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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]
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]
PDA price war looms on the horizon
News A price war could be looming in the handheld computer market, as a slowing US economy hits sales and hardware makers are left with inventory on their hands. While the slowdown hasn't yet spread to Europe, mobile handset and handheld computer makers...
[April 12, 2001, 7:40]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Opinion: Newton's legacy
News Apple's recent discontinuation of its Newton MessagePad marks a sad end for a pioneering device: the handheld computer. The Palm Pilot, with well over 1 million units sold, is the first handheld computer to reach critical mass.
[June 29, 1998, 11:00]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Intel reports headway in mobile device market
News A relative newcomer to the handheld computer field two years ago, Intel has steadily picked up market share of chip sales as advanced devices have required higher performance, the company said. Intel's StrongARM SA-1110 processor and its XScale...
[May 16, 2003, 7:59]
Ultra-cheap Linux portable targets developing nations
News The handheld computer is commonly seen as a geek toy for affluent mobile professionals. The finished product will be slightly larger than a Palm handheld but will operate as a simple portable computer.
[January 11, 2002, 12:19]
Palm Bluetooth coming next month
News Struggling handheld computer maker Palm will ship its long-awaited Bluetooth wireless card to UK buyers in mid-February, the company has said. The company is also attempting to spark consumers' interest with an enigmatic email promising "the newest...
[January 16, 2002, 13:00]
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]
