Mobile Pipeline says user don’t really want device convergence. This conclusion was made in response to results of a study from the Forrester research firm. “PDAs stand out from phones in their input capability — via keyboard or touch screen — and personal information management (PIM) applications like calendar and contacts,” the report said. “But only 6 percent of mobile phone owners say that a keyboard or pen input is important in their choice of …
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PalmSource to Switch to Linux
PalmSource is to create a new version of the Palm OS with Linux at its core, the company said today after announcing a plan to buy Chinese phone software company China MobileSoft (CMS). Looks like Palm is “pulling an Apple”. Just like Mac OS X is running on top of UNIX, Palm is developing a new OS based on Linux. Originally published on Pocketnow on December 8, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow …
Continue readingNew Technology Enhancements Enable Universal Playability and Controlled CD Burning
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-November 18, 2004-Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN), the global market leader in content protection and digital rights management (“DRM”) technologies, announced today that its CDS technology, the most widely adopted music CD content protection solution, has shipped on over 400 million music CDs worldwide, protecting over 4 billion music tracks. Over 22 major and independent music labels worldwide and 20 resellers have utilized the CDS technology on over 4,000 titles since 2002. Macrovision also introduced …
Continue readingWindows Mobile Powered PalmOne Treo Coming?
Here’s an interesting bit of news posted by MSMobiles. I guess I’ll believe it when I see it, but it sounds like PalmOne may be planning to release a Treo device running Windows Mobile software. The research note from Needham & Co. said PalmOne “tacitly admitted” it was working to make Microsoft’s handheld OS available on the popular Treo line of phones Originally published on Pocketnow on November 2, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from …
Continue readingWindows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC operating system may be consolidated.
A rumor at MSMobiles.com indicates that within a couple years the Windows Mobile operating systems will be consolidated into one OS which will most likely be based on Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition. As hardware devices become more capable there will be less need for a slimmed down Smartphone OS since these devices will be able to run the full-power Phone Edition OS. Originally published on Pocketnow on October 8, 2004. More Smartphone News …
Continue readingMicrosoft Feedback & Idea Center
Here’s a nice new sub web area from Microsoft where you can submit ideas for future products as well as vote on things they’re considering developing. Vote on Existing Project Ideas – pressing the Vote button means you like it. Number 5 sounds good – SMS Sender for PocketPC. Feedback Center Submit your Idea Originally published on Pocketnow on September 24, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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