As many of you already know, I proposed the design of an “Ultimate Digital Assistant” back in 2003, which also included a detachable Bluetooth headset: “The Bluetooth headset clips into the back of the PDA when not in use. It’s internal battery is charged through the PDA when attached to AC power. This negates the need for multiple charging cables. The Bluetooth headset will automatically power on and connect to the PDA’s headset profile when …
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Finally an Affordable Tablet PC
Last month I bought the HP tx2000z for less than $1000. There were all sorts of deals like free shipping, free webcam/microphone/fingerprint scanner, free RAM upgrades, free hard drive upgrades, free Bluetooth upgrades, etc. Of course I shopped around and Tablet PCs with similar specifications from other manufacturers were more than double the price! Just about everyone I’ve told about this has quickly picked one up for themselves. Typical configurations include dual core AMD Turion …
Continue readingHTC Touch Diamond in The House
The new HTC Touch Diamond is now shipping this week. I received mine today, and let Jackie and Christa do the unboxing honors. Stay tuned for more of my experience with what HTC is considering to be their most important device this year. Want more Diamond? Check out our complete coverage… HTC Touch Diamond Review Opera 9.5 & YouTube on the Touch Diamond Some Sweet Secret Touch Diamond Features Accelerometer Features on the Touch Diamond …
Continue readingA Hands-On Preview of the Touch Diamond
Mobile-Review.com has gotten their hands on a pre-production HTC Touch Diamond. Take a look at their extensive preview. The size of this device looks great! Originally published on Pocketnow on May 15, 2008. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingThe Real-Life Sony Experia X1
Mark Morrow takes the Sony Experia X1 for a spin over on BengalBoy.com (Adult content warning). Here’s a video of how the optical joystick works: It does not look very user-friendly to me. However, the device does certainly look quite stylish. The lack of softkey hardware buttons and directional buttons on the keyboard seems to be a huge oversight. Without those buttons, you’ll have to take one hand off the keyboard and use your finger …
Continue readingA Look at the MWg Zinc II with Windows Mobile 6.1
A post at PhoneMag.com says the MWg Zinc II gets reviewed, but all I see are 4 paragraphs of text and one picture. Anyway, the Zinc II looks like a promising device. The MWg Zinc II is an attractive new phone, featuring Windows Mobile 6.1. The solid feature set includes a 500MHz CPU, courtesy of Samsung, a slide out keyboard, and the obligatory touch screen. The improvements, especially considering many new smartphones are still lumbered …
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