04:40 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

A couple of days ago we discussed the emergence of fuel cells for notebooks and PDA's. Now, according to an article at the EETimes, Toshiba has announced the development of matchbox-sized direct methanol fuel cells with no moving parts, and plans to implement them in mobile devices.

The prototype measures 22 x 56 mm with a thickness of 4.5 mm and includes a 2-cc capacity fuel tank. The fuel cell weighs 8.5 grams, and has an output power of 100 mW. Using a 99.5-percent concentration of methanol, the fuel cell can power low-power consumption devices such as MP3 audio players for about 20 hours, Toshiba said.

Toshiba unveiled an active prototype to power notePCs last spring, and plans to introduce a product later this year. Could this be the beginning of a new area in the world of mobile gadgets? Think of the possibilities... read a full-length book without the need to recharge your PDA. Or spend a long-distance flight with watching two or even three full-length DivX movies...

04:20 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

A picture has been posted on TreoCentral which is apparently depicting the next generation Treo. It looks like someone with a cameraphone (you know those little toys that are going to be completely banned in the US soon...) when no one was looking. The Treo 610 (or "Next Generation Treo") will have a higher-resolution (320x320) than the current Treo, a faster CPU (312 MHz), and built-in Bluetooth. If you are more interested, check the TreoCentral article above for detailed specs.

03:30 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | iSilo/X

After a long beta-testing period, DC & Co released the new iSilo/X V4.05 today. The biggest change since V4.01 is a completely reworked document list view with hierarchical multiple-category support. You can find out about all changes here and here.

Download iSilo V4.05 from here and iSiloX V4.05 from here.

11:11 AM by ignatz in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Tungsten E dissection

This guy needed to improvise a fix to his T|E's down button and documented the work. Nice pics, including one shot indentifying many of the main components. I've been inside mine before as well and would like to emphasize that getting the case open is tricky! Be careful if you attempt it!

Guts and technical details of a T3

And this fellow is enamoured of his T3 and describes the technical details at some length. He also gives detailed instructions for opening one up. Interesting reading.

10:48 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Someone made photos of the new Motorola MPx and was nice enough to post them in a forum.

For those who do not know: The Motorola MPx aims to replace the multi-device syndrome by ingeniously blending the best of a mobile phone, personal data assistant (PDA) and email messenger in one easy-to-use compact device. By opening the device in landscape mode, Internet browsing, streaming video and access to corporate applications are all within easy reach using the Motorola MPx.

The device is expected to be available in the second half of 2004 for about about $1,300 USD.

10:42 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Portable Audio/Video

Some news from DAPreview: Teac is soon going to release its new digitial audio player MP-1000, with a 1.5 GB micro-HDD (kinda small nowadays, don't you think?), support for MP3/WMA/OGG, and an FM-tuner and USB 2.0. Nothing spectacular nowadays (except for OGG support maybe).

10:22 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

For all you (RSS) News Junkies... we made two new RSS feeds aggregating the latest 'New Software' and 'New Updates' from PalmGear.

PalmGear New Software feed:
https://www.mobileread.com/feeds/pgnews.xml

PalmGear New Updates feed:
https://www.mobileread.com/feeds/pgupdated.xml

The feed automatically updates every 30 minutes.

If you don't know yet what RSS is, feel free to ask!

09:57 AM by Zire in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Hey All,

I find card export 2 to be one of the best palm utilities out there. What I like is that all you have to do is carry a hotsync cable around with you and you are carrying around an external hard drive! Plug your palm into any supported computer with usb and you can use your palm as a hard drive. Install music and apps in a flash and also use your palm as you would a floppy, zip etc.

Highly recommended! Get rid of your external sd/memory stick drive using Card Export 2 find it here.

From the site:

Accessing storage card has never been easier:

Insert your Palm into cradle or connect to USB cable
Run Card Export II application
Tap "Connect to Desktop" button
And after few seconds desktop drivers automatically mount SD/MMC card as a logical disk!

Using Softick Card Export II it's possible to access SD/MMC card inserted into Palm OS device as a logical disk on the Windows desktop.
Card Export II emulates USB Mass Storage device (like USB card reader, USB flash drives etc) and doesn't require any additional drivers on modern desktop systems.

Further Specifications

*Palm OS 4.0 (Palm OS 5 compatible and enhanced)
*Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Me on desktop, Windows 98/Mac OS X/Linux support is under development
*USB connection
*Color support: Yes
*Hi resolution support: Yes
*Recommended devices: Palm m500/m505/m515, Palm Tungsten T,T2,T3,E,C,W Palm Zire 71/21 handhelds, PalmOne Treo 600
*Currently unsupported devices: Tapwave Zodiac, Kyocera devices, Sony Clies.
*Customer support service: Available via e-mail and Web based support system in English only. We do not provide phone support.