02:58 PM by Laurens in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Worldwide Handheld Market Up Over 13 Percent (Brighthand)

According to Gartner Dataquest, shipments of Palm OS handhelds in the third quarter of 2004 were about 25 percent lower than the worst previous quarter since 1999.

Shipments of Palm OS handhelds are on track to decline about 23 percent this year, to about 4.4 million units.

This doesn't look good at all.

12:50 PM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Yeahhhh, registered Gmail users can now use Gmail with their favorite POP3 client, all official!

Incoming Mail (POP3) Server – requires SSL:
pop.gmail.com
Use SSL: Yes
Port: 995

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server – requires TLS:
smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587

Account Name:
your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com')

Email Address:
your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com)

Password:
your Gmail password

10:28 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Although I share your disappointment that palmOne decided against integrating WiFi in its latest Tungsten T5, I can guarantee you that we have some bright times ahead of us!

Inquirer reports today a British company called CSR PLC (LSE:CSR) developed UniFi-1, the first single chip WiFi solution for the embedded device market (camera, MP3 player, PDA, Smartphone, ...).

What is really great about this chip is that all the relevant software runs on a seperate RISC processor, which means no processing power is taken away from the device's main CPU. Better still, the chip comes for the low wholesale price of $6.96 for the 802.11 b/g version or $9.98 for the a/b/g version. And, according to CTO James Collier, you should be able to run Bluetooth, GPRS and WiFi at the same time!

To get more info, you can read the official press release statement.

The future belongs to WiFi!

08:47 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Mobile Sites

To test-drive a new automated system I've been working on, I am going to share with you new mobile links to (highly demanded) web pages that don't offer native mobile support. Those mobile links can be used with any offline and online browser. So... Avantgo, iSilo, Plucker & Co users, please enjoy Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Today's link: MSNBC Mobile
Link-Depth: 1

TOP News
US News
International News
Politics
Business
Entertainment
Health
Sports
Technology & Science
Opinions with Slate
Travel
Nightly News
Dateline
Today Show
MSNBC TV
Weather
Newsweek

05:28 PM by divajess in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Softmaker is at it again with their big Carnival sale. They are selling many of their programs, including the ever-popular TextMaker word processing program for Pocket PC, for the low price of $11.11. This is a great value--TextMaker usually retails for $50!

The offer is limited to November 11th and only 1,111 copies, so don't miss out on a great sale!

02:58 PM by divajess in Miscellaneous | Lounge

The latest and greatest, retail-ready 1.0 version of Mozilla's Firefox browser is available today! According to its home page, Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Firefox 1.0 is available now for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Get it directly from the Mozilla.org FTP server!

I'm a Firefox devotee (just upgraded from the Firefox 1.0 Preview version this morning), because I love A) security, B) tabbed browsing, and most of all, C) all the great extensions that really make Firefox functional and unique! If you haven't tried Firefox, I highly suggest giving it a whirl.

01:32 PM by sUnShInE in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Say buh-bye to the boring old look of your devices.

SkinIt has arrived.

Sort of like the tattoos that HP has been offering for their new line of iPods, SkinIt skins have taken the idea to the next level: offering up cool designs to improve the groove of all your gadgets. Most skins run between $5 and $10USD.

12:20 PM by sUnShInE in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

I just came across a new Palm application that notes mentioning. Earthcomber is a free "virtual treasure map" for Palm devices that provides location-based information and notifies you when you are in range of your personal favorites.

Best utilized with a Bluetooth GPS receiver or Smartphone, it can also work for offline PDA's by telling the map where you are. Earthcomber notifies you when you are within range of favorite stores, services, attractions, libraries, post offices, shopping malls, hospitals -- essentially whatever spot you tell it you're interested in. You can select from their pre-existing lists, or add your own. Over 1.2 million U.S. points of interest are mapped, and more are added each day by content partners and by advertisers that purchase listings.

Earthcomber is spam-free, and with it you determine what info you want to receive and that which you don't. You can search for favorites from .2 miles all the way up to 100 miles away.

Unlike similar applications, Earthcomber can work from external media. Plus, users choose what maps they wish to carry. Check out the user guide for more info and get ready to start combing.