Wed August 04 2004
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04:48 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
"Software supplied by Symbian controlled 41% of the personal organizers and smart phones shipped world-wide in the second quarter, compared with 37% in the same quarter a year ago, according to research firm canalys.com Ltd., of Reading, England. A smart phone is a cellphone that can run computer-style programs, such as three-dimensional videogames or spreadsheets. The research figures show that Microsoft's share remained steady at 23%, while the share of PalmSource Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., fell to 23% from 31%." |
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Tue August 03 2004
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08:48 PM by cbarnett in E-Book Software | Reading and Management The latest version of ubook (IMHO the best book reading software for the PPC) is now abvailable at http://www.gowerpoint.com/uBook_down_nf.html The latest version (0.8o) has the following changes: - Added new default Simpler BookStart.usk skin. ubook is available for PPC and windows 95 (or better) OS. Craig. |
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10:47 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
"Until recently, corporations have been reluctant to adopt wireless LANs, primarily because of security concerns," commented Greg Collins, Senior Director of wireless LAN research at Dell'Oro Group. "Now with the improvements in management, encryption, and user authentication, wireless LAN will penetrate larger corporations because the technology improves productivity by allowing users to connect to the network from anywhere." The result of this study is in line with predictions made by other research houses. For instance, as we reported earlier, Yankee Group predicts that about 27% of the world's population will use wireless services by 2007! |
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Mon August 02 2004
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02:56 PM by ignatz in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
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Thu July 29 2004
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04:37 PM by ignatz in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...
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Wed July 28 2004
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06:05 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Lounge
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05:49 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Portable Audio/Video
So far so good. But the reviewer goes on: While the new Sony is smaller than the iPod and has much better battery life, it is markedly inferior overall. It has a confusing, complex user interface that makes it hard to use; weak software for the PC; an oddball music format [yes, it CANNOT play MP3s or any of the other standard formats!] that makes loading it with songs tedious; and a companion music download service that offers less than Apple's. The iPod wins this round, and remains champion. At least, the Sony is a bit smaller and lighter (3.8 ounces vs. 5.6 ounce) and has a better battery life (27-22hrs play compared to iPod's 12 hrs). |
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02:58 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge
The market for handheld devices has been in decline since 2001, hurt by a general slump in technology purchasing, competition from wireless devices that perform PDA functions, and by a lack of new applications, said David Linsalata, an analyst with IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Interestingly, while Sony dropped out completely, and PalmOne sold 0.6% fewer devices (924,000 devices) in the second quarter of 2004 (compared to 2003), PPC-based HP saw its shipments increase by 39.2 percent (530,000 devices) year-over-year. |
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