Now here’s Sony with a competitor to the OQO and Flipstart palm-sized Windows XP powered computers. They’re all still vaporware for now and I’m not sure what we’re supposed to be calling these things… Mini Tablet PCs? At any rate, the Sony Vaio supposedly will cost less than $2000. According to MS Mobiles, it probably won’t be running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition so it will likely need some other type of propietary screen-based input …
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Audiovox PPC4100 Pocket PC Phone Approved by FCC
Brighthand notes that the Audiovox PPC4100 has been approved by the FCC. It looks like we might have another Pocket PC Phone Edition in the North American market soon. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 12, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingThe Defense Department’s Phraselator
The Phraselator made by Voxtec is a portable handheld speech translation device used by soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. When the soldier says a phrase, the phraselator accurately repeats the phrase in the language of choice. The device runs on Windows CE.NET 4.2 with a 400Mhz Xscale processor and SD cards full of language translation data. Voxtec is said to be planning a less expensive version for travellers. Universal translators, here we come! Originally published …
Continue readingCU928 vs. XDA II
Slashphone has posted some nice pictures comparing the CU928 with the current XDA II. The CU928 looks like quite a nice device with it’s slide out keyboard. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 30, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingAcore AG-600 Bluetooth GPS Receiver
PocketPCReviews.net has posted a nice review of the Acore AG-600 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Originally published on Pocketnow on April 29, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingMore Specifications on the iPAQ H6000
MTekk.com has posted some leaked detailed specifications on the upcoming iPAQ H6000 Phone Edition PDA. It will have built in GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth, and WiFi, but only a 144mhz TI OMAP 1510 and only 64Mb RAM. The rumoured release date is now May on T-Mobile USA. It’s also rumoured that this will be a consumer version where as a more powerful H6700 version will be released with a 1.2 megapixel camera. Originally published on Pocketnow on …
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