Over at HowardForums, Mark Morrow has posted a review of two new extended batteries for the HTC Magician Pocket PC Phone devices (O2 XDA Mini, I-mate JAM, QTEK S100, Dopod 818, MDA Compact, etc.) The Magician normally comes with a 1200mAh battery, but now you can also get a 1550mAh or 2000mAh battery. The 1550mAh battery is the same size as the stock battery, and gives you about a 29% increase in battery life. The …
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New GPS Navigation Systems Announced from TomTom
TomTom has announced three new “All-in-One” navigation systems (TomTom GO 300/500/700) along with a weatherproof motorcycle version (TomTom Rider), TomTom Navigator 5, TomTom Mobile 5 for Smartphones, and TomTom Plus online services. The new TomTom GO models include bluetooth support for accessing online content through a bluetooth phone. The 700 model also includes handsfree support and an internal hard disk. See GPS Passion or TomTom for more information Originally published on Pocketnow on March 15, …
Continue readingFirst Windows Mobile Device With Built-in Hard Drive
Photos have been surfacing of Samsung’s SGH-i300 Windows Mobile 2005 Smartphone device which is the first to include a built-in 3Gb hard drive. The specs appear to be as follows: Bluetooth, USB 2.0, 113 x 48 x 20mm, 130 grams, a 320×240 screen, 3GB microdrive, 1.3Mp Camera, and it will be running Windows Mobile Magneto. Engadget has some real-life photos and the device will reportedly be able to handle mp3, WMA, plus AAC, AAC+ and …
Continue readingContest: Last Chance to Win a SiRF Star 3 Bluetooth GPS and OnCourse Software!
Last chance to enter! Contest ends tonight at 8pm Pacific. Entering the contest is easy! Describe a missing feature that would make your GPS navigation more productive by taking a look at our OnCourse Navigator review . Be sure to also discuss the features of SiRF Star 3 chipset used in the BT-338. The winner will get a FREE copy of the OnCourse Navigator 4 and a GlobalSat BT-338 Bluetooth Receiver! The Globalsat BT-338 SiRF …
Continue readingROM Upgrade for imate JAM Now Available!
A new ROM upgrade is now available for the imate JAM Pocket PC Phone. It can be downloaded from Clubimate but you need to be registered with your IMEI number. The upgrade will change your version numbers to: Rom version 1.06.00 Radio version 1.10.00 ExtROM version 1.06.150 ROM builds with radio versions 1.05.00 and 1.10.00 all include audio enhancements for voice calls. They also contain the improved camera driver. The ROM upgrade is available in …
Continue readingimate SuperJAM Available from Expansys
Expansys is now selling the imate SuperJAM for $854.95USD. This version features a PPC Techs upgrade, increasing the standard 64MB RAM to 128MB, as well as including a high-quality PPC Techs WriteSHIELD pre-applied! So instead of buying a regular imate JAM, getting it shipped to you, then sending it out to PPC Techs for a 128Mb RAM upgrade (additional $200), you can just buy a pre-upgraded JAM. Not bad! Originally published on Pocketnow on February …
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