Yep, Palm is using the Windows Mobile OS and Apple is using Intel processors. Did you ever think you’d see the day? Anyway, Engadget got to play with the Verizon Palm Treo 700w for a few hours and posted some pictures. It certainly does look pretty nice running Windows Mobile 5. The 700w is even a bit smaller than the old Treo 650! It’s got a 240×240 square screen, bluetooth, 64Mb or memory, 1Mp camera, …
Continue readingAuthor: Adam Z. Lein
Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
HTC’s Roadmap for Future Devices
Here’s some great news from MS Mobiles. This is the roadmap for HTC Windows Mobile devices to be released in the near future. The HTC Athena sounds very appealing to me. O2 Road-map 2006 featured HTC devices 1st Model HTC Universal 2nd Model HTC Prodigy (which recognized as HTC Wizard now) 3rd Model HTC Tornado Noble & Tempo – same specs but different design 4th Model HTC Athena – Windows Mobile 5.0 – 400 Mhz …
Continue readingActiveSync 4.1 Available (Not Officially)
I don’t even think ActiveSync 4.0 has been released on the Microsoft website yet, but now version 4.1 has leaked onto the net according to Bink. It doesn’t sound like there’s much of anything new compared to ActiveSync 4. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 22, 2005. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingDell Axim X51v Pocket PC
INTRODUCTION Many users have axed, I mean "asked", Dell for an upgrade to the Axim X50v. Well, now it’s here! While the most popular Pocket PCs these days include phone functionality, Dell has decided to aim their PDAs more at business and media/gaming markets with their powerful Axim line. You can’t blame them though, who would want to do business with a mobile phone service provider anyway? At first glance, you might think this …
Continue readingCar Integration for Portable Media Players
With the release of the latest iPod, Apple is boasting about all the automobile manufacturers that are or will be offering iPod cable integration as an option in their cars. Where’s our Windows Mobile and “PlaysForSure” compatible equvalent? Some one needs to enforce a standard method of integrating portable media players with car stereos. How about USB? Or Bluetooth 2.0? Originally published on Pocketnow on September 8, 2005. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingMio A701 GPS Pocket PC Phone Announced
Mio has announced the second Pocket PC phone with GPS navigation capabilities built in. The Mio A701 will have an Intel PXA270 processor running at 520 MHz, a 2.7-inch touch screen, 192 MB of memory, Bluetooth 1.2, SDIO, and an integrated SirfStar III GPS reciever along with Windows Mobile 5. It also looks like it will be much smaller than the iPAQ hw6500 series (the other GPS Pocket PC Phone available today.) Would you rather …
Continue reading