MSDN’s Channel 9 has posted a great video demonstration of the Creative Zen Portable Media Center and the very well designed Portable Media Center interface. The demo also goes over how well the devices integrate with Windows media Player 10. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 23, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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Media Player 10 for Windows Mobile Coming Soon
According to Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite, Windows Media Player 10 for Windows Mobile is scheduled to be released in October… perhaps in conjunction with Windows XP Media Center 2005, Media Center Extenders, and Windows Media Connect. I hope the Media Player 10 will allow syncronization. Currently with Media Player 10 on the desktop, you cannot set up a Pocket PC for syncronization… however, if you take the media card out of the Pocket PC and put …
Continue readingVodafone announces VPA III
Vodafone has announced that it will also offer a version of the HTC Blue Angel Pocket PC Phone hardware design. This model will include Quad-band GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a VGA camera. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 10, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingO2 Announces XDA IIs and IIi
Tekguru has aquired some pictures of the new O2 XDA IIs which will be based on the HTC Blue Angel hardware. As MSMobiles reports: O2 XDA IIs is exactly the same as T-Mobile MDA III, what means slow processor with 400 MHz and VGA-only camera, while O2 XDA IIi brings faster processor – 520 MHz and megapixel camera. The Xda IIs will be available in the UK and Ireland on 1st November 2004, Germany by …
Continue readingCarrier Devices Announce PDA2k and JAM Pocket PC Phones
Carrier Devices has announced that they will release two new Pocket PC phones in Australia possibly in October. The PDA2k is a rebranding of the HTC Blue Angel hardware which will include WiFi, Bluetooth, and GSM/GPRS wireless technologies as well as a slide-out keyboard. The JAM Pocket PC Phone will likely only have GSM/GPRS, but will have a very small form factor. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 10, 2004. More Hardware articles from the …
Continue readingCity of Amsterdam to be Covered in WiFi
“We’ll go on to cover all of Amsterdam with 125 base stations. The idea is to prove to the big boys that it can be done, and that consumers can live with a mobile phone and mobile Internet. The landline is dead,” According to Reuters, a company called HotSpot Amsterdam will enable WiFi access accross the entire city of Amsterdam within three months. Historic areas are already covered with the first seven access points. Originally …
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