The Sierra Wireless Voq is the latest Microsoft smartphone to be announced. The flip open thumb keyboard seems a bit strange to me, but it’s probably better than having to us a numerical button pad. Specs include: -200 MHz Intel Xscale Processor -48MB Flash Memory (20 MB available to store your data and software) – 32MB RAM (16MB available to run your applications) -SD slot -Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone -Tri band GSM/GPRS Check out …
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One Unwired Day: Tomorrow!
Intel will offer free Wi-Fi access via thousands of U.S. hotspots during a Sept. 25 publicity event dubbed “One Unwired Day.” In addition, the Santa Clara, Calif., company will sponsor “festivals” in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle, with live music, product demonstrations and drawings for laptops, wireless home networking products and access cards. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 24, 2003. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWindows to Power ATMs in 2005
“Within three years, most bank machines that dispense cash will run on the Windows operating system, according to a study published last week. By 2005, 65 percent of bank ATMs (not including free-standing machines in places like convenience stores and casinos) in the United States will use a stripped-down version of Windows. About 12 percent of the machines will use the operating system by the end of this year, according to Gwenn Bezard, an analyst …
Continue readingMicrosoft to announce MPx200 Smartphone today
“The world’s No. 1 software maker is expected to announce on Monday a partnership with Motorola, the No. 2 handset maker, and AT&T Wireless to introduce a new handset, called the MPx200 smartphone.” This marks Microsoft’s first entry into the U.S. cell phone market. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 15, 2003. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingNo more multiple devices in 6 years
In an article on CNN, it’s written that “Bill Gates envisions that by the end of the decade people no longer will need pagers, mobile phones, headphones and personal digital assistants as separate devices. He said they will be incorporated into one, easy-to-use product.” It’s about time! But I wonder how headphones are going to be integrated. Originally published on Pocketnow on September 2, 2003. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingCar Telematics
There’s a new telematics platform on the market that’s said to integrate telematic system functions into a single low-cost device. The platform supports GPS, dead reckoning, hands-free operation, noise reduction, echo cancellation, speech recognition, and text-to-speech features to announce directions or read SMS/email messages. It also supports FM/MPX decoding, MP3/WMA decoding, physical or wireless bluetooth connectivity to mobile phones or other devices. It sounds like the real-time operating system might be propietary, but it does …
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