Always wanted to try digitally rights managed music, but were afraid it wouldn’t work on your player? MSN Music is offering free downloads of Grammy nominated music tracks all this week. All you need is a passport account. As long as you’ve got Windows Media Player 10, transferring the song from one computer to another is quite painless. It asks you to log into your passport account to re-aquire the licenses. I was even able …
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OnCourse Navigator 4
(sponsor) INTRODUCTION I know what you’re thinking… do we really need another GPS Navigation software program on the market? There are so many to choose from already. Well, yes we do. None of the GPS voice guided navigation programs offer all of the options they should. Especially not in North America. (Traffic reports integration where are you?) OnCourse Navigator 4 is the latest addition into the GPS software market and it’s a new …
Continue readingPictures of iPAQ Mobile Messenger Leaked
Brighthand has found some leaked information and photos about a new HP Mobile Messenger Pocket PC Phone rumored to be coming soon. Yesterday, HP said it intends to release later this year a cellular-wireless handheld called the iPAQ Mobile Messenger. Now, several images have been leaked to Brighthand that are supposedly of this upcoming device. This looks like it will have a square screen and Windows Mobile 2003SE. Other rumored features are GSM/GPRS/EDGE, GPS, Camera …
Continue readingT-Mobile MDA IV Announced
T-Mobile has announced the new MDA IV Pocket PC Phone. Here are some highlights about this 3G phone (and bigger photo): -it is 3G phone that combines Wi-Fi (W-LAN), GPRS and UMTS (3G based on WCDMA – standard in EU and Japan and parts of USA). -Bluetooth -full Qwerty keyboard -2 cameras (one for videotelephony, yes this phone supports videotelephony!) -powered by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile -display: VGA resolution (640×480) -GSM: quad-band (both bands from USA …
Continue readingO2 XDA IIi Now Available
The XDA IIi is now available from O2 on their website. It’s basically the same model as the XDA II as far as the body goes, but inside it’s got WiFi, Bluetooth, Quadband GSM, 128Mb RAM, a Megapixel camera with night mode, zoom, and Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Very nice! Originally published on Pocketnow on January 31, 2005. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingApple iTunes sells 1.25 Million Songs Per Day.
According to CNET, the Apple iTunes music service has reached an all-time-high of selling 1.25 million songs per day. Their current total has reached over 250 million downloads. That sounds like alot and it’s great that the online music service market is a success, but who is actually buying these songs? I find it odd that no one I know has ever bought a song from iTunes, and very few have ever heard of anyone …
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