Pretec 2 GB MMC 4 card

“At Computex Taipei Pretec demonstrated a new 2 GB card which conforms to the new MMC 4 standard and which Pretec are calling the ‘World’s Fastest Flash Memory Card’. Thanks to the fact that MMC 4 allows for transfer of 4-bits of data in parallel this new card has a quoted write speed of around 18 MB/sec (120X) and a read speed of around 22.5 MB/sec (150X). If verified this card would indeed be far …

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Microsoft to undercut iPod price with player

From the Denver Post: “Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will begin selling portable music players for as much as 80 percent less than Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod. The Microsoft-branded devices will “look and feel” as good as the iPod for as little as $50, said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of MSN at Microsoft Corp., at the Goldman Sachs fifth annual Internet Conference in Las Vegas. The iPod sells for $249 to $499. …

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Stowaway Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard

Wow, this is great! Here’s a foldable Bluetooth keyboard that works with most Bluetooth enabled Pocket PCs, Tablet PCs, Laptops, and some mobile phones! Gary Garland has posted some thoughts on it here, and it has surfaced on Pocket PC Thoughts as well. I wonder how many devices you can pair it with and I wonder how you can switch between those multiple devices if such functionality is possible. Originally published on Pocketnow on May …

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Inexpensive E-TEN P300B Officially Released

Here’s a very inexpensive Pocket PC Phone Edition device that runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and has Bluetooth! But wait, there’s more… it’s also set to be available in Europe for 380 Euro. Compare this to the XDA 2 for 800 Euro and the Eten looks quite nice. Another advantage this has over the XDA 2 and any other Phone Edition device currently on the market is that it supports the Voice Dialing function …

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