White Papers This paper presents a MIMO multi-band antenna system designed for WIMAX and WLAN applications. The antenna system includes two receive and one transmit antennas designed to cover the following frequency bands: WiMAX: 2.3-2.4GHz and 2.45-2.7GHz, and...
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Microsoft and BT join forces in mobile initiative
News Customers will be able to access e-mail, web content and other services through mobile phones and hand-held devices. Data centres will be created to allow access from a range of devices including smart phones, four-line digital phones, pagers...
[February 8, 1999, 17:13]
Licensee rallies to Psion's defence after poor financial showing
News Geofox, another UK-based hand-held computer manufacturer, was the first company to take up development on Psion's EPOC32 operating system when it was thrown open to all-comers last year. In particular he disputes the assertion of many analysts that...
[March 6, 1998, 13:32]
Psion and Pointbase unveil Java database for handhelds
News The first multi-platform Java database compatible with a hand-held computer was unveiled Monday by Pointbase and Psion. President and CEO of Pointbase and a co-founder of database giant Oracle Bruce Scott, described the potential as a revolution in...
[September 20, 1999, 16:13]
DBCleaner
Downloads In a hand-held device when a software is uninstalled, it does not always automatically lead to the deletion of its corresponding database. DBCleaner is a software that facilitates the user to remove such unwanted databases and applications from the...
[July 3, 2001, 8:00]
Small, beautiful, fast and economical - Apple's new PDA
News What they really want now is a hand-held iMac to complete the set -- an iPocket dressed in Apple's five fruity colours. For example, although hand-held computing is moving towards greater wireless integration, some have expressed doubts that Apple...
[August 3, 1999, 9:20]
A Year Ago: Microsoft and BT join forces in mobile initiative
News Customers will be able to access e-mail, web content and other services through mobile phones and hand-held devices. Data centres will be created to allow access from a range of devices including smart phones, four-line digital phones, pagers...
[February 7, 2000, 6:02]
Psion share price dips as competition looms
News Investors fear that Psion's days as the leader of the European hand-held computer market could be numbered if competition from other systems, including those based on Microsoft's Windows CE operating system, starts to hurt.
[March 5, 1998, 11:18]
Tri-Bar Calculator
Downloads It is a powerful declarative calculator that is comparable in functionality to conventional hand-held scientific calculators, but is considerably easier to use (and is much more fun). It could easily be implemented as a hand-held device if any...
[March 4, 2001, 6:00]
Motorola, Kahn to develop wireless cam
News But Motorola officials indicated it hopes to play a significant role in allowing consumers to beam photographs to the Web the moment they are taken, possibly from hand-held cameras or devices connected to the TV set.
[February 8, 2000, 12:54]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Hand-held cameras are on their way. Hand-held cameras are here to stay. Monday 8/8/2005 So sang 80s cult band Kissing The Pink on one of their many forgotten masterpieces of synth kitsch, eerily presaging the digital picture revolution.
[August 12, 2005, 18:40]
Fujitsu Siemens Stylistic ST5022 review
Reviews The other long edge -- which would be on the right-hand side with the tablet held in portrait orientation -- is home to the power button and two banks of buttons. Fujitsu Siemens provides a pouch containing a range of international modem adapters...
[July 1, 2005, 8:45]
Samsung Q1 Ultra review
Reviews The Q1 Ultra can be held in the hand, or propped on a desk using a sturdy pull-out stand on the back of the device. The idea is that you can slip your hand inside the strap rather as you might hold a digital camcorder, to keep it secure.
[July 17, 2007, 16:02]
HTC Advantage X7510 review
Reviews This is fine unless you prod at the screen with too heavy a hand, as this can dislodge it. Most people are likely to use a couple of fingers from each hand to prod at the keyboard. Because the two sections are only held together by a magnet, there...
[October 13, 2008, 16:21]
Nokia N800 Internet Tablet review
Reviews The right-hand side houses the headphone socket and mains power connector, as well as the slot for the touch-screen's stylus (generally, we found a fingertip to be faster and just as ergonomic). The N800 is a tablet-style device with a look and...
[January 17, 2007, 10:22]
FIFA gears up to keep World Cup hackers at bay
News Jones noted that the tournament's IT command center, based in Munich, would have network security specialists on hand constantly. Workers monitoring and managing other aspects of the network would hand over duties to a facility in Texas at the...
[June 9, 2006, 9:20]
Microsoft's death knell for Windows Mobile
Blog With MinWin, one of the big arguments about embedding Windows proper in hand-held devices goes away. The other argument, that hand-held devices are too architecturally different to the PC model, still holds water.
[October 22, 2007, 13:45]
