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Strong sales do the trick for Handspring
News Buoyed by stronger-than-expected handheld computer sales, Handspring on Tuesday posted a fiscal second-quarter loss that was several cents narrower than Wall Street estimates. Dubinsky said Handspring will expand nationwide the launch of VisorPhone...
[January 18, 2001, 12:14]
Comdex 2001: Palm upgrades OS, delays Bluetooth
News Handheld computer maker Palm has started selling a new version of its operating system but has pushed back the availability of a key add-on module. The handheld maker is offering attendees at the Comdex Fall 2001 trade show the first chance to buy...
[November 13, 2001, 15:26]
FIC puts Bluetooth into Pocket PC
News Taiwan's First International Computer (FIC) will launch a handheld computer combining Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 software with built-in Bluetooth wireless connectivity, the company said on Thursday at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany.
[March 15, 2002, 17:08]
Handspring Visor in glorious colour
News Handheld computer company Handspring announced its first colour PDA, the Visor Prism, Monday. The company also took the wraps off what it claims is the fastest handheld computer on the market -- the Visor Platinum.
[October 16, 2000, 15:48]
Handspring to license Qualcomm wireless standard
News Qualcomm has granted Handspring, the maker of the Visor handheld computer, a license for its digital wireless standard, extending the technology beyond telephones. Handspring, whose Visor handheld computer uses the Palm operating system, will be...
[August 9, 2000, 13:59]
Handheld sales lose their grip
News The handheld computer industry saw a 9.5 percent drop in shipments during the third quarter, as economic woes and weak consumer demand took their toll, according to new research. The weaker demand ensued despite the fact that Compaq said its...
[November 7, 2001, 15:30]
P-Cricket Viewer
Downloads P-cricket is a cricket scoring computer program that works on any Palm™ handheld computer with 200k free memory running on Palm OS® 3.0 or later. Professional and media scorers at international matches can now also benefit by replacing bulky and...
[December 31, 2002, 6:00]
Dell strikes a Good deal
News Dell Computer and wireless start-up Good Technology announced on Tuesday they will work together to provide handheld devices and services to business customers. Next year, the partners will begin selling a jointly developed Dell-branded handheld...
[April 30, 2003, 8:01]
Orange rolls out its first wireless PDA
News Mobile operator Orange this week began selling its first wireless handheld computer, the SPV M1000, complementing its line of Windows-powered SPV smartphones. The M1000 includes standard PocketPC software, with handheld versions of Word, Excel...
[February 6, 2004, 12:05]
Sony to unveil Palm OS device at PC Expo
News Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony will take the wraps of a new handheld computer using the Palm operating system at the PC Expo in New York, the company announced Monday. The handheld computer will offer video and audio functionality and...
[June 26, 2000, 14:49]
Sharp plans Linux PDA
News In a move that promises to stir up the handheld computer market, Japanese electronics company Sharp today announced plans to introduce the first mass-market device running the free Linux operating system.
[March 5, 2001, 15:50]
Watchmaker gives Palm another shake
News Fashion watch maker Fossil is having a second go at melding a wristwatch with a handheld computer -- but this time it'll run on the Palm operating system. The Wrist PDA, released earlier this year, was a clunky device that could receive contact and...
[November 18, 2002, 8:30]
Microsoft profits from death of Odin
News Psion's (quote: PON) announcement Thursday that it would drop a planned wireless handheld computer is ultimately a win for Microsoft, leaving it with less immediate competition in the wireless handheld market, industry experts say.
[March 2, 2001, 7:10]
Conduit Development Kit
Downloads They exchange and synchronize data between a desktop computer and a Palm OS platform handheld computer. Most conduits synchronize data such that data on the handheld mirrors the data on desktop. Conduits are software plug-ins for the HotSync...
[June 28, 2002, 8:59]
Motorola to license 3Com's Palm OS
News British palmtop computer group Psion (quote: PON) and US telecoms equipment maker Motorola said on Tuesday that Motorola is still fully committed to the Symbian operating-system alliance, in the wake of Motorola's deal with handheld company Palm.
[December 14, 1999, 15:24]
PalmOne hopes to reanimate handheld market
News PalmOne is hoping that the addition of a hard drive to the handheld computer will help breathe new life into a product that has lost a significant amount of its "cool factor" in recent years. Maes likens the LifeDrive, the company's first handheld...
[May 18, 2005, 9:35]
Manufacturers snub Dell's low-cost Pocket PC
News Dell has run into trouble with its rumoured plan to sell a Pocket PC handheld computer, according to a report. The PC manufacturer, which specialises in undercutting its competitors through an efficient direct-sales strategy, has been examining the...
[July 3, 2002, 14:49]
Microsoft backs up handheld plans
News Although Microsoft touts its Pocket PC as the best software package for handheld computing devices, it is offering another option for computer makers that think they can do better. Regardless, Microsoft still runs a distant second to Palm in the...
[July 6, 2001, 15:12]
Linux PDA featuring Bluetooth on sale by summer
News The Mitac Cat PDA, a handheld computer powered by the Linux operating system, will go into mass production with a view to selling on the Taiwanese consumer market in the next three months, the company confirmed at the CeBIT computer show in...
[March 22, 2001, 15:03]
PalmSource unveils OS 6 improvements
News PalmSource, the company behind the Palm OS handheld computer operating system, said on Monday it would launch its next major software upgrade on 29 December, with improved multitasking and graphics capabilities.
[September 22, 2003, 17:25]
