Mon October 25 2004
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06:09 AM by Laurens in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
The predictions were pretty much dead-on: hires, OS 5, Bluetooth, swappable battery, better camera, flash memory. Even though this is just an incremental update, I can see this model becoming a big success. Bluetooth is pretty much essential here in Europe (often cited as one of the reasons why the Treo 600 has not been as successful as it has been in the US). I hope PalmOne will have the manufacturing problems sorted out, so they can supply them in greater numbers. Anyone planning on buying the 650? Or are MobileRead members allergic to SmartPhones? Personally, I will hold off until SmartPhones with OS6 arrive next year. Apparently, Samsung is working on one, but I hope PalmOne will also come out with their upgrade. |
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03:33 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
The bad news is that my feed creator script breaks due to the layout changes of PalmGear. You will now receive the message FeedLiquifier/2.00: parsing failed. Contact me at Mobileread.com with the name of the feed and the time it occured. when trying to parse either https://www.mobileread.com/feeds/pgupdated_rss20.xml or I promise I will have them updated in a couple of hours, after I have done some other important things. |
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Sun October 24 2004
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01:53 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
The new version 1.5 includes new features and enhacements such as: 100% ARM optimization, digital music and sound effects, optimized versions for a variety of screen resolutions (160x160, 240x240, 240x320, 320x240, 320x320, 320x480, 480x320 pixels). Btw, Jack is also available on Microsoft PocketPC and Smartphone platforms. |
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08:25 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review In case you've missed any MobileRead news from this week, here is our usual roundup: Book Reader Hardware Book Reader Software Emerging Technologies General Chat General Palm Discussion General PPC Discussion Plucker |
Fri October 22 2004
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03:13 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Portable Audio/Video
The PMP-120 and PMP-140, each equipped with a 20GB and a 40GB 1.8in hard drive, respectively, provide MP3, ASF, WMA and WAV audio playback, along with MPEG 4, AVI, DivX and XviD video support. There's still photography storage and slide-show features, too, and the machines also provide an FM radio and voice recording facilities. Available now, the PMP-120 retails for around £400, the 40GB version for £450. Linux is the way to go! Read the full story at The Register. |
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02:15 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Portable Audio/Video
Wired tested a $40, high-capacity, 2,100 mAh replacement iPod battery from Newer Technology and confirms that Replacing the battery yourself is the way to go. It's half the price of getting someone else to do it, and very easy to do. |
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05:09 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Thanks for JongJungBu for informing us. |
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Thu October 21 2004
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09:25 PM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge
You can read the rest here. Now this is slightly annoying to me. Remember the discussion on the ESD Monopoly? Well it appears nothing has really changed much since then. Handango makes it into some silly ranking list and can still celebrate its ESD margin of 40% or greater. |
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