04:57 PM by ignatz in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Engadget is reporting that a reader reports handling a Treo 650 in a Sprint store in Chattanooga. Here's what he had to say about it:

I was in the Sprint Store in Chattanooga TN yesterday talking about getting an upgrade flip phone for my girlfriend when the guy goes “hang on” runs over to another sales/tech rep and grabs something from behind the counter. He brings it over to me and it’s the full Sprint-ized new Treo. I played with it and the screen is amazing and there is Bluetooth. The keyboard for this Sprint unit has all white keys as shown in the pics above but the number keys are darker; exactly opposite the current Treo 600. He confirmed it does have a removable battery and according to him does take great pictures. It seems very fast processor wise. It has built in camera that the screen keeps up with the movement of the user in real time, no waiting for the frames to catch up when you are framing a shot. Also a neat thing that I liked was that it appears to have a built in video recorder also. Didn’t find out if it had sound or not. They said it will be a Christmas time release.

Head over to Engadget for more.

06:58 AM by Laurens in Archive | Sunrise

Another week, another Sunrise release. (This will be the last release for a while.)

The major new feature in this release is the Showcase: a special SDL with predefined documents for sites such as BBC News, New York Times and Reuters.

Many other, smaller changes and fixes were made as well.

Change Log

Download From PalmGear

Sunrise News

06:16 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Adobe has released an updated version Adobe Reader 2.0 for PocketPC.

New features include mobile data entry, which allows you to submit form data using handheld devices over a wireless connection; wireless printing; slide show viewing; downloading of digital editions of your favorite e-books in PDF format.

I am curious to hear if anyone of you is actually using the Adobe Reader. I've never become friend with its too bloated and too slow interface.

04:18 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

An update for the navigation software TomTom Navigator is available for download here. The update will be automatically installed over your current version. You will not need to re-activate your software.

What is new in TomTom Navigator 4.40?

- Points Of Interest (POI) management
- Several quality changes and improvements

03:55 AM by Laurens in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Major disappointment: it's running OS 5.4. (And no WiFi either.)

Tungsten T5 specs

08:14 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

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Or, use these (my thanks to freepolls.com):

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07:25 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Textware Solutions, maker of the Fitaly alternative keyboard, announced the Dom Perignon IV Speed Contest, starting October 1, 2004 and ending November 6, 2004. The contest seeks those who can enter data the fastest on a Palm or Pocket PC, using a stylus. The Grand Prize winner in each category – Palm devices and Pocket PCs – will be awarded a prestigious bottle of Dom Perignon.

Past contest participants cruised at an average speed of 50 WPM, with contest winners approaching or even surpassing 80 WPM, and repeatedly providing a factual demonstration that doing fast text entry on a PDA is a realistic proposition.

Thanks to Michael for submitting the news.

09:30 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Ever wish you could write on a pad of regular paper during a meeting without a laptop around, and then magically send the results to your computer?

Check out the NexConcepts Mobile Note Taker web site to see a flash animation and specs of a device that claims to do just that. It runs for about 100hrs of continuous note taking before the pen's battery needs to be replaced. And it has an LCD screen that shows you what you're writing as you write it, so you know it's being recorded.

Previous solutions have required a special tablet to write on, or a computer to attach a base unit to. Now you can do the same thing on the run with just a unit that clips to your pad of paper and a special pen.

One of these days, maybe tablet computers will be cheap and as easy to write on as paper. In the meantime, it's good to see alternatives.

Source: PC Magazine October 19, 2004