Here’s Andrew Zolli’s version of the Pocket PC of the future published at Popular Science. It’s similar to Jake Ehrlich’s design in some aspects. I highly doubt that flexible large format OLED screens will be abundant and inexpensive by 2010. Just compare the difference between a PDA from the year 2000 to one from 2005. The only real innovative features added are the integration of Bluetooth, WiFi, and GSM/GPRS. They’ve also gotten a little smaller. …
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Jeyo Mobile Companion
Here’s another Smartphone and Pocket PC Phone managment program. It features the ability to send SMS messages from your desktop computer through the phone’s activesync connection. You can also let you edit the contacts in the SIM card directly, backup/restore SMS messages and contacts, and view the call history. A number of these types of programs have been released, but very few of them actually work. Maybe I’ll download the trial and let you know. …
Continue readingRumor: Free T-Mobile internet… No more!
According to a poster on HowardForums the no-charge GPRS internet access will be ending April 28th. It sounds like you will still be able to get unlimited WAP, HTTP, POP3, IMAP, and SMTP access through the $4.99 T-Zones add-on plan however. The free GPRS access will now be limited to only the T-Zones WAP site for downloading ringtones, wallpaper, etc. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 22, 2004. More News Archive articles from the Pocketnow …
Continue readingPocketGamer’s New Video Section
PocketGamer.com now has a video section where you can view videos of a number of games so you can see what they’re like before purchasing them. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 15, 2004. More News Archive 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 …
Continue readingUltimate Control Over Theme Creation
Carlo Guerrero has posted a great analysis of what goes into creating a theme for Pocket PC 2003 at PPCW.NET. By creating the custom INF file and images yourself and using ThemeBuilder 2003 by Richard Owens, you can create themes that are much less limited. For example, you are not constrained to using a background image designed for 240×320 pixel screens. You can use a larger graphic that is designed to accomodate portrait and landscape …
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