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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 report suggested that Dell had become interested in handheld computers because of their ubiquity in the corporate market.
[July 3, 2002, 14:49]
n30drv.zip
Downloads This package supports the following driver models:FUJITSU USB Sync Motorola PowerPad Pocket PC Device Trimble GeoExplorer TDS Data Collector VES USB Sync Fujitsu Siemens Computers USB Sync Cyberbank USB Sync JVC USB Sync Freedom Scientific USB...
[September 1, 2003, 8:00]
Linux everywhere: The Penguin goes mobile
News Today, most of the attention in the handheld world is trained on the battle between Palm -- which makes the ubiquitous organiser of the same name -- and Microsoft, whose Windows CE operating system and Pocket PC device so far have been...
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
Microsoft reveals French smartphone
News Although the division between phone and handheld computer is becoming increasingly blurred, Microsoft sees the WA3050 as a wireless enabled pocket PC rather than a next generation mobile phone, according to a spokesman.
[November 9, 2000, 14:17]
Microsoft profits from death of Odin
News Microsoft Pocket PC handheld computer operating system is already being built into wireless handhelds from Sagem and other manufacturing partners. Some Microsoft competitors will have wireless handheld devices on the market in the first half of...
[March 2, 2001, 7:10]
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]
Next-generation Pocket PC devices on the way
News The next few weeks should see the launch of a new generation of more powerful Pocket PC handheld computers with longer battery life, as several manufacturers prepare the first devices based on Intel's XScale embedded processors.
[May 30, 2002, 17:01]
Start-up shrinks PC to palm size
News The explosive growth, until recently, of handheld devices and mobile phones established the market for portable devices. And if start-up OQO gets its way, the next big thing will be the pocket PC. Current handheld processors max out at 206MHz and...
[April 17, 2002, 10:35]
HP to announce post-merger iPaqs
News Toshiba announced on Monday its new handheld, the e740 Pocket PC, which uses Intel's XScale PXA250 processor and incorporates 802.11b wireless networking capabilities. Universal announced on Tuesday its Nevo software designed to turn handheld...
[June 21, 2002, 8:35]
Sharp plans Linux PDA
News Microsoft's Pocket PC software is used on handheld devices from Compaq, Hewlett Packard and Casio. Sharp is the biggest manufacturer of handheld computers in Japan and the announcement is likely to unnerve Microsoft and Palm, which lead the market...
[March 5, 2001, 15:50]
Motorola crosses mobile with handheld
News In addition to the mobile phone makers, handheld computer makers that license the Palm, Symbian and Pocket PC operating systems have also been announcing similar combination devices. Motorola has made the equivalent of a conference call, connecting...
[April 10, 2001, 12:01]
Symbian rallies developers against Microsoft
News Two new versions of Windows CE arriving this year are designed for voice-enabled handheld computers and mobile phones with PDA functions, respectively called Pocket PC Voice Edition and Windows Powered Smartphone 2002.
[April 24, 2002, 9:30]
Orange unveils first Microsoft smartphone
News The handset aims to combine consumer-friendly features such as an attachable camera and multimedia messaging (MMS) with Windows software integration along the lines of Microsoft's Pocket PC handheld computers.
[October 23, 2002, 11:37]
What that £10k is worth now
News And it's not just handheld computers like those that run on Pocket PC and Palm operating systems that need ARM-based processors. Another British success story is Psion, the manufacturer of the eponymous handheld devices that for years outsold...
[December 31, 2001, 6:31]
ViewSonic scrambles to calm PDA buyers
News However, not all of that memory is accessible, as about 27MB is needed for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 operating system and software on the handheld. Most PC hard drives are measured in gigabytes, whereas a typical Pocket PC-based handheld comes...
[December 12, 2002, 17:02]
Smartphone laptop release announced
News Sony and start-up OQO have already introduced full-fledged handheld Windows computers. DualCor Technologies next month will unveil the cPC, a full-fledged handheld Windows XP computer that also comes with a built-in smartphone that runs Windows...
[December 16, 2005, 12:50]
PC Expo: Clash of the PDA standards
News By that metric, it looks like we'll be ditching our desktop PCs and laptops in favor of wireless handheld computers and by this time next year there won't be a need for any other type of computer. Everywhere I went on the show floor, people were...
[July 3, 2000, 8:50]
Dell strikes a Good deal
News The device will likely run Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system and will include GoodLink handheld software. As previously reported, the two companies will sell Dell's servers and handheld computers alongside Good's wireless software and services...
[April 30, 2003, 8:01]
Palm Bluetooth coming next month
News Compaq Computer has also incorporated Bluetooth into one of its latest iPaq handhelds, which use the Pocket PC operating system from Microsoft. Struggling handheld computer maker Palm will ship its long-awaited Bluetooth wireless card to UK buyers...
[January 16, 2002, 13:00]
Palm makes peace with Microsoft
News He said security, one of Palm's traditional shortcomings, will become more critical as IT managers begin to scrutinise which handheld computers to buy. Palm Computing is moving away from its identity as a handheld computer maker, aiming to become a...
[March 8, 2001, 9:45]
