Orange Rolls Out Its First Wireless PDA
News The M1000 is based on a reference design from Taiwan contract manufacturer High Tech Computer (HTC), and is similar to O2's HTC-manufactured Xda II -- both double a as tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM / GPRS mobile phone and a Bluetooth-enabled...
[February 6, 2004, 12:05]
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]
Sony To Unveil Palm OS Device At PC Expo
News Considering their strength in producing high-quality consumer electronics products, I have no doubt that Sony's entry into the PDA marketplace will spur the growth of this category," says Alan Kessler, chief operating officer of platform and...
[June 26, 2000, 14:49]
PC Expo: Clash Of The PDA Standards
News Judging from the spectacle here at the Jacob K Javits Centre, last week's PC Expo might as well have been called PDA Expo. Although Sony has the potential to make a really killer PDA, the product is still more vapour than substance.
[July 3, 2000, 8:50]
Microsoft Smartphone 2003 Debuts In Taiwan
News Aside from standard phone functions, it includes the PDA-like features that are the hallmark of Microsoft's smartphone platform, including mobile versions of Internet Explorer and Outlook. Smartphone 2003, like the latest update of Pocket PC for...
[September 23, 2003, 9:45]
MS Targets Smart Phones, Pagers
News The growth of the phone and pager markets is expected to eclipse that of the PDA market in the next five years, according to analysts. Taiwan-based HTC will join Samsung, Sendo and Mitsubishi Electric as manufacturers of Stinger, which is...
[March 21, 2001, 8:32]
Virus Jumps From PC To PDA
News Crossover is the first malware to be able to infect both a Windows desktop computer as well as a PDA running Windows Mobile for Pocket PC," the research group said. If it is a Windows PC, it will jump to a handheld device as soon as it detects a...
[March 1, 2006, 8:45]
The PDA: It's Not Dead Yet
News However, Gartner said it prioritises its PDA data as a data-centric handheld computer first and a communications device second. Garner blames the stagnant US market on the continuing decline in Palm OS PDA shipments and aging product lines among...
[August 3, 2005, 9:30]
Microsoft Smartphone Ships To Developers
News Among its PDA-like features are Web and WAP browsers, digital music player, Java support USB, IrDA and serial connectivity and a Multimedia Card/Secure Digital Card slot for memory expansion. The Z100 will offer email, Web browsing and other...
[June 5, 2002, 16:32]
PalmSource Eyes Souped-up Device Size
News People recognise that if you have a PDA and you want to make some notes, you turn it on and it is on. While the idea is at the speculative stage, the remarks of PalmSource chief executive David Nagel at the PalmSource developers conference in...
[September 24, 2003, 14:55]
Linux PDA Has Wi-Fi, Camera And Phone
News The hardware for the new handheld has been developed by Korea-based PDA maker IMRI while the Linux operating system (OS) is the result of a joint effort between PalmNet and the Beijing University of Technology, the report said.
[April 28, 2003, 9:23]
PDA Price War Looms On The Horizon
News If the price cuts hit Europe it will add to the difficulties of handheld makers such as Psion, which are struggling to develop the European wireless PDA market. Psion and handset makers like Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola have pinned their PDA hopes...
[April 12, 2001, 7:40]
Motorola To License 3Com's Palm OS
News We see a whole new category of wireless devices emerging that combine popular PDA platforms with wireless communications," said Merle Gilmore, president of Motorola's Communications Enterprise, in a statement.
[December 14, 1999, 15:24]
Handhelds Make A Comeback
News The figures cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and divide handhelds into data-centric devices such as PDAs (personal digital assistants) and voice-centric devices such as smartphones -- mobile phone handsets with PDA-like features.
[January 26, 2004, 15:05]
Sony Camera-PDA Set To Arrive In UK
News Sony has confirmed that the UK will get its latest multimedia Clie handheld computer, featuring a two-megapixel camera, in mid-March -- shortly after its release in the US. Microsoft is adding Bluetooth support to Windows XP and Apple has...
[January 30, 2003, 14:01]
