Tag: pda
E-TEN launches Glofiish M810 and V900 pocket PC phones
Two new handsets from PDA maker E-TEN, the Glofiish M810 and V900, pocket PC phones with an eye on entertainment.
Unlocked Palm Treo 500 available to buy in UK from 28th January
We mentioned some time back that Vodafone’s exclusive on the Palm 500v had ended, with the name reverting to the Palm 500 for the unlocked phone. Well, we now have full date/cost details.
Palm unlocks Treo 500v – becomes Treo 500
Vodafone has had an exclusive on the Palm 500v since October, but that’s about to end – and the device is being re-introduced in unlocked form as the Treo 500.
Mio planning 3G GPS phone for 2008
GPS is the final piece of the mobile phone world domination plan. Mobiles can play music now. They can play films. They can do the internet. All we need now are decent, free GPS features and every other gadget can get the hell out of our pockets and onto eBay.
GPS specialist Mio’s 3G GPS phone plans are a response to the mass arrival of the new wave of super-spec GPS phones…
Opinion: Amazon's Kindle won't make E-Books popular but how hard can it be?
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
I don’t read as much as I used to, one look at the amount of books in my house is enough evidence to tell that story. Not that I don’t have many, oh no, I’ve got shelves full of novels and non-fiction. It’s just most of them are bought on a whim, and then a few pages in swapped for something else or put down to play the Xbox 360 or check out the telly.
Children too aren’t reading as much as they should. In fact, David Cameron, the Tory leader, is about to announce plans to try and get every
youngster up to speed with their reading by the age of six. It’s a massive failure in any education system when kids can’t pick out enough words to enjoy a story without it being spoken to them…
The PDA is dead – and an N95 is laughing by its grave
Analyst IDC says the shipment numbers of PDAs has dropped by 43% over last year, making a sensationally poor 15th consecutive period of decline for the once-futuristic pocket computers.
Clearly it’s because phones have stolen their thunder. With iPhone, Nokia’s N95, the lovely LG Viewty and numerous…
Trimble's fugly Nomad PDA comes with optional GPS
Okay, so it’s a bit harsh to cast a slur on the Trimble Nomad’s looks, seeing as it’s designed for industries like engineering, construction and land surveying. In other words, it’s not meant to win beauty contests.
Get touchy with Mio's P360 and P560 GPS PDAs
It’s not just mobile phones where everyone’s getting frothy about touchscreens. Mio is apparently working on two new satnav PDAs entirely controlled via their touchscreens. Well, almost.
3GSM 2007: HTC’s Advantage has a magnetic personality
This is the extremely smart, ultra-mobile, HTC Advantage – not to be mistaken with a UMPC because, y’know, it actually has a keyboard. It also has Wi-Fi and HSPDA connectivity and will be selling for around a thousand Euros when…
Map24 Mobile 2.0 expands geographically, offers more features
Map24 Mobile, which launched in September, has now evolved into version 2.0 and offers greater geographical coverage, more languages, and a more intuitive user interface. Firstly, the range of locations has expanded, with maps now covering North and South America,…
